sinclair's Review

I went to Mettler’s Bar and Restaurant at 18:30 on a Saturday night. Parking was free in the civic center parking garage across Front Street, which is a pedestrian walkway rather than a true street. There was no cover charge when I entered, but there was a $3 cover charge after 19:00. I was wearing basketball shorts, and this was not a dress code violation. Happy Hour was from 17:00 to 19:00. During Happy Hour, Sincweisers, other domestic beer bottles, and mixed drinks are all two for $7. After 19:00, Sincweisers were $5.50 per bottle. The ATM has a $200 maximum per withdrawal and charges a $5 fee. There is also a second ATM that dispenses only singles. It can spit out a maximum of forty singles per swipe and also charges a $5 fee.

Upon entering, there is a long bar along the right wall that extends all the way back to the kitchen. To the left, there is first an area with three pool tables, one dart board, and a pull tab dispenser. Further down on the left side is an area of tables for dining. In the back left of the floorplan is a peninsular stage extending from the wall with two spinning pole positions on it. At the very back of the club is the DJ booth and seven couches for lap dances. Mettler’s is more of a bar and restaurant with a strip club thrown in the back for entertainment. I ate dinner at Mettler’s. The food was excellent and the portion sizes were generous. I had the full beef commercial, which was a double-sized beef sandwich with a pound of mashed potatoes. The waitress was impressed that I ate the entire plate because most people can’t even handle a half portion. I told her I used to be a competitive eater with a few trophies on my shelf. The kitchen stays open until one in the morning. The washrooms are all the way in the back down a hallway on the right side. You piss into a cattle trough.

The sixteen dancers that I counted seemed to be a mix of every ethnicity and body type. I saw everything from a 3 to a 9 on my scale. Dancers seem to commute from the Twin Cities or Rochester. Stage tipping is pretty boring here. Most of the time, you are just throwing dollars on the stage and getting little in return. Only a few dancers would stick their boobs into your face. Mettler’s opens at 17:00 nightly, but dancers don’t start the stage rotation until 18:00.