Trocadero
:''This article is about restaurants and clubs bearing the name Trocadero. For other uses, see
Trocadero (disambiguation).
Trocadero is the name of several restaurants and clubs throughout the world. The name dates to the
Battle of Trocadero in southern
Spain, in which a citadel held by liberal Spanish forces that was taken by the
French troops sent by
Charles X, in
1823, was commemorated in the
Place du Trocadéro,
Paris. It closed on February 13, 1965.
The monumental glamor of the Parisian site has given rise to a variety of locales bearing its name.
In San Francisco, California, at the turn of the 20th century, the
Trocadero was a lively roadhouse, offering gambling at the roulette tables and dancing, as well as the best trout pond in California.
In
London the
Trocadero Restaurant of
J. Lyons and Co. opened in 1896 in Shaftesbury Avenue, near the theatres of the
West End. It offered magnificent in an Opera
Baroque style, and the various Trocaderos of the English-speaking world have derived their names from this original, the epitome of grand Edwardian catering.
Consequently,
Trocadero is the name of several restaurants and clubs throughout the world.
*
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: an all male
drag ballet company.
*
Trocadero (Los Angeles): A 1930s ballroom and a modern nightclub.
*
Trocadero Theatre: A theater in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is now a concert hall and dance club. (The spelling is correct).
*
Sydney Trocadero: is opened in 1936. It was the main home of
big band jazz in the
Australian city.
*The
Trocadero Ballroom in
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada opened in 1946.
*Trocadero Cafe' - One of
Hobart's, (
Tasmania,
Australia) most popular Cafe's situated in the CBD Bus Mall.
*
The Trocadero is a
Grade II listed pub in Birmingham, England.
*The
Trocadero Transfer, which existed in
San Francisco on 4th and Brannan from 1978 to 2000, was San Francisco's largest and most popular after hours
gay dance club from 1978 to 1990. In 2000, the name was changed to the
GlassKat.
