The Hawthorne Strip
Closed
1026 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214, USA*

I've got to be honest. ...

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jack_s
Aug 5, 2011, 12:00 AM
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Visited: Thursday Evening

I've got to be honest. I've avoided this place for a long time because of (1) some unfavorable reviews here from a while back, and (2) it doesn't look like much from the outside. But I finally decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I did. Read on for details....

This place is really a small, neighborhood bar that decided to become a strip club by installing a small (6'x6'?) stage near the front, with a single brass pole and some mirrors and flashing red lights beside it. Beyond that there's the bar, and a row of tables. Also, a small flat-screen TV, and of course the obligatory lotto machines. Food is very limited (microwavable snacks). In short, don't come here expecting a glamour palace.

That said, the place was clean, it smelled good (not like stale beer), the floor wasn't sticky and it had a full bar. It also had three dancers on duty, all of whom were cute, young (early/mid 20s), and very friendly. For those who want physical details: all were white, two were blonde, one was a brunette. They were also all-natural (no implants or other stuff) and that's fine by me-- they looked lovely as God made them. The two blondes were quite clean-cut-- no tats, or odd piercings. The brunette was slightly more alterna-chicky with a bunch of piercings in one ear and some ironic pigtails-- but was otherwise unadorned with body art. (There was also a fourth girl when I came in-- who I think may have been a dancer, who had blue-green hair, and was wearing ripped tights and looking like an uber-hipster-chick, but I'm not 100% sure she was a dancer or not. She left shortly after I arrived. A pity... she was kind of cute in her own punky way.)

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