What's the deal with "Free lunch" needing TWO drinks?

sfrsox
I love boobies
Like seriously. Other than Cheetah's (thank you, Cheetah's they understand things and are not pound foolish, so they;re getting more of my business), why are other SFL clubs requiring 2 drinks. BT, Solid Gold, Scores, all asking for drinks. 2 cokes is $12+ tip even with "happy hour" F that, that's not free. I understand that you don't want free loaders, but if someone is getting a VIP or $100 in dances or something, plus paying the $2 for he stupid widely available parking (only BT here), 1 drink should be enough for our advertised free lunch.
1 drink sure. 2 is a bit much.

/end rant

29 comments

  • Icey
    2 months ago
    I think it's a great deal. Depending on how the buffet is
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    It's not a buffet.
  • whodey
    2 months ago
    2 drink minimums at some strip clubs have been around longer than I have. It isn't just those with a lunch, many strip clubs require a 2 drink minimum to ensure that the people who come in spend at least a certain amount of money instead of just watching a free stage show.

    I usually don't drink when I'm clubbing, but I've never had a club enforce the 2 drink minimum as long as I am spending money in the club. The only time I've had a club bring it up was when I had arranged to meet a particular dancer at the club at a certain time. Of course she was late so I was sitting around waiting and I hadn't bought any dances or anything while I was waiting. I had a waitress come over and remind me of the two drink minimum, I told her I didn't feel like a drink and gave her $20 and told her she could either use that to pay for my two drinks or keep it as a tip for herself. She thanked me for the tip and never mentioned the 2 drink minimum again.
  • rickmacrodong
    2 months ago
    Whodey to be fair, its not coming in watching a free stage show if theres an entrance fee.
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    Yeah I've never had it enforced EXCEPT when I want the lunch.

    F at a place in the north with no/little contact, I got zero drinks and tipped every or almost every girl on stage and got zero dances and it wasn't enforced.
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    Also 2 drink minimums, the median age of PL's, and the state of some SC bathrooms, is a bad combination.
  • twentyfive
    2 months ago
    As a SF regular I go to all of those clubs you’ve mentioned often, and I’ve never been hassled about the two drink minimum, ever. I think it’s very selectively enforced and honestly isn’t something worth worrying over.
  • Icey
    2 months ago
    Is the lunch worth it though?

    A 2 drink minimum has been the norm for as long as I can remember . It was always inferred it's one drink for you and one for a girl
  • Rod8432
    2 months ago
    I'm a fan of the free lunch at Cheetah's. Not high-end, and often a casserole or some other school-lunch type of fare. But hey, it's edible and free... well, except for the $200 I always drop on LDs each time.
  • Puddy Tat
    2 months ago
    I got that once at Desire, "we have 2 drink minimum" after I was nursing a bottle of water for an hour. But when I reminded them I had just gotten out of the VIP, they were cool.
    No one likes "furniture."
  • BumHip
    2 months ago
    BT "free lunch" is not the deal that it once was. Used to be a good sized burger, that really felt like a good deal. Now its just a small kids sized thing that is not much of an incentive. Cheetahs is the real value for lunch for sure.
  • NinaBambina
    2 months ago
    Because they are offsetting what they would pay to actually give people free food, and then some. It's a marketing tactic. They're making you pay for the food by spending 20+ on overpriced drinks that have a much higher profit margin than food anyway, and then telling you the food is free. There's no such thing as a free lunch in a literal sense in this case.
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    @25, not hassled. Just sit down order a drink and a lunch item for the first time in a year, and the bartender says 2 drink minimum. It's not biggie, especially at BT. Dances and talent are worth it to not eat there. SG though could use more customers (and more dancers).
  • twentyfive
    2 months ago
    ^ agree with all of that
  • Dolfan
    2 months ago
    I think there's a decent number of people who go into those clubs for the lunch and that's it, no tips, no dances, maybe a water or soft drink would be their only purchase.

    I've never seen the two drink thing enforced, but I've seen plenty of guys some in and sit next to me at the bar, get lunch and a drink, eat, then leave. At least I've seen that at BT & Cheetah, I don't go to SG much and I honestly didn't even know Scores did a free lunch. BT used to not enforce it at all, and before they handed out those little paper chits, you used to see guys sitting there with 3-4 plates of the free food. I presume they gave the bartender a little tip.

    Given that experience, it wouldn't surprise me if BT started enforcing it. Especially since according to the rumor mill, two more long time managers were recently let go for skimming. That sorta thing always prompts a knee jerk reaction with all sorts of stupid policies.
  • Icey
    2 months ago
    I miss when clubs had free buffets.
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    Another helpful post @Dolfan, thanks.
  • stainglass
    2 months ago
    @sfrsox, You do know why they do this. As a business, if there is an opportunity for them to make money, they want to - That is just capitalism.

    Now, you and I may not like it, but if they enforce 2 drink minimum and charge 12$ for pepsi, it is their deal... If they do have enough customers to make a profit happen, more power to htem. If they do not have enough profit to make it happen, guess what will happen... Their pricing or policies will come back down... That is how capitalism works, and you and I and the whole bunch of people in this group isn't gonna make a dent into their pockets.

    Sorry, but not sorry.
  • georgmicrodong
    2 months ago
    TANSTAAFL.
  • Hank Moody
    2 months ago
    lol George
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    I would agree would it not be for Cheetah's
  • nicespice
    2 months ago
    In addition to the other points already mentioned, it might also be a way to encourage interaction with dancers. It’s easy to get two drinks when ordering for two.
  • Icey
    2 months ago
    Thats what i said. Its supposed to be one drink for you and one for the dancer.
  • nicespice
    2 months ago
    ^Ah, so you did. My bad Icey.
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    That makes more sense, of course.
  • rickmacrodong
    2 months ago
    Sorry icey your post was overlooked boy
  • funonthaside
    2 months ago
    It's not a soup kitchen.
  • Icey
    2 months ago
    I think its still a good deal....
  • sfrsox
    2 months ago
    Good deal, yes.
    Great deal, no.
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