Consider this a preliminary review, since...

Consider this a preliminary review, since I didn't make it to the VIP room on my initial visit, which came late on a Thursday night when the girls were busy with regulars and I was short on cash.

The part about regulars is key to my first impression. Quite unlike the Playhouse up the road, EC strikes me as a corner bar that just happens to have naked women instead of pool tables and fooseball. A little seedy but that's part of the atmosphere. The few "dollar dances" I got were high on contact and short on hustle, both good signs for the future.

The half-dozen dancers that night were all 6 or above and the dancing on the tiny stage was much more energetic than the Playhouse, where many of the girls just pose.