Adele’s Lounge Bar opened at 11605 Euclid Avenue in 1954. Adele’s Lounge Bar was a popular hangout for youths involved in Cleveland’s 1960s countercultural movement, activists, revolutionaries, and LGBT+ community members. Adele’s gained a reputation for disorderly conduct among its patrons and endured frequent surveillance by the Cleveland Police Department throughout much of the 1950s and 1960s. Adele’s closed in 1969 after a fire demolished the building.
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Resources
- “Adele’s Bar Ruling Upheld.” Plain Dealer. April 25, 1968.
- Eszterhas, Joseph. “Hippietown.” Plain Dealer. August 3, 1969.
- “Euclid Ave. Hippie Haunt is Cited by Liquor Agents.” Plain Dealer. April 14, 1969.
- “Fire Damages Bar.” Plain Dealer. February 4, 1969.
- Maeroff, Gene I. “Keeping Them Off the Streets.” Plain Dealer. June 21, 1969.
- Negron, Sidney. “Gay Bars in Cleveland.” Encyclopedia of Cleveland History.
- “Ohio Urged to Refuse New Permit for Adele’s.” Plain Dealer. November 29, 1967.
- “Remembering Adele’s.” Third Avenue.
- Shaver, Savannah. “Adele’s Lounge Bar: A Home for Beatniks, Bikers, Co-eds, and Hippies.” Cleveland Historical.
- Stainer, Harry. “Coffee House is Ordered Closed.” Plain Dealer. December 21, 1966.