"Nude" club in SE Austin is probably worth another look

As someone remarked recently in a discussion post, Austin always seems to have about 11 strip clubs, unusually few for a youthful and rapidly growing city of 900,000+, and can't seem to support a 12th club. In the past couple of years Austin Theater and Down in Texas Saloon have died and been replaced by Foxy's Cabaret, way up north near Rick's and Perfect 10. On every visit to this somewhat stagnant strip club scene I try to hit my three favorite clubs -- XTC, Expose, and Landing Strip -- and to visit one club that is new to me. Three years ago it was Landing Strip, two years ago XTC, and last year Chicas Bonitas.

My new club on this visit was Hot Bodies, located in an industrial part of southeast Austin at 4134 Felter Lane. I got there from the north by taking I-35 south and TX-71 east, exiting at Montopolis Road. I turned right on Judson Road, left on Burleson Road, and then right into Felter Lane, which is a little two-block dead end.

Hot Bodies is just so-so in appearance, both outside and inside. It has some superficial similarities to the much nicer XTC in northeast Austin: