Shannon Tweed, Miss Ottawa Valley, the Ottawa Journal, October 21 1977
"Shannon's" restaurant/bar and dance club opened at 321 Bank Street in late November 1977, just north of Barrymore's — photo by Lynn Ball for the Ottawa Citizen. The Citizen would later describe Shannon's as a "seedy little rock bar." The address had previously been home to the Victoria Dining Lounge ...
After Shannon left Ottawa to pursue an acting and modelling career, the club became Hooper's Restaurant/Club and then Fanny's Cabaret (re-numbered as 317 Bank.) The building underwent major renovation in 1998 and reopened as the Babylon Nightclub*, with the Cue & Cushion billiard hall upstairs. It now hosts a Dollarama store.
Ms Tweed would eventually marry Gene Simmons of the rock band KISS — the couple remain happily married to this day.
*don't get me started on Babylon. Really.
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