mary club mary club oldest strip club portland oregon united_states bought business owned operated mary piano bar beginning 1930s initially hired dancers entertainment piano player breaks quickly hired time popularity dancers wearing introduced club featured comics musicians singers acts nude dancing began immediately following judge ruling city portland places served alcohol include club known featuring long term dancers loyal family business death mary club owned operated daughter mary portland institution having included best lists strip clubs neon sign considered landmark club appeared films including love story included walking tours city history mary club known portland oldest strip club portland oregon portland shipyard bought club owner won piano bar divorce settlement operated business years beginning 1930s bar popular sailors according initially hired dancers crowd entertained piano player breaks popularity laid musician employed dancers time introduced clad dancers year city council members advised installing machines club portland anti ordinance contested court mary club team played season teams included kent portland air base singers comics piano players performed club newspaper advertisement announced opening act pounds comparing tucker closing club king keyboards article focused partly dancer performing said shaking monkey shotgun dances popular time said resemble church praised dancers described customer base refined club era march acts shared billing wrestler promoted club answer james_bond sang club song string album small change author wrote club featured nude dancing club began judge ruled city portland forbidding places served alcohol lawsuit strings arose portland annexed land regulated allowed tavern dancers perform clothing tavern forced annexation eliminate nude dancing sued city won soon got word ruling went nude said mary club employee quoted news story signed picture hangs wall club past venue according week love wrote photograph bought guitar showing little featured club dancers club tended long term employees loyal family run business died aged club run daughter recalled worked business age seven serving managed business years prior father death daughters worked club period according profile club includes cocktail bar dozen varieties beer wine menu mexican cuisine mary drink minimum cover charge friday saturday evenings murals hired paint murals club interior murals depict scenes roy thought patrons appreciate feature women exotic orient depicts island beauty watching sailors load ship shows merchant working ship docked portland like harbor mural depicts esque woman features exotic performing sacrifice volcano according mary murals receive attention girls mary retro neon called landmark locals tourists alike week contributor said signage blue star advertising evening dance iconic neon oregon sign line outside cocktail logo featured clothing includes reception called downtown institution portland landmark said mary visit true strip club offering reporter found interior dancers seemingly enjoyed interacting guests following death week said club cemented place history far city limits featuring love offering nudity loyal customer base newspaper mary christmas wrote achieved status regional celebrity credited starting local industry contributor student newspaper included mary list city strip clubs writing visit dance club town probably mary inside embodies red light district feel fits right environment year week described club undisputed dame west_coast strips landmark publication entertainment came form girls ladies friendly oddly sterling taste let video poker portland monthly named club editor pick dancers female staff having welcoming relaxed environment included mary definitive guide portland best strip clubs website complimented glorious flashing sign downtown called club portland past included mary list best strip clubs america calling neon landmark murals relaxed hole wall vibe known work portland based band shared affinity club considers favorite places city portland monthly published video giving tour club interviews shows interior murals wears pink bomber style jacket inspired sold business 1950s films include scenes shot mary include love story mary included walking tours portland including called underground portland club stop portland history tour takes adult visitors sites examine city darker elements led historian tour includes gambling halls operated portland past repeated historian tour called walking tour portland past
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