============================================================================== CALIFORNIA San Francisco and San Jose area: South Bay Sunnyvale - Brass Rail, 160 Persian Drive , near 101, Mathilda, and 237 3 small stages, with the option of sitting around the stage or at a table $3 beer with mixed drinks available, 6 to 11 dancers per shift with day from 12 to 6 and night 6 to 1:30 - dancers also waitress - mostly they are in their twenties, with some in their thirties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco and San Jose area: HipHugger - El Camino Real near Mary 2 small stages, seating is only around the stage which allows the dancers to confront you for tips. 4 to 7 dancers per shift. They have separate male bouncer/waiters only beer served $3.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco and San Jose area: Richards Lounge - El Camino near Henderson 1 small stage - 2 to 6 dancers - lowest in quality of 3 Sunnyvale clubs dancers work the floor for tips after coming off the stage. $3.25 for a beer with mixed drinks available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Jose - A.J's - Lincoln Avenue 1 block south of San Carlos dancers are part time - shows from 5 to 7 and 9:30 to 12:00 weekdays (no late night Monday) late night on Saturday good looking young women who obviously spend a lot of time keeping in shape. beer $3 with mixed drinks available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco and San Jose area: Pink Poodle - Bascom near San Carlos - $10 cover 4 to 6 dancers per shift - the same women work there for years so one visit every other year keeps you up to date with this place. No alcholol but totally nude. Some women will even give you a view of spots only her gynochologist sees. Announcers are a real negatve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco - The best places in the city do not serve alcohol. They are movie theater style establishments, with total nudity and "lap-sitting" in their bikinis. Stiff cover charges - Mitchell Brothers $25, New Century $20, Market ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: Street Cinema - $15 Quality varies, particularly at the Market Street Cinema, but the Cinema offers the most bang for the buck and the largest amount of women. There have been a few sex changers that have found there way into the ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: Cinema - a definite bummer once you realize it. But $5 gets you a lap sit for one song (3 to 5 minutes). These places all advertise in the movie section of the San Francisco chronicle. Avoid the tourist trap joints on Broadway that serve watered down drinks for big prices and hound you for tips. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: At the Market Street Cinema, they specialize in minor porn stars with big tits, although they sometimes have big name stars such as Alicia Monet or Cameo. There is a new star weekly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: At the Mitchell Brothers (the first and most infamous lap-dancing place in town), they have three special rooms. One is the Ultra Room, a peep show type setup, in which customers enter private booths with one way mirrors. Two girls are in a center arena. There is a slot in each booth to slip the performers tips. The girls go from booth to booth soliciting tips. The girls can masturbate with fingers or dildos or can perform sex on each other. Another room is called the Green Door room. Here about 6 girls take a shower on stage and perform sex on each other for two songs. The stage is surrounded by tables and booths. The girls, still rather damp from their showers, then go from table to table or booth to booth soliciting tips. They will lie on top of the tables and masturbate or have sex with another girl. The customers are not supposed to touch the girls at this point, although some of the girls will stretch the rules. Once a girl gave me a dildo to lick so it would be nice and wet before putting it in her cunt. Then she had me lick it dry afterwards. Another time one girl used her fingers to feed me the other girl's pussy juice repeatedly. They both seemed to get a big kick out of this. The most infamous room is the Kopenhagen Lounge. This is a big very dark room surrounded by mirrors and couches. The guys sit on the couches and point flashlights at the girls as they perform their opening number, which consists of having sex with each other. Then, the girls go from guy to guy soliciting tips. A few years ago, the girls could sit on your lap stark naked, face to face, and grind their naked crouches into yours. Then they changed this and made the girls put on bikinis or lingerie first, although most girls would discreetly pull these aside. Now, they only allow the girls to perform sex acts on themselves or each other. You cannot touch them. They usually climb on top of the couches and stick their pussies an inch from your face and finger themselves or fuck themselves with dildos. The Kopenhagen was a lot more wild in the old days. You could literally have sex with your clothes on. Almost all the girls would let you suck and lick their tits. Some would let you use the dildos on them. Others would let you play with their pussies. Not that many would let you kiss them on the lips. Of course, the main attraction was having a beautiful naked girl