This is the original Club Ibis located
on East 50th between Lexington & Third.
Ibis was actually two night clubs,
the Ibis proper on the ground floor
and the El Sultan room upstairs. Ibis
had a "paris revue" all out extravaganza show featuring a chorus line
of 10 beautiful and talented broadway
dancers and a variety of internationally known acts plus dining and
dancing. Two full shows nightly and
three on Saturday, the last show
was at midnight. Some years later
the downstairs club became the world
famous Cafe Versailles and the El Sultan
became the legendary Club Ibis of the 1980's.
Upstairs at the El Sultan featured
fabulous Middle Eastern music,
(1980/81 the club went strictly Egyptian)
dancers and cuisine ... and went
on until 4am. Three belly dancers,
six shows nightly (each dancer did two shows).
back row from left: Gamila, Ghazella,
Majda and Zarefa;
musicians: Hamouda Ali,Youssef Kassab,
George Tanoose and Geoge Naoum;
