Legendary Seattle Venue Shuts Its Doors

Seattle's renowned music venue the Crocodile Café has suddenly closed its doors after 17 years.

The intimate downtown club, which played a big role in the early 1990s grunge scene and has hosted shows from the likes of Beck, REM, Yoko Ono and Sleater-Kinney, was reportedly facing financial troubles that forced the owner to close its doors. It most notably hosted a gig in 1992 featuring Nirvana and Mudhoney for a $3 ticket price.

According to the Seattle Post-Intellligencer, owner Stephanie Dorgan unexpectedly told club employees this past weekend that there was no need for them to return to work because she was shutting the club down.

"We all knew the club has problems with money, but we certainly didn't think it would be closing right now," said club booker Eli Anderson. "I was booking new shows on Saturday, so I was freaking out when I received Stephanie's voice mail."

Thanks for the info to NME.com.

Comments

[Ramco]

That's really upsetting. Too many venues are closing down lately. Not enough people are coming out to shows, and conversely not enough bands are putting on good live shows. The venues are open one day and unexpectedly close the next. The same thing happened to the Masquerade in Tampa, Duke's in Orlando and the Seabreeze in Daytona Beach.

[DirtyFryBassGuy]

and Mississippi Nights in St. Louis

[guitarguru1212]

just wondering but sure the crocodile cafe was in seattle (hometown of nirvana for you who dont know) but it still doesnt count as nirvana news so how come it was filed under nirvana?

[guitarguru1212]

do any of you mods mind answering my question cos im quite curious about how it qualifys as nirvana news (question in comment above)thanks if you do answer

guitarguru1212 wrote:

just wondering but sure the crocodile cafe was in seattle (hometown of nirvana for you who dont know) but it still doesnt count as nirvana news so how come it was filed under nirvana?

Because it's presumably easier to file it under Nirvana news than some miscellaneous section.

[guitarguru1212]

FrenchyFungus m :
guitarguru1212 wrote:

just wondering but sure the crocodile cafe was in seattle (hometown of nirvana for you who dont know) but it still doesnt count as nirvana news so how come it was filed under nirvana?
Because it's presumably easier to file it under Nirvana news than some miscellaneous section.

thanks

[C-k-y]

that's a shame..