The Night Shift (for a change).

It has been a while since I got back to Partners in my yearly sojourn through Western New York. This year presented an opportunity. I had decided to finally check out another club in the Erie area, Kandy's in Waterford. As they were primarily open evenings it meant that I'd be near Partners for a rare evening visit.

By the time I finished up at Kandy's and drove to Partners it was about 11 on a Thursday night. parking out front was tight but with the other businesses closed, not a problem. I entered behind 4 college guys (they didn't card me though), paid the $10 cover and took a seat stage-side to see what was up.

Club layout hasn't changed in years, but just to be thorough... You enter from parking along Route 5 and turn right through the door where there is a table where you pay cover and buy dances. As you turn to the left to face the back of the club (your back to the street-side) the bar is off to your right in an L shape that covers the street-side and most of the right side wall, there are also some booths along the right side past the end of the bar. Directly in front of you is the stage, with some seating at small tables in front, then seating around three sides of the stage. The stage has a few poles and a wall about table height around it where you can sit a drink, or where the dancers can give you a show. To the left are the private rooms and booths. The booths are curtained off from the main room. You can get lap dances in them for $20/song, 3 for $40. Off in a separate section are the private rooms for $90 for a half hour. You can negotiate just about anything in the back rooms with the right girl for the right tip, and the booths aren't too far off that either, but less private. Most girls want the extra privacy.