Sopranos 'Bada Bing' Strip Club Stops Live Shows

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — It's the last call for the "Bada Bing!"

The dance club featured in HBO's "The Sopranos," and called Satin Dolls in real life, was forced to stop live entertainment Sunday.

State officials are also making the Lodi club, and A.J.'s Gentlemen's Club in Secaucus, give up their liquor licenses Jan. 3.

The state Attorney General Office's Division of Alcohol Beverage Control has been investigating the clubs for six years. The Cardinalle family owns Satin Dolls.

"It's time to shut it down," 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 state is investigating charges for criminal solicitation of prostitution and lewd activity that allegedly occurred at Satin Dolls in May.

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.

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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The Satin Dolls gentlemen's club in Lodi./By Wally Gobetz, used with permission via Creative Commons license