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'Sopranos' Club To Be Stripped Of Liquor License Wednesday
Satin Dolls, the exotic club made famous on the HBO show, where it was called 'Bada Bing!,' must give up its liquor license by 2 a.m.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The last call for the "Bada Bing!" is Wednesday.
The exotic Lodi dance club featured in HBO's "The Sopranos," called Satin Dolls in real life, must give up its liquor license due to an investigation by the state Attorney General's Office. The attorney general's Division of Alcohol Beverage Control has been investigating the club for six years. The club has until Jan. 3 at 2 a.m. to sell or transfer the licenses to a third party.
The state is also investigating instances of criminal solicitation of prostitution and lewd activity that allegedly occurred at Satin Dolls in May. The club was forced to stop live entertainment last month.
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"It's time to shut it down," Attorney General Christopher Porrino previously said in a statement. "Illegal activity was glorified at the 'Bada Bing' in the fictional world of Tony Soprano, but it has no place in modern-day New Jersey."
The club was featured on The Sopranos during its eight-year run from 1999 to 2007. Fictional mobster Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, hung out there.
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The Cardinalle family, owners of Satin Dolls, tried to continue to own the liquor licenses and run the businesses, Porrino previously said. 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.
Another exotic club, A.J.'s Gentlemen's Club in Secaucus, is also under investigation.
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The Satin Dolls gentlemen's club in Lodi./By Wally Gobetz, used with permission via Creative Commons license
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