Cathay de Grande: Difference between revisions

Under the ownership of Jack Chen, the Cathay de Grande restaurant and its underground basement nightclub opened in December 1973, serving Mandarin cuisine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 1, 1973 |title=Advertisement |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/381792175/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 15, 1974 |title=An Oriental Adventure |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/30465665/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Valley News via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> By 1980, under the ownership of Michael Brennan, the basement venue had begunstarted booking punk and New Wave bands such as [[the Raybeats]], [[Angry Samoans]], [[the Flesh Eaters]], and [[the Gun Club]], adding the Cathay de Grande to a group of Chinese restaurants catering to the emerging genres.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 11, 1980 |title=Pop Beat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/387162527/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> By 1984, the Chinese restaurant portion of the building had closed.<ref name=":1" />

Due to problems with neighbors,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Spurrier |first=Jeff |date=October 30, 1984 |title=Punk Palace to Close, a Victim of Complaints |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/401753722/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> intervention by the local police, and legal problems related to business conflicts,<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 1984 |title=L.A. Dee Da |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/579108843/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=LA Weekly via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Braun |first=Stephen |date=October 7, 1984 |title=Happy Note for Neighbors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/401182671/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> proprietor Michael Brennan closed the Cathay de Grande in 1985, with Violent Psychosis, [[The Mentors]] with [[El Duce]], and [[Circle Jerks]] performing the farewell show.<ref name=":0" /> Shortly before, Danny "Dobbs" Wilson, a booker at the Cathay de Grande, started [[Raji's]] a block to the north on [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 19, 1991 |title=Dobbs' Landing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/578630613/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=LA Weekly via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Everett |first=Todd |date=August 26, 1990 |title=Raji's Is Downscale, But Not Out, Among Hollywood Boulevard Nightclubs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/176058203/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=The Los Angeles Times via Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>