grind her pussy on your pants-covered cock as your hands roamed all over her. Some guys could come this way and wore condoms. I never did, but at least twice the girl came as she ground her pussy on my cock. (I didn't believe it at first, but they convinced me it was true). One time, a girl gave me a blow job through my pants. Occasionally, porn stars will have limited engagements at the O'Farrell. This is not as common as it used to be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: At the New Century, a big name porn star is featured weekly. They also have a room called the Playpen, which is like the Mitchell Brothers' Copenhagen Lounge. Here, they still allow touching. The girl will straddle you on the couch face and to face and grind her pussy on your cock. However, they must keep their bikinis/lingerie on. They can take their clothes off completely, but then you can't touch them. The room is discreetly very dark so the rules are usually stretched beyond the breaking point. The New Century also has a room called the Arena which is a peep show like the Ultra Room in the Mitchell Brothers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: There is also another peep palace called the Regal ShowWorld. Here you enter a private booth, and slip $5 into a slot. Then, a partition is raised showing a naked girl separated from you by a glass window. You can talk to the girl through a phone. On weekends, they often will have a porn star use one of these rooms. Of course, the New Century, Mitchell Brothers, and Market St. cinemas all feature lap-dancing. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it involves the girl sitting on your lap either sideways or with her ass facing you. They try to grind their ass or leg directly on your cock. At the same time, they may use their hands or lips to stimulate you. A common technique is to unbotton your shirt and play with your nipples. You may also touch them anywhere except the breasts and pussy. However, I have found that this rule can often be stretched. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco: Stay off of Turk street as well. Overpriced and mainly TVs. ============================================================================== CANADA Up here in Montreal, the strip bars (and there are LOTS in Montreal) tend to be strictly no-touching. If a dancer likes you she may bend things as far as to blow in your ear, swish her hair across your face or rub noses, but that's about it. I'm told that in the northern suburbs of the city (In an area called Chomedey) there are touch bars, where the girls encourage you to fondle and/or french kiss them. Of course, they only do that when you're paying them to dance at your table. I've never been to a touch bar, but I'm told that the charge per dance is something like 10-12 dollars (Canadian, natch). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Montreal: If you are ever in Montreal, check out Club Super Sexe ( yes, that IS the correct name ). This place is classy and the chicks are gorgeous. If you are big spender, for five bucks the girls will dance if front of your face and take it all of. Of course, not touching allowed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Montreal: I'll vouch for the bars in Montreal. I had an opportunity several years ago to go bar hopping in the downtown area during a convention. My favorite club was "Les Filles d'Eve" (The Daughters of Eve). Smallish, but comfortable. The dancers doubled as the waitresses so they weren't allowed to sit at your table and talk. Stirling's point about most of them not speaking english too well is very true. My high school French wasn't up to the task either. But if you have a weakness for ladies with accents, like I do, this is not a problem. One thing I liked was that the dancers were allowed a lot more latitude in touching themselves there than here in Atlanta. ============================================================================== COLORADO Denver: It has been a while (about 5 years) but when I use to live in Denver, Shotgun Willie's (on Colorado Blvd., near Colorade 4 theatres, if my memory is correct) was a great place. The women were at least cute and many were better than that. There are six stages going at the same time (on busy nights, less during off hours). Most of the seating at the place was "snack bar" seating. The dancers are only allowed to become topless because they serve alcohol but when you tip, the G-strings are pulled back pretty far so you get a good look. Cover was $6 or so with a 2 drink minimum (drinks were $3-$4). A private dance cost about $10. Most of the time I got my hands slapped when I touched but on off nights, you could get away with more. No big-name stars I ever saw. They were written up as one of the 10-best strip-clubs in the country by Penthouse or Playboy. The atmosphere at the club was also somewhat classy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: There is also another place on 88th and Federal the goes bottomless. They don't serve alcohol. Prices are about the same. The women are not as good looking but the dancers are quite a bit more raunchy. This place can be very entertaining on a good night. It's a hole in the wall with 2 stages so you won't see any big star there. You can buy table dances. