Better than I expected for a Thursday evening

This visit to Raider's Reef was later than my previous visits. I wanted to see how this club compared afternoon vs evening. The parking lot was fuller than the afternnon when I arrived a little after 9:00 p.m. but I still found a parking spot in the first three rows from the entrance so not too bad.

The doorman was hanging out on the ramp leading into the club and we exchanged greetings. He opened the door and ushered me in then asked me about weapons as he pass the wand over me. All good, I paid the cute young lady the $5 cover and went inside the now familiar interior. The music, as is typical, was a hip-hop song, to be mixed with slow rock tunes, I was certain. There are a few steps leading down into the main area where the main stage is front and center with the bar in the right, rear and the men's room to the left, front where I went, passing the unoccupied second stage and the VIP area.

Once back on the main floor I noticed the majority of the chairs were unoccupied, a few tables had two or three patrons at them. The main stage had a somewhat attractive curly, sandy-blonde haired dancer already topless. It was the second of the two songs the dancers on the main stage dance. I noticed that no one was tipping her for some reason. I took that as a slow night so I was hesitant to stay and decided to stand at the foot of the steps and give it some time as it was likely still early.