On the recommendation of a friend...

On the recommendation of a friend who had often referred to it as the "the strip joint most like a family restaurant" I ventured to Monty's on a recent trip to Victoria. I got there around 9p on a Wednesday night. The crowd was the usual weekday mix of baseball caps, women in comfortable shoes and biker types. Not an unfriendly crowd, just more rural than expected. Theatmosphere was somewhat like a roadhouse but in a dingy well used way. Probably not a place to take the family but nice enough for a tray of beers and a basket of fries.

The entertainment was a bit of a disappointment. I certainly understand that Wed night isn't a great night but the evening started with (I want to say Pierced but that wouldn't capture the quantity) Piercings Girl and ended with a woman who obviously had a healthy appetite. Small quiet crowd, so no vigour from the performers. The one exception, or the night would have been a write off, was a cute brunette who worked the room as effectively as she worked her petite behind. The biggest issue was the huge gap between acts. It was so bad that a particularly rowdy group of university students and their dates who looked ready to stay for the long haul actually got up and left after becoming bored with the lack of any action - as did I soon after.