The History of the Floating Lap Dance Party in Manhattan
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The first floating lap dance party in Manhattan was started by Lap Dance Lou in January 2006 at G Bar Lounge on West 27th Street in Chelsea. G Bar Lounge was a small trendy lounge and the after work weekday parties were a big hit. G Bar Lounge was up the block from FIT and they had a lot of the college girls dancing there, as well as aspiring actresses and models. Before long, G Bar Lounge became crowded, and Lap Dance Lou added on a second larger location, the 5,000 square foot Worth Lounge on Worth Street in Tribeca. The Worth Lounge operated on Wednesday nights and was known as Wall Street Wednesdays due to the large Wall Street crowd it attracted. On some nights, there were 150 to 200 customers at the Worth Lounge Wednesday night lap dance parties. Throughout 2006 and 2007, the most popular floating lap dance parties were at G Bar Lounge and Worth Lounge.
Following the closure of the legendary HLD Club in July 2008, Pony Tail Rob of Saint Venus Theater started operating floating lap dance parties in locations throughout Manhattan from the Financial District to Midtown. Before long, Pony Tail Rob's Thursday night lap dance party expanded to three nights a week. As crowds flocked to SVT, Pony Tail Rob got larger and larger locations. SVT has received a lot of media attention for operating its amateur strip club operation of girl-next-door girls who are not stripper types. SVT still operates today and is as popular (and crowded) as ever. See website at http://saintvenustheater.com/
Another early floating lap dance party was the Lido Room which was started in December 2008 in a very lively Moroccan restaurant and hookah lounge with belly dancers on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. The Lido Room occupied the entire lower level of the Moroccan restaurant and there were ample comfortable sofas and beautiful wall hangings and curtains throughout. The Lido Room was a very unpretentious and fun atmosphere with a lot of cute girls and a few knock-outs. The Lido Room has come a long way since its simple surroundings in 2008 through 2010, and now operates in some very upscale venues. See The Lido Room website at http://www.thelidoroom.com/
In May 2012, there was a break away of disgruntled dancers from Saint Venus Theater, and Masked Nights was formed. It started out as a lingerie party in Brooklyn where the girls wore masks. It then developed into a Manhattan floating lap dance party at various smaller venues throughout Manhattan. Masked Nights continues to operate in Manhattan one or two nights a week. See Masked Nights website at http://www.maskednights.com/
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Sounds like a yuppie upscale kinda event which is not my thing – I look for value and not overpriced venues that may not deliver on a lot of mileage – but can’t say if these places are worth it or not since I’ve never been to them.
I was at the lido last week. I don't see how a bj can be performed as everything was pretty much out in the open. the only way that could happen was to meet inside one of the bathrooms, and I don't think the dude running the show whose name starts with S would permit that type of behavior, pm me your reply as I don't want that to be posted out publicly in this thread.
But what I find truly audacious is a new shill like you questioning the credibility of a guy like Chan, who has, over 13+ years on this site, contributed 91 reviews of 24 clubs spread all over the country. Sorry dude, but what Chan has to say carries a hell of a lot more weight with me than any more sanitized shill nonsense coming from you. And in all candor, while I have never been to Lido myself, as a NYC monger I've heard some stuff that leads me to believe that Chan and Red are giving us decent intel.
Finally, as you admit, you are not from New York and you have never been to Lido.
if that is the case hen I really missed out as 2009 sounded like a real good time could be had while as of now it sounds like shit.
basically an underground strip joint that caters to the yuppies who are going to overspend on strippers who only grind and occasionally do a make-out session. to overspend and not be able to whip out your cock for hj or more is fucking absurd.
yeah I know it's nyc and that's how the strip club scene is right now, whether mainstream or underground. so to say that this joint has come a long way since 2009 is bullshit. you make it sound like it's progress. quite more like a regression.
I completely agree that the Lido Room has come a long way since 2009. At present, the Lido Room is operating four nights a week: Tuesday in the West Village, Wednesday and Friday near Rockefeller Center, and Thursday in Midtown West. The West Village location has an outdoor patio in the rear and the Midtown West location has an outdoor rooftop deck. Depending on the night, there are up to 40 dancers who are friendly, educated, and very attractive.
Haven't been to Masked Nights in about a year. I stopped going because with maybe one or two exceptions, the quality of girls was just not good, at least IMO.Has it improved recently? I find Lido has many more attractive girls than Masked Nights ever had.