Tootsie's Cabaret

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Tootsie's Cabaret Gentlemen's Club Miami

Tootsie's Cabaret Miami is a large adult entertainment club in Miami Gardens, a suburb of Miami in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is the largest strip club in the world at 76,000 square feet.[1]

History

Tootsie's Cabaret opened in 1993 as a small club in Miami Gardens. In 2006, the club moved to a building that formerly housed a BJ's distribution center in Miami Gardens.[2][3]

Tootsie's Cabaret Entrance

In 2007 a subsidiary of RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. acquired Tootsie's Cabaret for $25 million.[4] In 2015 the subsidiary purchased the building two, increasing the square footage.

Tootsie's is known for their lobster tail and lemon pepper wings.[5]

On March 1, 2022, RCI announced Tootsie’s was one of the first of RCI’s subsidiaries to accept Bitcoin as payment.[6]

In October 2020 Tootsie's Cabaret sued Miami-Dade County over the 12:00 midnight curfew it had imposed on bars and clubs as a means of limiting the spread of Covid-19.[7]

Music artist Drake, in the 2015 track "Back to Back", mentioned Tootsie's: "I mean whoa, can't fool the city, man, they know what's up, second floor at Tootsie's, getting shoulder rubs". Miami music artist Pitbull mentioned Tootsie's on his 2012 album Global Warming: "I'm off that, Scarlett's, Tootsie's, I love that." Time Out magazine listed Tootsie's Cabaret as a top strip club destination in Miami.[8] Thrillist listed Tootsie's Cabaret as the best Strip Club to Watch a Game.[9]

On December 2, 2021, contemporary artist Todd Gray, as part of Miami's famed Art Week, body-painted a dancer and previewed recent original pieces of artwork at Tootsie's. [10]

Awards

  • Miami New Times – Best Strip Club 2006[11]
  • Miami New Times – Best Strip Club Miami 2015[12]
  • Miami New Times – Best Strip Club Miami 2019[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "World's Largest Strip Club is Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami!". 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc". www.rcihospitality.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  3. ^ Breslin, Susannah. "How The Biggest Strip Club In America Grinds". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  4. ^ "Tootsies Cabaret sold for $25M". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  5. ^ "Meet the Miami chef who makes your favorite rapper's favorite wings". TimeOut.
  6. ^ "Tootsie's & Scarlett's Cabaret Miami to Accept Bitcoin".
  7. ^ "Miami strip club victorious in coronavirus curfew legal battle". Fox News. October 19, 2020.
  8. ^ "Have a wild night out at these best strip clubs in Miami". Time Out. September 25, 2019.
  9. ^ Metzler, Matt (October 15, 2013). "The definitive guide to Miami's best strip clubs". Thrillist.
  10. ^ Danna, Nicole. "Watch Artist Todd Gray Paint a Naked Model While You Eat Your Chicken Wings at Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times.
  11. ^ "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  12. ^ "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  13. ^ "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.