Condor Club

The Condor Club nightclub is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco, California[1] The club became famous in 1964 as the first fully topless nightclub in America, featuring the dancer Carol Doda wearing a monokini.

[2] The club opened in 1958 and primarily operated as a music venue, putting on acts including Bobby Freeman, The Righteous Brothers and Sly Stone.

Pete Mattioli[5] became Gino's partner in 1958 and promoted the club, which became a jumpin’ jivin’ entertainment center of North Beach, featuring George and Teddy and the Condors.

This led to the popularization of nude dancing acts for nightclub performers until 1972, when it was made illegal in Californian establishments that served alcohol.

Bouncer Jimmy Ferrozzo and his girlfriend, exotic dancer Theresa Hill, decided after hours to have sexual intercourse on the famous white piano on which Carol Doda made her entrance, being lowered from the ceiling by cables.