Article: BADA BING, BADA ... BOOM! AND THEN IT WAS ALL OVER FOR NEW JERSEY AND THE GIRLS AT THE SATIN DOLLS STRIP CLUB.(News)

The dancers never stop at the Bada Bing, but they took an hour off at its real-world counterpart to watch the final episode of "The Sopranos."

Fans lined up three-deep at the bar of Satin Dolls, the Lodi, N.J., strip club that doubled as the mob family's headquarters on the HBO series. As the series ended, fans had mixed reactions to the final scene of Tony and his family eating dinner at a cozy family restaurant.

"It was a big dud," said Joseph Manuella, 57, of Glen Rock, who was among about 200 fans watching the show at Satin Dolls.

"People were getting ready for the big bang, like maybe the whole family was going to get whacked in the ...

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