The Mynah Bird
Named after Kerr's other business venture - his myna bird store on Bloor street - the venue was an L shaped former Victorian home divided into two floors and multiple rooms. Go-go dancers who danced in front of the windows on the top floor beckoned the crowd from the street into the venue. One would enter through a hallway passing several myna birds (one which was Kerr's personal pet named Raja) and an aquarium full of piranhas who were regularly seen consuming goldfish. Patrons would enter either the Stage Room which held folk music performances or the red flecked walls and fake grass floor of the Jungle Room which was the later home of the topless dancers. The rooms of The Mynah Bird were stuffy and dark, being lit only by candles on the tables.
The infamous Kerr, who bassist Bruce Palmer called "the Larry Flynt of Yorkville" made newspaper headlines with his coffee house which like the Riverboat, survived well into the 70s. This was largely because, in contrast to folk music's decline in popularity, flesh proved as popular as ever. However, when the concentration of strip joints was established on Yonge Street (an area that would be effectively referred to as "the Strip"), Kerr decided to sell The Mynah Bird to developers and set his sights on opening a larger nudist club on King Street.
