logo industry gentleman s clubs founded upland california 1989 founder john l. gray headquarters headquartered in norco california number of locations 16 area served united states united kingdom australia website www.spearmintrhino.com spearmint rhino birmingham england . spearmint rhino is a chain of strip clubs that operates venues throughout the united states united kingdom and australia . 1 the club opened in 1989 as a supplement to the existing peppermint elephant restaurant . this first spearmint rhino was located in upland california . citation needed contents 1 operations 2 name 3 in popular culture 4 awards 5 references 6 external links operations edit john gray is the founder & ceo of spearmint rhino consulting worldwide . his company owns the trademark of spearmint rhino gentlemen s clubs dames n games topless sports bars california girls gentlemen s clubs blue zebra adult cabaret and dirty s topless bar . in 2010 the spearmint rhino opened its first non adult nightclub in downtown los angeles named 1616 club . 2 each club location is independently owned operated and licensed . the company s worldwide headquarters is located in norco california . the london club is the flagship club in the uk . 3 name edit the name spearmint rhino is not a codename or reference to anything ; the company was simply aiming for a noticeable memorable and catchy name . 4 the main stage birmingham . in popular culture edit in episode 19 of season 5 of the tv series supernatural the archangel gabriel makes reference to the club when describing the positive aspects of humanity saying and you should see the spearmint rhino . 5 in the tv series south park there is a parody of the club called the peppermint hippo that is featured in two separate episodes lil crime stoppers and the return of chef . this same name is used for a club in the movie date night . in episode 4 season 2 of the inbetweeners a night out in london the character neil states that he and his friends are going to a club referring mistakenly to the spearmint rhino . citation needed in episode 4 series 7 of top gear is the italian mid engined supercars for less than a second hand mondeo challenge the endpoint of which is a spearmint rhino franchise in slough . 6 in episode 6 series 5 of tv series spooks hostage takers part 1 the character adam threatens to send someone to a place that makes guantanamo bay look like spearmint rhino . in the video game grand theft auto v the vanilla unicorn gentlemen s club is a play on spearmint rhino gentlemen s club . in episode 11 season 2 of andy richter controls the universe the stripper says she works at cinnamon cheetah . during the 2016 billboard music awards stars of bad moms featuring mila kunis kristen bell and kathryn hahn pay to the las vegas spearmint rhino awards edit 2015 exotic dancer award club chain of the year 2016 exotic dancer award international club of the year london 2016 exotic dancer award general manager of the year las vegas nv references edit the observer business media & cash section of the observer on sunday 3 february 2002 p12 . melrose wins rhino entertainer of the year xbiz magazine 29 october 2010 http www.xbiz.com news 126910 lord of the lap dance observer february 3rd 2002 http www.guardian.co.uk business 2002 feb 03 theobserver.observerbusiness11 intcmp srch media p12 of the observer business media & cash section of the observer on sunday 3 february 2002 . it was published on guardian.co.uk at 00.22 gmt on sunday 3 february 2002 . 5.19 hammer of the gods . super wiki . retrieved 22 june 2012 . cheap car challenges . retrieved 7 september 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spearmint rhino & oldid 741677753 categories strip clubscompanies based in los angeles county californianorco californiastrip clubs in the united kingdomstrip clubs in the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2010articles with unsourced statements from august 2012use dmy dates from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 00 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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