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: Denver has a relatively active topless scene in the city of Glendale (enclosed within Denver, 10 minutes from the airport and adjacent to the very upperclass Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver) and in Adams County (just west of the city). In Colorado, a club can be at best topless if alcohol is served; total nudity is legal if no alcohol is served (places called "Pop Shops" for the soda pop they sell at $3 or $5 a class). Everyplace I know of has an official "Touch and Go" policy; touch a dancer between mid-thigh and navel or on the breasts and you may be escorted to the door. Enforcement varies, and some places let some girls get away with creating "contact" that if the guy initiated it would get his ass tossed out the door. By observation, the better a relationship you have with a dancer (i.e. long-term "customer", good attitude, etc.) the more likely she is to be interested in bending the rules. The classier the joint is, the more likely gentleman-like behavior will reap rewards. As far as I can tell, no touring strippers do shows in Denver. The adult-newspaper-of-record in Denver is the Rocky Mountain Oyster, which can usually be obtained _gratis_ at the adult bookstores around town. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: SHOTGUN WILLIE'S - Probably the best-known club, in Glendale on Colorado Boulevard at Virginia. Very classy joint; five stages; lots of beautiful women, many can actually dance; good sound system, mediocre lighting (if you like that sort of thing). Very white-collar; suits and ties are not out of place. Not a boobs-in-your-face place, but close enough. Alcohol. Has a line of merchandise that the girls are required to push, which some do with more grace than others. $5 cover last I knew; $4 beers, reasonable selection. $20 table dances, officially no-contact. See above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: MILE-HIGH SALOON - A block away from Shotgun's and east of Colorado Blvd. on Virginia, worth driving an extra block. Same grade of dancers; better sound and lighting system; three stages plus bar-top; big, airy place, including comfy VIP lounge; satellite TV and lots'o'tubes; very friendly staff. No pushing of merchandise. Dancers generally circulate and will sit and talk even if you don't buy'em a drink (dancer's drinks are the same price as yours, and are as real as yours), and often suggest table dancing; they almost invariably take "no" with grace. One of the few clubs around with female DJs (most nights). Alcohol. Same prices as Shotgun's; has a kitchen, though, with surprisingly good food and a menu that goes beyond burgers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: PT'S - 1601 W. Evans. Caters to the swing crowd, it appears; on weekends, they host top-optional dancing for couples, that sort of thing. Still a dance club, though; relatively pretty dancers. Roughly the same prices as Shotgun's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: DIAMOND CABARET & STEAKHOUSE - 1222 Glenarm, downtown near I-25. Newest class-joint in Denver; seven stages, glass shower for bachelors and the like. The restaurant is attached but separated; supposedly has really good steaks. Roughly same prices as Shotgun's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: SATURDAY'S - East Colfax, near the Air Force Base, just on the edge of the city (almost Aurora). Pop shop, full nudity; reasonably good-looking dancers, but the dancing talent is lower than at the above- listed clubs. Lots of military, scattering of white-collar men but more blue-collar. Either premiere second tier or bottom of the top. $5 cover (I think...), $4.00 near-beer and pop, no real food. Private dances ar $12 or $15. Couple pool tables, pinball machine. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denver: THE FEDERAL HEIGHTS STRIPS - A series of second-tier clubs, with and without alcohol, along Federal Blvd (US 287), Pecos St., and Broadway between roughly 52 Ave and 85 Ave. Names like Cheerleaders, that sort of thing. Adult bookstores scattered along the strip on Federal. The girls aren't as classy as the above three clubs, nor is the club decor; working-class clientele, in general. Usually a $5 cover, private/table dances at $12-$20 depending on the place. Boulder: A nice place to stop, eat and drink is the Bus Stop near Boulder. Bikers, trucker, locals, and college kids go there for the inexpensive drinks and food. They have topless dancers that you can watch or ignore. I've seen beautiful women there and some real dogs. I guess it's whatever passes through town. You can buy table dances later in the evening. ============================================================================== DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington DC: there is supposed to be a nice place a few blocks from the White House, but I never made it there yet. ============================================================================== FLORIDA Cocoa Beach Florida area: Backroom (or INner Room) Caberet nicest strip joint I've been to. no cover before 7pm. girls get topless w/a G strip on one stage. about 50 girls there at a time. when they're not dancing on stage, they're walking through the room topless and letting the audience feel / touch their bodies for $3. it was one the best investments I ever made! one in particular pushed her breasts into my face and let me lick the nipples while holding them. the girls also do private table dances for $3 to 5. full contact dances $8. and six girls full contact on stage with audience member dances $30. very friendly girls, nice looking, soft, one girl I remember was a little Oriental with almost a flat chest but with nipples that stuck out erect about 1 inch from her chest. she kept wandering the crowd and saying "Buck Me!". if you did, you got to suck those magnificant nipples! