Your Father`s Mustache Club

[oldave]

I lived on the upper west side in the early 70`s and used to go to "Your Father`s Mustache Club" in the Village, but I just can`t remember where it was located...???
Any "Old" New Yorkers remember this bar...???
I was in NYC for a visit this past September, and "Oh..How New York has changed over the past 40 years since I first lived and Played (Musician) around the Tri-State area.
I used to go to Trudy Heller`s as well once in a while...another bar I can`t seem to "Place" now.
Thanks ...

Good Luck & Good Music...

oldave...

[BrooklynRider]

Hmmm. I seem to recall seeing a number of up & coming rock bands at "My Father's Mustache" in Roslyn (Long Island), including the Go-Go's when they were a punk rock band.

[oldave]

I have included a photo of Your Father`s Mustache Club in Greenwich Village...
Does anyone recognize where this is located, by the Church in the background or any other landmarks...???

Good Luck & Good Music...

oldave...

[ManhattanKnight]

YFM was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of West 10th St. and 7th Avenue South; the photographer was positioned just west of the intersection, looking east on West 10th. The "church" is actually the Jefferson Market branch of the NY Public Library. Formerly the Jefferson Market Courthouse and a well-known landmark, in the photo it appears just behind the Women's House of Detention, demolished shortly after the photo was taken. Some excellent photos and a little history HERE. (http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GV/GV028JeffersonMarketLibrary.htm) The YFM site (115-125 7th Ave. South/170 West 10th St.) is now occupied by a new buildling housing a Gourmet Garage branch at street level and a multi-level NY Sports Club Gym upstairs:

http://www.qaiser.net/88/resource/2005-02-24%20nyc/001%20-%20gourmet%20garage.jpg



When YFM vacated the space, the new tenant told a NY Times reporter that it had left behind "about 35 years of filth and neglect," 400 pounds of peanut shells, eight moose heads and two original Tiffany lampshades. (NY Times [Mimi Sheraton] June 4, 1976.) The reporter praised the place's new decor:[W]alls mellowed with softly flocked wallpaper panels in glowing tones of beige, gold, orange and celadon green. Carpeting on the ceiling softens acoustics and milk glass ellipses inspired by art deco make subtly effective chandeliers. Tortoise-patterned formica tops the tables and wraps around the congenial circular bar, while polished brass rails divide raised seating areas from the stage and dance floor.