Strip Clubs And Champagne

You’re tagline says “Wyoming” but Binny’s Beverage Depot is an Illinois place - and primarily Chicagoland. Lol

I could be wrong about this, but I'm under the impression that going way back (early 20th or late 19th century?), many high-end restaurants and clubs in major cities had a select number of private wine or champagne rooms that a guy could reserve for a romantic date (or not be seen on a romantic date by his wife...). Depending on the club, these rooms were very to extremely expensive to reserve, so they were also a means to spoil your date and show off a bit. It was also assumed (and perhaps mandatory) that you'd get an expensive bottle of champagne or wine to share with your date.

Strip clubs started offering Champagne Rooms just to mimic those high-end night clubs and restaurants. Except where a Champagne Room in a fancy restaurant was actually intended for chit chat, having an expensive meal, and sharing a bottle of whatever, in a strip club those same rooms eventually became a place for sexy fun in private. The champagne is just a holdover from that earlier time, and it's also a way to sell cheap champagne for expensive champagne prices.

It’s the ultimate up charge in a strip club setting.

Champagne was originally only meant to drink during “celebrations,” and for some PLs a VIP room is certainly a celebration because it’s one of the few times someone may see their schlong other than their mom or themselves.

I think it’s a way that you can mask value. The club can’t give you a bottle of whiskey to take back there, and a bucket of beers isn’t sexy enough. BUT, a bottle of champagne looks sexy, and like you said they probably bought it for $12.00 (so it really isn’t “champagne” but sparkling wine) and marked it up 1000% and most PLs don’t know any better. Just another strip climb charge like mandatory coat check, mandatory valet and the tip walk.

Lastly it is a “show off” thing. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been at the club and some whale buys some high end champagne(s) and starts passing around glasses to everyone at the bar. Drinking Champagne is often associated with affluence. Affluence means “special” and doing a VIP is certainly supposed to be “special” so why not throw some champagne in there with it! Let’s rip this PL off even more!!!

Good explanation, Call.Me.Ishmael. That puts it into perspective.

I've only been in a Champagne Room once and it didn't cost me a cent. It was the Platinum Plus in Columbia SC. My CF and myself were sitting in the main room. Her girl friend was in the Champagne Room with a Whale. He had bought a magnum of champagne. I knew that the minimum charge for 1 hour in the Champagne Room was $300 for any kind of beverage. Dancers were charging a minimum of $300 for their time. Since there was no way 2 people could have consumed the entire magnum in 1 hour, the Whale invited us back for a glass of bubbly. We went back for 1 glass and spent 20 minutes conversing with them and then left them to their own devices.

You are supposed to pour the cristal on THE TITTIES. Please get with the program!

^repeat with egg rolls, meatballs, hot wings, ravioli, basically any mouthful sized food.

Someone needs to get scrub back on his meds.

It’s spelled CRISTAL. Scrub you’re welcome to come over anytime and I’ll pour you a glass as I have a few bottles in my cellar although I’m more partial to Krug and Bollinger.