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Le Club was a members-only restaurant and nightclub located at 416 East 55th Street in Manhattan. French expatriate Olivier Coquelin founded Le Club in 1960. [1] [2]

It was a playground for New York's elites, including the Vanderbilts and Kennedys. [3] As a young man in the 1970s, Donald Trump frequented the club, particularly associating with Roy Cohn. [4]

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References

  1. Braunstein, Peter (November 1999). "Disco". American Heritage. 50 (7).
  2. Andelman, David A. (July 9, 1974). "Le Club, Restaurant of Jet Set, Cited for Health Code Violations". The New York Times . Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. Trump, Mary L. (2020). Too Much and Never Enough. Simon and Schuster. p. 100. ISBN   9781982141462.
  4. Haden-Guest, Anthony (March 12, 2019). "Donald Trump's Nights Out at Le Club With Roy Cohn". The Daily Beast.

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