sinclair's Review

I went to the Firehouse Cabaret at midnight on a Thursday night. The Firehouse Cabaret is the epitome of the term “dive bar strip club”. There was a $5 cover charge at the door. The main stage is a large rectangle along the front wall with one spinning pole. There is a smaller secondary stage and a DJ booth located in the far corners of the room. The bar is along the back wall. Sincweisers were $5.75. Red Bulls were $5. I bought a dancer a shot of Hennessy, and it cost $13.75. To the immediate left of where you enter, there is an elevated area for private dances. The area has three separate booths created by curtains. There are cameras pointed towards the benches. There were five Oregon Lottery video slots to the right of the stage along the front wall. There was a covered smoking patio behind the building. The club has a kitchen that serves food until 23:00. The ATM has a $200 maximum withdrawal and a $6 fee per transaction. The clientele was mostly younger guys in their twenties and thirties.

There were eight dancers working. Dancers were mostly white and seemed to be from the local area. There was one Hispanic dancer and one black dancer. All dancers got completely nude during their three song performances on stage. Some dancers would even hop off the stage and give you a brief lap dance during their stage set. Dancers did not seem pushy here at all. Their demeanor almost had me questioning whether they were at the club to make money or to drink and party. I was first approached by Penelope. She was white with dirty blonde hair. She had saggy B cups and some visible damage from having three kids. She mentioned her mom used to work at the Firehouse Cabaret. I bought her an energy drink for her conversation time, and then moved on. Carmen was the best looking dancer working this particular night in my opinion. She was a Mexican spinner, just shy of five feet with her stilettos off. She had brown eyes and long wavy black hair, part of which was in dreadlocks. She was like a petite version of one of my favorite porn stars, Indica Flower. I fed Carmen my Oregon Lottery winnings for the rest of the night.

Private dances are $60 for one song or $125 for three songs. A fifteen minute block of time is $150. Dancers get completely nude during private dances, and customers can touch everywhere except for around the vagina. I got a fifteen minute block of private dances from Carmen. Then, between the last call and the establishment’s 02:30 closing time, Carmen cut me a deal where I was able to get two private dances for the price of one. The private dances are expensive, like in all Oregon strip clubs, but I felt like Carmen did her best to give some value.