Bliss Showgirls, City of Industry, not living up to their hype.

I visited Bliss Showgirls in the City of Industry the Saturday after Thanksgiving. From the outside it is a nondescript white building that needs a cleaning or a fresh coat of paint. There is some sparse landscaping and the parking lot is deteriorating. Their website call themselves an “upper class venue” but my first impression was far different.

I paid my $7 cover and another $7 for a Sprite. The gal behind the bar was pretty, attentive and personable, so she got a good tip. I sat down along the wall while my eyes adjusted to the dimly lit interior and saw that I was the only patron there. I liked the “theater in the round” central stage, the brass railing and dance pole, the glass pictures on the wall and the seating was comfortable. It was hard to tell the cleanliness of the place due to the low lights, but my shoes were not sticking to the floor so I guess that is a good sign.

Shortly after I sat down a dancer came by and sat with me, very friendly but I could tell she was very new to stripping and unsure of how to engage me in conversation. While we were attempting to chat with her a dancer took to the stage... and this is where the wheels came off. When I paid attention to the gal sitting next to me the dancer kept say “look at me... look at me”, and when I was watching the stage show the dancer next to me kept squirming for attention, but not really having anything to talk about.