Tootsie's Cabaret
Tootsie's Cabaret Miami is a large adult entertainment club in Miami Gardens, a suburb of Miami in northern Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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.[1]
In 2007 a subsidiary of RCI Hospitality Holdings Inc. acquired Tootsie's Cabaret for $25 million.[2] In 2015 the subsidiary purchased the building two. In 2005, it was considered the largest strip club in the United States at 74,000-square-foot with two stories.[3]
Tootsie's is known for their lobster tail and lemon pepper wings.[4]
On March 1, 2022, RCI announced Tootsie’s was one of the first of RCI’s subsidiaries to accept Bitcoin as payment.[5]
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.[6]
In popular culture
Music artist Drake in the 2015 track "Back to Back" mentioned Tootsie's in the lyrics, "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 mentions Tootsie's in his 2012 Global Warming album. I'm off that, "Scarlett's, Tootsies, I love that." Time Out magazine lists Tootsie's Cabaret as a top strip club destination in Miami.[7] Thrillist lists Tootsie's Cabaret as the best Strip Club to Watch a Game.[8]
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. [9]
Awards
See also
References
- "RCI Hospitality Holdings, Inc". www.rcihospitality.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- "Tootsies Cabaret sold for $25M". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- Breslin, Susannah. "How The Biggest Strip Club In America Grinds". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- "Meet the Miami chef who makes your favorite rapper's favorite wings". TimeOut.
- "Tootsie's & Scarlett's Cabaret Miami to Accept Bitcoin".
- "Miami strip club victorious in coronavirus curfew legal battle". Fox News. October 19, 2020.
- "Have a wild night out at these best strip clubs in Miami". Time Out. September 25, 2019.
- Metzler, Matt (October 15, 2013). "The definitive guide to Miami's best strip clubs". Thrillist.
- Danna, Nicole. "Watch Artist Todd Gray Paint a Naked Model While You Eat Your Chicken Wings at Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times.
- "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
- "Best Strip Club - Tootsie's Cabaret". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2023-10-21.