Cafe Cleopatra fighting to survive with a show full of shimmying shaking and a whole lotta sex

theconcordian.com – By Felicia di Palma

Cafe Cleopatra on St. Laurent Boulevard has been in the public eye since late 2007, when the administration of Mayor Gerald Tremblay announced its plans for the revitalization of the Lower Main. This entailed bulldozing existing venues to make the area part of the Quartier des spectacles and to add a five-storey building that would serve as a Hydro-Quebec office. Since then, the part of Montreal otherwise known as the red-light district has become virtually unrecognizable.

Tickets can be purchased at Joy Toyz sex shop on 4200 St. Laurent Blvd., suite 415, for $10. At the door, tickets will be sold for $12. Doors open at 8 p.m. and all the shimmying and shaking will start at 9 p.m.