I'n no fan of "flaming," but...

I'n no fan of "flaming," but what the hell has happened to this club?

From about 1998 to 2002 I was a regular here; once my office moved I'd go 4-5 times a year. This week was my first visit since the remodel. The old decor was pretty shabby (a little like Clifton's Cafeteria in downtown LA) and the management poor (almost every year they raise the dance prices, then return to the old structure after no one buys); but overall it was OK and the dancers were generally younger, hotter and better salespeople than elsewhere. Mileage ran between infrequent and none (except in the "robe dancer" era), but the quality of the girls made you appreciate what you got.

The remodel is pretty nice, with dual stages in the corners, tables and chairs in the middle, and open dance benches on a couple of walls. Tables are pretty close together, as others have commented, and sort of far from the stage. Good lighting and mirrors, good sound (and not too loud). But (and now the flame ignites) the dancers -- at least on this day -- were both few and fugly. I saw just 4 or 5 (just 3 danced in the 35 minutes I was there -- less than half the time, given song "length"), so maybe one for every 6 to 7 customers in the room. A Vienna Sausage-fest, as the looks of those 4-5 were like a cold shower.