The club, situated on Pacific Avenue,[1] opposite the Atlantic City Convention Hall,[2] operated from the early 1920s through to the 1940s.

[a][1][5] She used her talents for costume creation, music arranging and choreography to improve the club's stage presentations.

[6] The club was a venue for Earl Lindsay's "All American Revue",[2] and was described by Billboard as "one of the resort's leading cabarets".

[8] Milton Berle, Eleanor Powell, and comedian Joe Penner were among those appearing on stage; Al Capone[9] and New York mayor Jimmy Walker were known to have visited the club.

[8] Though considered one of the city's most upmarket clubs,[15] Babette's gained a reputation for hosting illegal gambling, prompting a federal investigation in the 1930s.

[3] The gambling den attracted the high rollers of the period; Astors, Vanderbilts and others from New York's social register could be found in the rooms at Babette's.

The gamblers crossed the roof and came down another flight of stairs on the side of the building which led into the Stebbins' home.

[19] In 2010 the club was featured in the Martin Scorsese-directed pilot episode of the HBO crime drama Boardwalk Empire, set in prohibition-era Atlantic City.