[1][2] Dave West also owned shares in the Pigalle Club.

[6] Designed by Stephen Donald and furnished by Shaun Clarkson, the sophisticated Pigalle Club was inspired by 1940s aesthetics.

[7] It offered fine dining and live musical entertainment, with tables clustered around the stage.

The 400-capacity venue hosted artists performing jazz, and occasionally soul and pop music, alongside cabaret and burlesque acts.

Other acts that performed at the venue included Yana, Peggy Lee,[10] Romeo Z (resident band),[11] Sammy Davis Jr, Boy George, Duffy,[12] Eartha Kitt, Sinéad O'Connor, John McKeown,[13] Basia, Horace Andy, Brian Kennedy, Nerina Pallot and Immodesty Blaize.