Then & Now: Do you know where this is?

An unassuming office building was the onetime home of arguably the most notorious club in Worcester.

City Councilor Paul T. Leahy called the business “a den of iniquity.”

The establishment, shown in this week's Then photo, shared its name with a 1966 war film starring George Peppard, who played a German fighter pilot on the Western Front during World War I.

The co-owner and manager of the club place was a Vietnam War Army veteran who earned three Bronze Stars, an Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry.

But some might suggest the time serving his country was nothing compared to the relentless battle he faced at City Hall.

Not only did the business debut the year of the U.S. Bicentennial, it also found itself in the center of numerous municipal meetings and court battles on whether controversial activities held there were protected under the First Amendment.

This establishment took over space that had been occupied by the short-lived La Gerbe de Ble restaurant (French for “Sheaf of Wheat”). Although there was a shift from French cuisine to Italian American food, it wasn’t what was on the menu that became the talk of City Hall.

See Monday's Telegram & Gazette, and telegram.com, for the answer.

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