The Chanterelles Are Waning: A Vaginal Davis-style Los Angeles Bike Tour starting and ending at ICA-LA! START and END at ICA-LA!
"Let’s start off with luncheon at Phillipe’s Downtown 1001 North Alameda for a classic French Dip sandwich and egg cream, then down to Little Tokyo to pay tribute to the late great Atomic Cafe on 422 East 1st Street and next door Troy Cafe owned by the youngest of the Warhol stars Bibbe Hansen, mother of pop wunderkind Beck (where he launched his career). Troy at 418 East 1st Street was also in another life underground club The Brave Dog. From there it’s East to Boyle Heights and The Redhead aka Redz 2218 East 1st Street the working class Latinx lesbian bar, which sadly is no longer there, but light a candle to its memory. Then head back west to the industrial section of downtown around Hewitt and Traction Avenue to stop by The American Hotel which housed the famed Al’s Bar and around the corner try your best to figure out where the infamous Afro punk speakeasy The Hideaway use to be. I’m not gonna give you any clues.
Now, we’re going to zip to the edge of Skid Row to The Klyt, yes, I said “clit” but spelled K-L-Y-T, 132 East 4th Street which use to be the Turkish Baths and is the oldest continuous Gay Bathhouse in Los Angeles where Rock Hudson and Montgomery “Princess Tiny Meat” Cliff met their paramours in the late 1940s."