right on the strip in the valley and everything
the riot house is soon to be known in cielo as the end-all of hotel-nightclubs, because the doll has given it her sunshine touch. she's opening up the joint under her name and you know she's only doing it to drink for free. a hotelier, by the name of rudy rubideaux, is helping her with all the angles.
back on subject, she told hep parade magazine that when it comes to the riot house, she wants to emulate some of the idyllic rock 'n' roll hotels of long ago, as well as give it her signature hep look. she considered opening in mulholland for a hot minute, but finally decided upon cielo after her move from arcadia. renovations began earlier this year, once the doll purchased the the benz high school building. katty cakes has transformed the nine acre property, originally built in 1881, into a really happening scene.
instead of a gymnasium in the east wing, there's a grand ballroom - intended for formal dinners, masquerades, balls and other elegant affairs. the ballroom is decorated with the utmost extravagance - a massive dome, constructed of wrought ironwork and glass covers the entrance; inside, false windows with mirrors and mirrored glass open the hall, making it more light and bright. the 72-foot high ceiling is composed entirely of glass - the massive skylight opens up the beautiful cielo sky, day or night.
the ballroom connects to an auditorium in the middle of the hotel; the theatre was left as-is and renovated to its former state. the kitchen is located in a separate building, cater-cornered to the bungalows; in the basement, sits the riot house bar and nightclub - the street entrance can be found on benz alley. everything reeks of the doll - in the bar, above the dance floor is a giant "man in the moon with a cocaine spoon." i can't even make this shit up. the moon and the spoon are suspended above at opposite sides of the room and meet when the glittering, cocaine-dusted spoon goes back and forth into the moon's nose. the busboys for the bar are going to wear gold hot pants and nothing else - kathleen said, "their job is to wipe off the tables and then dance on them." trotsky, maynard b. alberkraut, sodapop and ludo ludovic make up the bartending and wait staff.
in a building that hosts so much history of cielo, the doll felt that it was inappropriate to demolish and affirmed that the added relics would only appeal to patrons more.
the riot house sits on the intersection of benz street and bethel boulevard. the hotel has one hundred rooms, twenty-five suites, five garden cottages, five poolside cottages and five penthouses. the property itself is surrounded and filled with lush gardens, in which three ample mountain pools are contained. guests will revel in things like in-room safes, personalized stationary, limousine services, fine hand-stitched linens, laundry facilities and 24-hour room service - food can be ordered from the rooms or the bar. the rooms differ, but features range from working fireplaces, hardwood floors, full kitchen and dining areas, private entrances, attached carports, landscaped courtyards, wraparound terraces and private gardens. basically, anything you want, you can have - at the riot house. and yes, that's means drugs too. i mean, this is the doll we're talking about.
the opening ceremony will take place this weekend - the who's who of arcadia, mulholland, cielo and even people coming in special from the isle of grimaldi will be there - or be square.