Los Angeles USA
1973 Closed 1985
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Cathay de Grande a Chinese restaurant
1600 Argyle Ave.
later a Hollywood nightclub of the same name that featured mostly punk rock bands but also other styles of underground/alternative rock in the 1980s. original owner Jack Chen, the Cathay de Grande restaurant and its underground basement nightclub opened in December 1973, serving Mandarin cuisine.
1980, new owner Michael Brennan , Thai food and booking punk and New Wave bands such as the
the Flesh Eaters, and the Gun Club, Bad Religion, Tex and the Horseheads, Geza X, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L., The Vandals, Agent Orange,
Butthole Surfers touring
problems with neighbors, the local police, and legal problems related to business conflicts, Michael Brennan closed the Cathay de Grande in 1985. It was one of the last remaining punk venues at the time of its closure.
Violent Psychosis, The Mentors with El Duce, and Circle Jerks performed the venue’s farewell show.
Shortly before, Danny “Dobbs” Wilson, a booker at the Cathay de Grande, started Raji’s a block to the north on Hollywood Boulevard