After the incredible success of the Factory Bar at 158 N. Broadway, south of downtown, owner Chuck Cicerello opened this bar. While popular, it never matched the sucess of the original Factory, partly because of the location. (This bar had previously housed another bar, Kisses, which was wildly popular but for only a short period of time.)

Chuck went on to found at least two additional bars (the Factory 3 at 511 N. Broadway just north of the expressay, and 27th Street Danceteria on 27th Street just south of Wisconsin Avenue.), and then managed the Club 219 bar for many years after that.