Yes, it’s still open - just a little empty at happy hour

This was stop number two of my Monday afternoon Panhandle trip. I had a beer at Eden in Pensacola. The review is over where you’d think it would be.

So the Matador has always been on my list for Ft.Walton Beach but I have never had the opportunity. I got there right around 4:00 and it was me, the bartender, and Erica - Philippino gal in her 50’s. Being ever the optimist (and having literally nothing else to do) I ignored the impulse to walk right back out. I sat down at the bar and at least had a beer. I forget how much my beer was - less than $5. Erica soon joined me because, just like me, she literally had nothing else to do. We chatted for a good half hour.

You know nobody should expect actual chemistry in a strip club, but there are girls who give off the right sexual energy that you can at least pretend it is chemistry. Erica does not give off that sort of energy. I mean I am sure there are some PLs that would be smitten, but I just wasn’t feeling it. She very pleasant, bubbly and only very occasionally impossible to understand. Despite her age she was small and trim without being skinny. Even the bolt-ons had their appeal. She just didn’t appear to be into the same thing I was.