The venue opened as a nightclub in 1991. Formerly the
Quixote restaurant from which it gets its initialed name, the venue was built in the style of a Spanish castle in the 1970s. Prior to that, at midcentury, the address housed the Capitol Restaurant. The
goth subculture began to predominate at the venue in the 2000s. The goth club is located in the heart of what was once
Newark's Chinatown beginning in the 1890s. It sits in the area of the city between
City Hall and
the Ironbound. It is host to shows by live punk, goth, and hardcore bands and DJs as well as burlesque acts and a number of film shoots.
Terrifier 2,
The Trial of the Chicago 7 and others were filmed on location in the club. ==See also==