above it are completely separate business entities. The lounge remained open even after the motel was closed and the lounge only closed for a brief period during the hotel's renovation. The hotel and the lounge are so separate that you can't access the lounge from anywhere inside the hotel. The Clermont Lounge has its own separate entrance in the back of the building near the hotel's valet parking area. In December 2009, the health department ordered the hotel to close for numerous health-code violations, including dirty linen, old bedding, bed bug stains, mold growing on the walls, black water spilling from faucets, and broken toilet fixtures. Fairway Capital put the property on the market for sale in 2010. Clermont Hotel Partners LLC eventually bought it in January 2013 with the intent to redevelop the property as a boutique hotel. In 2018, the hotel reopened after an extensive renovation that brought the facility up to code while restoring and preserving the iconic details of the Clermont The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. In popular culture Just a few months before his death of a heroin overdose, shock rocker GG Allin wrote the song "Hotel Clermont (My Whorehouse)", released as the B-side to his 1993 single "Look Into My Eyes and Hate Me", during a period spent living in Room 216 of the adjacent hotel. Bubba Sparxx released the track 'Claremont Lounge', which uses a different spelling but was likely in reference to the Clermont. The band The Constellations; an Atlanta based band also released a track titled "Step Right Up" which references the Clermont by name. See also List of strip clubs Magic City (club) Hotels in Atlanta References External links Official site A couple of dozen vintage ads for burlesque clubs that operated in the Clermont Hotel over the last several decades "Because Blondie, the Clermont Lounge stripper-cum-local celebrity with a heart and hair of gold, can crush a beer can with her boobs", Creative Loafing, November 23, 2011 "We're All Freaks: My Three Years at the Clermont Lounge", Bitter Southerner, October 1, 2013 Images and info from About.com Strip clubs in the United States Nightclubs in the United States Culture of Atlanta National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Georgia