Worth the trip

I was in town for business and arrived at 11:30 on a Tuesday night. I think cover was $10, but I got in free with a free pass I screenshot from their website. A bottle of water was $5. The club is small, but nice and comfortable. The bar takes up one side of the room. The stage is in the center down most the length of the room, with chairs on the rail and tables behind the chairs on the ends. The wall opposite the bar has booths.

There were 15-20 customers when I arrived. Then I looked at the stage. There were some big girls up there. This was not the night to visit Cricket and see high energy, beautiful women performing. There was one young dancer, Pixie, who definitely had energy and was very good on the pole. But everyone else I saw was going through the motions and clearly didn't want to be there. Overall, dancer quality was probably in the 5-7 range, although opinions clearly differ when judging looks. But I think enthusiasm can totally makeup for mediocre looks, and there just wasn't much enthusiasm there. One dancer came up to me five minutes after I arrived and said she was watching me all day. When I told her I just got there, she said,'Yeah right, I've seen you here for a while.' First time I ever had a dancer make me feel uncomfortable, as she seemed totally out of her mind. She got the hint that I was interested in talking to her and left after a few minutes. She went to the bouncer and I think said something about me, but he must know her, because he didn't say anything to me.

Despite all of that, I would give Cricket another try. Tuesday was clearly not their night, but the free pass was nice and the club itself was decent. Better talent on stage and it could have been a great night.