2000-2004 Archived Reports

[WSJ3]

Good looking out just browsing. This is exactly the kind of intel that the board was designed for.

Thanks brother monger.

Peace:
WSJ3

[Just Browsing]

WSJ3:
Yeah I know. I got exactly what I expected. I was just trying to inform you guys not to waste your time for a while. It was on my way, so I figured I would stop in and check it out.

[WSJ3]

just browsing wrote:

Stopped by PM tonight from 6:30-8:00PM. Very dissappointing. A few girls, but none my type. I was hoping to catch up with Misty or Felisha. If anyone has thier contact info it would be greatly appreciated.

You have to realize that things are going to be a little slow after the raid that just occured.

Things should pick up again after the election. It even looks like Teddies will be open in January 2005.

Peace:
WSJ3

[Just Browsing]

Stopped by PM tonight from 6:30-8:00PM. Very dissappointing. A few girls, but none my type. I was hoping to catch up with Misty or Felisha. If anyone has thier contact info it would be greatly appreciated.

[Darkmax99]

Hey guys, I've been reading the older posts to catch up on what I have missed...

I got some quarrels with the guys posting their SW experiences. You have got to be more specific with location and time of day you pick up the SW's because it is making it difficult for other guys on the board to join the action. I may even have been guilty of this myself but I figure if we gonna start talking SW business, we better start making it accurate as to accommodate those who are into that.

Furthermore, I know of one I'd say a 6-7 by state and iranistan who will take people during the day btwn 9am-3pm. Anyone who is remotely interested, PM me for details, I am only accepting those that wish to trade their own info by the way.

[Doh Man]

Well in the local paper today, the ZBA approved Teddies to remain open. Thye say they will have to put up an 8 foot stockade fence around the building with no loitering signs about. So that is at least one hurdle that they have won. Now lets see what happens in December with the nuciance law.

[Forbin]

Made a long overdue trip to B'port today at around 4PM to sample the remaining two spots, First I took a quick swing by BC, there was a sign on the door, I couldn't read exactly what it said but I think it may have said closed until further notice, not by the po po, but I believe they may have had some other problems as I saw workers milling around also saw two girls leave and go to the back of the house directly across the street from BC, they gave me the look but I opted not to pursue, hey I was a little gun shy today. So I swung by PM which I have yet to sample, I had been to BC on many an occassion but I found PM to be in a little bit of a rougher neighborhood but after two laps the little head got the best of me and I went in to peep out the new spot. Saw a lot of familiar faces from Teddies, specifically Sara and Jessie, also saw some familiar faces from way back when Our Place was around. Saw a lot of unfamiliar talent many at least 7's and 8's. Anyway I went with old reliable Sara for the usual $60 ride, was good to be back, hope this one can stay on the map as there's many new unfamiliar tastes on the menu I'd like to sample.

[ER Kerk]

The Teddies girls that I have run into at PM believe that Teddies and Key will reopen in February.

[Doh Man]

I have to say something here, When Teddies, and the Key do finally reopen they will be alot diferent from what they were before. Gone will be the booths, and they will be replaced with an open room setting with chairs and perhaps a couple of potted plants.

As far as the girls go, they may not even be welcomed back. They may just have a new crop of girls and turn the places into more legit clubs like they were 10 or 15 years ago. I do not like to be a bearer of bad news, but lets face it If we think it will be business as usual then I think we are all sadly mistaken. This isn't a week long closure, but a long drawn out period where the owners are losing money hand over fist!

[Obie]

Connecticut Post

Bar cops closed gets zoning review

Monday, September 20, 2004 -

BRIDGEPORT — The owner of the controversial East Side strip bar Teddies Caf is fighting on several fronts to get the boarded-up bar reopened.

Attorneys for the club, which featured exotic dancing, have been in Superior Court recently trying to get the bar reopened following a July police raid that shut it down.

Using a court order, police closed down Teddies on East Main Street and the Keystone Cafe on Barnum Avenue for violations of the state's nuisance law

following arrests at the bars for prostitution and drug use.

A Dec. 13 trial has been scheduled in that case, but the bars must remain closed until there is a decision.

Meanwhile, representatives of Teddies' owner are scheduled to appear at Tuesday's Planning and Zoning Commission meeting to request site plan approval for the bar to offer adult entertainment.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in City Hall.

The site plan request comes following the approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals in July of a variance application by the property owner, identified only as 2060 East Main Street Inc.

Over strenuous objections from neighbors, the ZBA granted a variance allowing adult entertainment to be in the office-retail zone. Under the city's existing zoning regulations

now under review

adult-entertainment uses are allowed only in heavy industrial zones.

But ZBA members said the owner had a pre-existing right to offer adult entertainment at the location. They said the bar at East Main and York streets had a "continuous use" of adult entertainment going back to previous zoning regulations, which had allowed such usage in that area.

A lawsuit has also been filed on behalf of the owner of Teddies Cafe in U.S. District Court, claiming that its constitutional rights are being violated by what the suit claims are overly restrictive zoning regulations.

[Baretta Ri]

I am not from the area, but I too was a fan of Teddies. I don't post much, but I just wanted to address one of the issues at hand.

WJS3 posted:
"But if we take it too far then my hobby will lose all of its allure, in my humble opinion."

Somehow I think that is the intent of LE. They know that they are fighting a battle against the oldest profession in the world. Their best weapon in this war is to remove the "allure" that attracts excessive business (and thus attention) to their locality. When the amount of gentleman callers diminishes to a more discreet number, then they might back off if/when this becomes a lower priority. I see this as more of a Cat & Mouse than Wack-A-Mole game. The cat, when confronted with multiple mice, must choose which one to persue. We just have to discreetly wait for another mouse to catch the eye of the cat.

Just my 2 cents...

[Darkmax99]

Doh Man, Teddies, Keystone, and Pleasant's is owned by the same guy. He's probably fallen out of favor with whatever officials he had to pay off in ct gov. Since there will likely be new headz in there, they simply just doing what they are naturally supposed to do until the new guys who come into office can make whatever under the table deal they want with the owner(s). That make sense to yall?

[Doh Man]

Funny how they are just raiding Teddies, the Key and PM. Why not Bishops and all the amps and namps in the area. I know the places they do raid are all owned by the same people though, I think it is a personal thing.

[Boston Guy 57]

LE gets paid to know where to look for trouble. Weather it's the clubs or the street scene they understand the basic need for these women to earn and for us men to get off. The activities that we are talking about her have always been clandestine and mobile-just as the speakeasies of the prohibition era where. It's a cat and mouse game between them and us. I'm not denying that LE reads these boards but they will be looking for and finding this stuff no matter how many clever ways we think of to post "I had a dream that an LSW provided BBBJTCIM for .3"

[Gman1]

To all,

The G-Man is back after an unsuccessful exploration of my other insatiable desire (horse racing)
I have found out that horses aren't nearly as sure of a thing as women. (sigh)
Will be making the trek to b-port for the next couple weeks and hopefully offer one more additional opinion on the current landscape.

Monger on,

G