'Sopranos' Bada Bing Strip Club Reopens: Report

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The Bada Bing, the exotic dance club made famous in "The Sopranos," is back.

The club reopened two weeks ago, according to a report on NorthJersey.com.

The Lodi club had been closed since December after state officials said Satin Dolls' liquor license must be sold or transferred and stop showing live entertainment.

No one answered the phone at the club Tuesday morning. The club's Facebook page and website state it is a "gentlemen's club" open seven days a week. Patrons must be 18 to enter and 21 to be served alcohol.

The club was featured on "The Sopranos" during its eight-year run from 1999 to 2007. Fictional mobster Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini, hung out there.

The state Attorney General Office's Division of Alcohol Beverage Control investigated the club for six years.

The state investigated charges for criminal solicitation of prostitution and lewd activity that allegedly occurred at Satin Dolls in May.

The state forced Satin Dolls to give up give up their liquor licenses Jan. 3 and to stop live entertainment.

The Cardinalle family owns Satin Dolls. Anthony Cardinalle was charged by a federal indictment in 2013 with participating in a racketeering conspiracy with the Genovese crime family. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges later that year.

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General view of Satin Dolls, the location used for Bada Bing in the filming of "The Sopranos." (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)