Porn Legend Opens Coffee Shop In San Diego
Larry Flynt's Hustler Hollywood In Gaslamp District
(Coffee instead of cold late night pizza???)
Updated: 6:54 p.m. PST February 15, 2002
Porn legend Larry Flynt opened a combination coffee shop and adult bookstore in downtown San Diego Friday.
The Hustler Hollywood San Diego is located in the Gaslamp District and describes itself as "coffee bar, video palace, and sensual novelty paradise."
It is "the only place in town where you can drop by and get a great cup of coffee … and a blow-up doll to keep you company while you eat," according to a press release. It is the fifth such store for Flynt to open.
The store will no doubt draw the ire of many San Diegans, something that isn't new to Flynt.
But Flynt told 10News that his store will make an effort. The third floor of the store offers the adult fare you might expect, but in compliance with city ordinance, the first floor will offer mostly soft items like t-shirts and bath oil.
"We go out of our way to create the image that this is not an adult bookstore," Flynt said.
The founder of Hustler Magazine has made something of a career of being a controversial figure, and was even immortalized in the 1996 film "The People vs. Larry Flynt."
In recent months, he has made headlines by suing the Pentagon for the right to send reporters out with U.S. forces on combat missions in Afghanistan.