not bad - Review of The Cheetah • 887 Spring St NW Atlanta, GA 30308

Best described as a body positive, college type dive bar. Apparently this place was recently renovated, we went the second night it was open, but you would never be able to tell. There is construction fencing all around the building and the walkway to the entrance smells like sewage. Does this stop what seems to be half of Atlanta from coming here? Heck no! (Literally, at 10:40 p.m. on a Saturday night, the place was packed! By midnight I felt like it was approaching sardine status.) There is a cover charge (I don't know how much because Jonathan T. kept grandpaing us and paying for things faster than we could notice), but don't let that deter you. The show is worth it. And by show, I mean 50 something year old, heavier women walking around on stage doing mid kicks (not high kicks because their legs don't go that high), yanking their boobs out of their bras, pulling off their underwear, and then reaping in all the money that women (yes, mainly women) are throwing at them. Is this the twilight zone of strip clubs? Probably yes, but it is also oddly empowering. My belief is that it is mainly women throwing the money because we are supportive that these women have realized their dreams of getting on stage and taking their clothes off (I do understand how weird that sounds). I believe that every woman has the right to be fully nude and feel so good about herself that she wants to show off (it should be life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, being able to make money as a stripper when you're fifty). If you don't want to see older women getting fully nude, you don't have to! The performances are limited to the bar area which is a pretty separate section to the right of the door. Sure the strippers are out mingling with the clientele throughout the evening, but by staying on the dance floor I didn't see many of them when I wasn't purposefully watching the stage. I mentioned to every friend who used to live in Atlanta that I went to the Clermont Lounge and every single one had been there before. That's how I know this is an institution. You may not enjoy coming here, but it is a rite of passage when visiting Atlanta. Anyway, what better use of money than to fund a woman's second career choice?