Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre Sets Sights on Reopening Under New Ownership, Possibly With Booze and Karaoke

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/29/mitchell-brothers-ofarrell-theatre-sets-sights-on-reopening-under-new-ownership-possibly-with-booze-and-karaoke/Once dubbed “the Carnegie Hall of public sex in America,” the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre has been closed since the pandemic. But a new ownership group hopes to revive it, possibly with alcohol service and karaoke. All of San Francisco’s strip clubs were forced to close during the pandemic, though most have reopened. One that did not reopen was perhaps the most historically significant of the bunch, as the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre announced its permanent closure in November 2020. Once the dominant adult entertainment venue in town, and famously described by Hunter S. Thompson as the "the Carne