And the somewhat improved award goes to...

While it's still small, the new venue for the club is an improvement over the cramped space the owners (same as Devil's Point, Sassy's, etc) took over on Hawthorne when it was Dino's, The exterior hasn't changed at all, and the interior is pretty much the same when it was one of the barf inducing "immers", with much better seating and hygiene.

Even with those changes, it's still a neighborhood bar with decent service that just happens to have a few women getting naked. When I visited for a half hour on a Friday night, there were roughly 8 customers and four dancers. Two of the customers were at the rack besides me, with the other customers sitting at the bar or staring off into space away from the rack.

The contractors are all pretty much the same from the Hawthorne location, with a few of the older contractors from Mary's thrown in for good measure- they're mostly pale, entirely white, with some ink and metal. Stage shows are low-key and even lower-energy- pretty much what you'd expect from the day shift dancers at Sassy's or Lucky Devil Lounge. It's not a horrible place, but with the Rose City Strip right around the corner offering much better entertainment in public and private, I'm not sure why anyone would come here, unless they had a thing for a specific contractor. If you're one of the latter, check out their xoticspot website at: http://www.hawthornestrip.com/ before visiting.