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| Address | 2626 Vine Street Cincinnati, OH United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°07′48″N84°30′33″W / 39.130088°N 84.509287°W |
| Owner | John Cioffi |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Current use | Demolished |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Closed | 2008 |
Sudsy Malone's Rock 'n Roll Laundry & Bar was a music venue in the Corryville neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, across the street from Bogart's near the University of Cincinnati. John Cioffi was the owner. Cioffi opened other clubs including Sudsys in Lexington. The site often showcased many indie music and punk music bands. As the name suggests, the bar also housed a laundromat. Sudsy's experienced some financial difficulties during its existence, closing and reopening several times before shutting down for good in 2008.
Sudsy's hosted live music nearly every night of the week, featuring various late 1980s and 1990s genres that included punk, grunge, and alternative rock. [1] [2] [3] Hundreds of local and regional artists performed there, some of whom went on to even greater success. Local bands Afghan Whigs, Ass Ponys, and Over the Rhine gained followings at the venue prior to wider recognition outside Cincinnati. Major acts that played at Sudsy's in their early days include Beck, Better Than Ezra, Betty Blowtorch, Cat Power, The Gathering, Girls Against Boys, G. Love & Special Sauce, Guided by Voices, Jack White/The White Stripes, Jeff Buckley, The Jesus Lizard, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Modest Mouse, Morphine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sleater-Kinney, Smashing Pumpkins, Spoon, Stereolab, Superchunk, Vains of Jenna, Wesley Willis, and Yo La Tengo. [4] [5]
In the fall of 2020, the long-vacant building and one of its neighbors was demolished to make way for new multi-family housing and a mixed-use development building as part of ongoing redevelopment projects along the same block of Short Vine St. [6]
