A North Seattle pancake house could soon be replaced with a strip club, and the building's new owners won't even have to change the sign.

After 36 years of running Cyndy's Pancake House owner Gae Bowman, 73, says she's ready to retire and has put her building—near the intersection of Aurora and Northgate Way—up for sale.

So far, Bowman says she's only had one interested buyer: wannabe-strip-club-impresario Bob Davis, who approached Bowman about purchasing the bulding last February. “They’re the only people that have come with any money," Bowman says.

According to city records, Davis—who successfully challenged the city's strip club moratorium in 2005—has received an adult entertainment permit to open Cyndy's Gentleman's Club at the pancake house location.

Davis says he's looking to open a "recession-proof" business and believes a strip club is the way to go. "I was doing some research at a club the other day and I asked these girls if business was down," Davis says. "They said, ‘oh, guys always need us.’"

Davis wants to retain the building's name because of the history of the site. "It’s been Cyndy's since 1972," he says. "Everybody in town knows where Cyndy's is!" Not only does Davis plan to keep the name, but he also says he wants to continue serving food at the club. "My goal is to be the bachelor’s friend," he says.

According to the Department of Planning and Development spokesman Bryan Stevens, Cyndy's is currently zoned to accommodate a strip club. However, Stevens says, the club would still have to go through a process to make sure it's at least 800 feet from any community centers, schools or public parks.

Davis and Bowman are still hammering out the details of the sale, although Bowman says she hasn't heard anything about a strip club. "I thought they were going to open a comedy club," she says.

Davis is hoping to be open for business in spring 2009.