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Juice-Slinging New Jersey Nudie Bar As Sad As It Sounds
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jan 21, 2012
Modified Jan 21, 2012
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Beating out a forlorn Frutopia machine in an Idaho parking lot and an abandoned lemonade stand in Florida, an all-nude strip club in Sayreville, New Jersey that only sells non-alcoholic beverages is officially the World's Saddest Juice Vendor. Club 35, which doesn't sell booze so its dancers can remain completely nude, recently lost a NIMBY court decision that would shut it down. Their lawyer vows to appeal, and the Daily News gets the money quote on the spot's possible closing from "a man in a mechanic's uniform." "I work so many hours it's hard to meet people. Without this I would be lonely."
Club 35 sells orange juice for $5, Red Bull for $7, and does allow patrons over 21 to bring their own alcohol. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled this week that the strip club could be ordered to shut down by the town because customers could easily attend one of Staten Island's "jiggle joints." So much for next month's Rothko Retrospective.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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