Lou's Tavern is where fight club starts, and where it starts being held on a weekly basis.
Italian mafia implications[]
Lou's Tavern has implications that it is run by a mafia boss named Lou. For example Lou is a very common name in italy. During the 19th century a lot of italians flocked to america in search of a better future. It was commmon for mafia bosses to run bars. And Lou even has henchmen, just a regular bar owner wouldn't.