Business Name | Address | Appprox. Dates of Operation |
315 Club (gay bathhouse) | closed | |
418 Club | 418 3rd Ave. N., Mpls | present day |
5th Street Bookstore | 5th Street, Mpls | closed |
Adonis Theater, new (adult films) | btw 6th & 7th on Hennepin Ave., Mpls | closed |
Adonis Theater, old (adult films) | 904 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | closed |
American Book Store | 429 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | ~1970 |
American Empress Theater & Bookstore | 614 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | closed |
Aster Art Theater (adult films) | 605-607 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | ~1968 - 1979 |
Augie's Bourbon Street Cabaret (strip club) | 424 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls | |
Avalon Theater (adult movies) | 1500 E. Lake Street, Mpls | 1957 - 1985 |
Big Daddy's (gay bathhouse) | 3 North 7th St., Mpls | ______ to 1982 |
East Hennepin Bookstore | 401 E. Hennepin Ave., Mpls | closed |
Bookstore (unnamed) | 420 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | closed |
Bookstore (unnamed) | 624 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | ~1971, ~1976 |
Bookstore (unnamed) | 828 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | ~1972 |
Bookstore (Broadway Visuals) | 927 Hennepin Ave., Mpls | 1986 - ~2001 |
Bookstore (unnamed) | 2 East Lake St., Mpls | ~1976 |
Bookstore (unnamed) | 401 East Lake St., Mpls | closed |
Buns & Roses | 300 S. Third Street, Mpls | ~1993 - 1996 |
Casey's and Raquel's Rap | West 7th St., St. Paul | closed |
Chicago-Lake Bookstore (adult bookstore) | 739 East Lake St., Mpls | opened 1974 |
Choice Gentleman's Club | 254 2nd Ave. N. | |
Deja Vu Showgirls (strip club) | 315 Washington Ave. N., Mpls | closed |
Denmark Books (adult books) | 459 W. 7th St., St. Paul | 1999 - Sep 2010 |
Dream Girls (nude dancers) | 14 N. 5th St., Mpls | |
Duffs in the Park | 4700 Excelsior Blvd, St. Louis Park | |
Fantasy Gifts | 1437 University Ave., St. Paul | |
Faust (adult theater) | University Ave. & Dale St., St. Paul | closed |
Flick Theater | 621 University Ave. W., St. Paul | closed |
Franklin I, II, III Theaters | closed | |
Golden Gate (dance hall) | 5810 Nicollet Ave. S., Mpls | Oct 1993 - ~1995 |
Golden Spike (adult dance) | 10 S. 9th St., Mpls (second fl) | Apr 1988 - Jul 1988 |
Lake Street Bookstore | 341-343 E. Lake St., Mpls | closed |
Lamplighter Lounge | 160 W. Larpenter Ave., St. Paul | |
Lickety Split | 251 3rd Ave. S., Mpls | |
Locker Room (gay bathhouse) | ______ to 1988 | |
Nicola Book Store | 2938 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls | |
Parkway Theater (adult films) | 4814 Chicago Ave. S., Mpls | closed in 1972 |
Payne Reliever | 899 Payne Ave., St. Paul | |
Playboy Lounge | 361 W. 7th Street, St. Paul | |
Rainbow Road (gay gifts) | 109 W Grant St, Mpls | |
Rialto I (movie theater) | 721 E. Lake Street, Mpls | Sept 1969 - |
Rialto II (movie theater) | 735 E. Lake Street, Mpls | |
Rick's Cabaret | 300 S. 3rd St., Mpls | |
Schiek's Palace Royale (formerly Solid Gold) | 115 S. 4th St., Mpls | |
Sex World | 241 N 2nd Ave, Mpls | 1993 to present |
Shinder's Bookstore | 7th & Hennepin Ave., Mpls | ~1976 to 2003 |
Skyway Lounge | 725 Hennepin Ave. S., Mpls | |
Solid Gold | 115 S. 4th St., Mpls | |
Smitten Kitten | 3010 Lyndale Ave S., Mpls. | present day |
The Amusement Center | 6710 Highway 10 NW, Ramsey | Apr 1990 - Jun 2013 |
The Belmont (strip club) | University Ave. & Dale St., St. Paul | closed in 1989 |
The Love Doctor | 1607 University Ave., St. Paul | present day |
The Seville Gentlemen's Club | 15 Glenwood Ave. | 2008 - present |
The Warehouse (gay sex club) | North Mpls | 2011 - Sept 2016 |
Additional Resources
[The Amusement Center]. Ramsey buys adult bookstore property, will demolish building. ABC Newspapers, July 5, 2013, by Eric Hagen. Read Here.
Condos, strip club plans clash in North Loop. The Journal, March 1, 2004, by Sarah McKenzie. Read Here.
Lost to History: the South Minneapolis Pornography District of the 1980s. The Historyapolis Project, March 17, 2014, by Kevin Ehrman-Solberg. Read Here.