The VH Story

by Lou Canellis

(from 190 North -August 14, 2005)

The Victor Hotel is a night club with an older clientele. After a short hiatus from the business, Jerry Kleiner who co-owns Marche, Opera, and Gioco) has turned the Victor Hotel sign back on. It was previously located in Shelter - his mega-club back in the 90's. And while Kleiner hasn't forgotten his old Shelter fans, they by no means have forgotten him.

"I'd get customers calling me, "Jerry where do we go after work? You don't have Shelter any longer." I go, Look, I'm out of the night club business. I'm not getting in there." I have kids, 11 and 9 now, so it's uh, I got out of that thing. Thousands of letters over the years, "Jerry, we need somewhere to go," so here we are today, Victor Hotel, the old sign that I had at the entrance of Shelter.

This is a new modern version, the Victor Hotel, where Shelter was a dark, underground industrial nightclub, this is like the lobby lounge," said Jerry.
In true Jerry Kleiner fashion, Victor Hotel isn't your normal run of the mill night club.