C'est La Vie

Bar Drag | Strippers | Cruising

231 S 2nd St
Milwaukee, WI 53204

State Region

Southeast WI

Neighborhood

Walkers Point

Year Opened: 1974
Year Closed: 2008

Exact Date Opened: Sunday, December 01, 1974
Exact Date Closed: Saturday, May 03, 2008

Clientele Primarily Identified As

Gay, Black

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Operated by Clarence "John Clayton" Germershausen, C'est La Vie was a long-time pick-up joint, strip club, and later drag / transgender cabaret that battled police harassment and entrapment for many years.

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