The Mountain Mermaid Turns 100, 10/29/25
EVENT:
“The Mountain Mermaid Turns 100”
Speaker: Bill Buerge
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
7:00 p.m.: Potluck Dinner / 8:00 p.m.: Presentation
Where: The Mountain Mermaid, 20421 Callon Dr., Topanga
The Mountain Mermaid was formerly the Sylvia Park Country Club, the Rancho Topango Country Club, mobster Mickey Cohen’s casino, a Jewish boys school, an American Legion hall, LA’s first gay bar the Canyon Club, and a classical concert venue called the Mermaid Tavern. Bill Buerge bought the building in 1990. He says, “She called to me. I grabbed her by the tail. She has given me the ride of a lifetime.”
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