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InMeow Mix opened as a sex-positive lesbian club known for its live music, though it is best remembered for its appearance in the film Chasing Amy. It was owned by Brooke Webster, a successful party promoter who went on to open Cattyshack in Brooklyn after Meow Mix was forced to close in Photo by Santos J. Source unknown.

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Photo by Camille Bettina Atkinson. The club is best remembered, however, as a filming location for the film Chasing Amy. There are some surviving photographs of performances at the club showing the sex-positive, exuberant quality of Meow Mix, continuing the tradition started at lesbian bars in the s of promoting lesbian performers.

The exterior of the building featured large windows partially covered in posters on both facades. A year later, inWebster moved on to her next endeavor, Cattyshack, a three-story club at 4th Avenue, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, which was open until This project is enriched by your participation!

Do you have your own images of this site? Or a story to share? Would you like to suggest a different historic site? Share on Facebook Email this. Header Photo. Credit: Christopher D. Still from the movie Chasing Amyshowing the exterior of Meow Mix. Exterior of Meow Mix, undated. Photographer and source unknown.

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