thursday

Stopped by a little after lunchtime on a recent Thursday. There were about a dozen girls on shift, consistent with the schedule shown on the club's website, though they don't always update that until the middle of the week. Patrons that day were younger than past visits, all looked like they were working age instead of retirees/senior citizens, most in professional business casual, mix of AA and white. Some were stage tipping, but only for certain dancers. The dancer who drew the most to the rail was Daze, the young, very fit & acrobatic dancer. A new face, Nyasha, was intriguing - very thin, but with mixed Asian/AA features? Very beautiful in an exotic runway model sort of way. There was no "buy the lady a drink?" upsell, but one dancer did suggest VIP, which I declined - they obviously have some leeway, since I've never been quoted the same price twice. There are three different room levels, the least expensive is in a corner room with cubicle/stalls with dividers that would be the lapdance area of most normal clubs - $250 for 30 min topless, and a drink, not counting tips to dancer or waitress or $20 "convenience fee" if you use a credit card. The next one up was more of a mini-suite with its own pole/mini-stage for $350, and the last, the "Elite Suite", was "crazy expensive" in the dancer's words. I think they'd do better to offer a 15 min option in the first room for 1/2 the price. It would be similar to Score's "4 pack" that way. There's a pretty big gulf between $30 dances and $300 for a room. Their website advertises a "stimulus package" day once a month where rooms go for $100, but who knows what that includes?