Bada Bing Shut Down for Mob Activities

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State authorities have shut down Satin Dolls, the real-life New Jersey strip club that stood in for The Sopranos’ fictional Bada Bing, over alleged mob activities, the Associated Press reports. The extent of those mob activities is still being investigated; however, it is presumed they are very compelling, even to those who might normally be morally opposed to them.

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In a statement released this week by the New Jersey Attorney General’s office, state officials confirmed that the liquor license for the Lodi-based club has been ordered to cease all live entertainment and transfer its liquor license immediately, stemming from its owner’s previous refusal to step down despite being “criminally disqualified.” That owner, Anthony Cardinalle, has previously been charged with racketeering, extortion, federal income tax evasion, and working with the Genovese crime family on a conspiracy within the waste-disposal industry.

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Satin Dolls has made the most of its Sopranos connection over the years, welcoming fans who want to hang out where Tony and his crew would meet to conduct business, shoot some pool, and have sex with and occasionally murder strippers in ways that were really vicariously thrilling, but only, you know, in the way that they explored the dark side of the human condition.

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But according to Yelp reviewers, the real-life club was relatively disappointing, full of “bored,” “average-looking” to “severely ugly” dancers pressuring customers into buying them food, as well as rude bartenders who served watered-down drinks while scamming people’s credit cards.

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