Satin Dolls, the New Jersey strip club that served as the Bada Bing! in The Sopranos, has been ordered to close by the state attorney general.
“The division has alleged that Anthony Cardinalle, who was criminally disqualified from maintaining involvement with the [Satin Dolls] clubs’ operations, nonetheless continued to run the businesses,” attorney general Christopher Porrino said.
Unlike Soprano, Cardinalle has now reportedly flipped and is working with federal prosecutors in the hope of reducing his sentence.
Tony Soprano held court in the Bada Bing! throughout the HBO show, the club seeing being used to launder money and playing host to debauched, drug-fuelled evenings, shoot-outs and several deaths.