Anyone ever been to/heard of "Risque Cafe"?

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

I know it's a little out of Davis Sq., but I hope the group will bear with me.

I was looking for a coffeeshop near Broadway and Cutter and while looking on Google Maps, I happened to notice a listing for "Risque Cafe" at 76 Thurston St. I'd never heard of the place and was intrigued by the name and googled it and found.... very little.

All the results i turned up are simply auto-populated from some central database. I found no reviews, no marketing copy, nothing at all to indicate it's a real place. When I clicked on the street view, it seems to be a residential area with no businesses. If this place does exist (and the google maps is correct), then it's in a home with no signs that I can find on street view. Social media searches only turned up a place in Florida and another in Chicago.

I'm fascinated, of course, and inventing all sorts of fantastical scenarios in my head. I almost don't want to ask because in my head it's a semi-legal burlesque-themed speakeasy in someone's basement and you need a password to get in. But I am curious. Can anyone offer more solid information?

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

It would seem that there's an irregularly-occurring dance night by that name at Ryles in Inman Square. Perhaps that address (76 Thurston) is the residential or mailing address of the promoter, or DJ, or some other person associated with putting on the event?

[genevra-mcneil.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's the most likely explanation. But less cool than my imagination... sigh.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yes, that *did* sound extremely cool, and I so would have gone to an establishment like that!

[somerfriend.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a place that would be cool to go to in theory but when you went you would decide it was tacky and want to leave.