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08-04-2020, 15:06
Brooke Shields spent some time at Rick's Lounge
As did others back in the ole days :munchin
FayWHAT? Did Brooke Shields visit Rick’s Lounge in Fayetteville?
By Rodger Mullen, Staff writer, Jun 2, 2019
The actress visited town in 1987 for a Bob Hope TV special and took a wild motorcycle ride while she was here.
George Damour had a question about a Fayetteville folk tale.
“When I was stationed at Fort Bragg from 1989 to 1994, I heard a story that Brooke Shields stopped by Rick’s Lounge and hung out with soldiers,” he wrote to the Observer’a FayWHAT?, “Is this true?”
Rick’s was a topless bar on the 400 block of Hay Street, at one time one of many such bars downtown.
The bar was popular with soldiers and others and an irritant to city leaders intent on changing Fayetteville’s “Fayettenam” image.
Rick’s was the subject of court battles and in 1986 was destroyed by fire. It reopened and remained until 1995. The Fayetteville Police Department headquarters now stands where topless dancers once gyrated on poles.
During her visit to Fayetteville, Shields found time to stop by Rick’s for a little fun, and her visit got nationwide attention.
A publication called Outlaw Biker picked up on Shields’ visit, during which she apparently took a ride with a “420 pound tattooed and leathered biker named Boda.” It ran a six-page article on the actresses’ adventure, including pictures and an interview with Boda.
Boda told Outlaw Biker that Shields showed up at Rick’s with her mother and asked to be taken for a motorcycle ride. Boda said he volunteered because he was “the only sober person around.”
https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20190602/faywhat-did-brooke-shields-visit-ricks-lounge-in-fayetteville
I understand there has been renewed interest by local HS students in the history of Rick's Lounge??
As did others back in the ole days :munchin
FayWHAT? Did Brooke Shields visit Rick’s Lounge in Fayetteville?
By Rodger Mullen, Staff writer, Jun 2, 2019
The actress visited town in 1987 for a Bob Hope TV special and took a wild motorcycle ride while she was here.
George Damour had a question about a Fayetteville folk tale.
“When I was stationed at Fort Bragg from 1989 to 1994, I heard a story that Brooke Shields stopped by Rick’s Lounge and hung out with soldiers,” he wrote to the Observer’a FayWHAT?, “Is this true?”
Rick’s was a topless bar on the 400 block of Hay Street, at one time one of many such bars downtown.
The bar was popular with soldiers and others and an irritant to city leaders intent on changing Fayetteville’s “Fayettenam” image.
Rick’s was the subject of court battles and in 1986 was destroyed by fire. It reopened and remained until 1995. The Fayetteville Police Department headquarters now stands where topless dancers once gyrated on poles.
During her visit to Fayetteville, Shields found time to stop by Rick’s for a little fun, and her visit got nationwide attention.
A publication called Outlaw Biker picked up on Shields’ visit, during which she apparently took a ride with a “420 pound tattooed and leathered biker named Boda.” It ran a six-page article on the actresses’ adventure, including pictures and an interview with Boda.
Boda told Outlaw Biker that Shields showed up at Rick’s with her mother and asked to be taken for a motorcycle ride. Boda said he volunteered because he was “the only sober person around.”
https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20190602/faywhat-did-brooke-shields-visit-ricks-lounge-in-fayetteville
I understand there has been renewed interest by local HS students in the history of Rick's Lounge??