I thought it was time to...

I thought it was time to venture to a new place, so took a trip to Ruby’s II in Bridgeport at lunchtime on a weekday.

They have a monitored parking lot across the street, but I parked in the street right in front of the building. The lot appeared quite full even at that hour, and there was an attendant standing there. Not sure if it is valet parking per se, but you probably have to tip the guy on your way out. Maybe this is a good deal.

The entrance is the door on the far right, and as you walk in the place is of course pitch black. No cover, at least during the day. As my eyes adjusted I was able to familiarize myself w/ the layout. There are basically three rooms. The door opens into the first room, which is the bar. The bar is rectangular and you can walk all around it. Ruby’s II is a BYOB establishment. There is some arrangement whereby you can leave your liquor behind the bar. Not sure what happens if you bring beer. This enables the club to be fully nude under CT law, as they do not actually sell alcohol. I will try to get the particulars on this arrangement and report back next time, but today I just ordered soft drinks, which they do have on hand to sell. I had one Coke and one bottled water, each was $3.50. I noticed signs in the middle room that said no loitering, and that not drinking is considered loitering – will have further thoughts on this along w/ particulars on the BYOB arrangement w/ my next review of this club. The barkeep was very friendly, as was the woman who clears tables and takes drink orders in the rest of the club. The barkeep told me of the free lunch buffet, which I knew about beforehand.