"I just found the funny in it, of how you can take an 87-year-old Albany landmark and reduce it down to a drug-infested strip joint in El Cerrito. All the information is wrong."
"The Hotsy Totsy is not, and never has been, a strip club, Maria said. While it used to be a seedy local dive bar infamous for not carding underage drinkers, Maria and co-owner Michael Valladares transformed it into a charming neighborhood hangout with a world-class cocktail menu when they took over in 2009."
Jessica Maria, owner of the Hotsy Totsy bar in Albany, discovered that Fox News hosts on "The Five" mischaracterized her establishment during a broadcast. Guest host Emily Compagno, who grew up in the East Bay, incorrectly identified the bar as a strip club and located it in El Cerrito rather than Albany. Co-host Greg Gutfeld made crude jokes about drugs, and host Dana Perino questioned the relevance to the show's topic. Maria clarified that the Hotsy Totsy, established 87 years ago, was transformed from a seedy dive bar into a charming neighborhood venue with an upscale cocktail menu when she and co-owner Michael Valladares took over in 2009. Maria responded by posting the clip on Instagram, finding humor in how the hosts reduced her landmark establishment to inaccurate stereotypes.
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