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cocoa Beach Florida area: the second place there was similar, but bills itself as having 100 girls. and has slightly higher prices. I forget the name, but both are on route A1A within a mile or two of each other near Cocoa Beach. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orlando: Rachels up on 436 (Semoran) just into Seminole County is GREAT!!! Very nice women. They have an upstairs which I assume is total nudity, but they only let members up there. Also, Club Juana is in that area, and is total nudity. ============================================================================== GENERAL Deja Vu is a franchise operation, with around 25 clubs scattered around the country. In addition to Louisville, there are 2 Deja Vus in California, 6 in Michigan, 6 in Washington, 4 in Tennessee and one each in Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota Ohio and Wroclaw, Poland (!). I've been checking out the local strip joints whereever I go, and think Deja Vu is likely to be the best bet in any city that has one. For more information, call 1-800-234-3785 and order a copy of Deja Vu magazine. It costs $5.00 and includes a free admission pass to any Deja Vu club, which generally costs the same (Louisville has lowered their cover to $5, but no longer give you the first drink free). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A side note: For international travel, the best reference I've ever seen is "The Sex Maniac's Bible", by Tuppy Owens. It's published in London, but can be ordered in the U.S. from "Good Vibrations", 1210 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 (sorry, can't find their phone number). Don't know where to order it in Europe, but the author gives her address as P. O. Box 4ZB, London, W1A 4ZB, and surely she could tell you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In my experience, full contact happens in Florida, Mississippi, Michigan, Colorado and California. FL and MS clubs had little alcoves you went to with the lady of your choice. How far you could go, depended on how much you spent and whether or not the vice squad was cracking down. MI has very strict controls on what you can and can not do. No touching of the breasts, buttocks and genitals, but you could lick their breasts and buttocks. Lots of other little rules too. CO & CA both have "he can't touch her, but she can touch him" rules. Another words, cup your hand and a breast might just move into it. :) All the above states tie nudity to alcohol. Topless only if alcohol is served, no alcohol if nude. FL and MS both have private clubs where you can bring you own though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For those interested, there are 2 biographies of strippers: "Queen of Burlesque: The Autobiography of Yvette Paris" by Yvette Paris "Naked is the Best Disguise: My Life as a Stripper" by Lauri Lewin There is also a novel out called "Topless" by D. Keith Mano. The author has written for Playboy, and researched topless bars before writing the story. ============================================================================== GEORGIA Atlanta: 1. The Gold Club, rated number one in the country in USA Today a few months ago. very high class, usually suits go there, about 20 -30 girls dancing at any particular time all about the bar. Very clean and high tech place. Tables dances (I beleive 10-15 dollars), cover: 6 dollars, parking: $4 , beer: $4, if you don't tip the waitresses at least a dollar they get very pissed, so beers are really $5. Every women I have ever seen in there was a 10. If you don't have cash, don't go, they will treat you like shit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: 2. Tattletales. Right accross the street from the Gold Club, a little smaller and sleezier, but also cheaper, women are 7-9's. Will dance 3 songs for you at a table or just standing around for 10 bucks. I swear to God the last time I went there this one girl made her pussy pucker! If you treat the good they will usually come to you after the dance and sit on your lap and give you a kiss and not even expecta drink. Motley Crue sings about tattle tales in there song Girls Girls Girls. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: Gold Rush Showbar - south side This is the place for nationally-known acts. Penthouse Pets, Playmates, XXX actresses... Upscale decor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: The Gold Club - Buckhead The nicest of Atlanta's clubs. More dancers than you can shake a stick at. On prime nights (Fri, Sat) there are usually about 50 dancers per shift. All are very attractive. Definitely what was referred to in Top Gun as "A target-rich environment". Cover varies by time of day from $4 to $6. Most drinks are $4 (even cokes) (Southerners call all soft drinks 'cokes' ). 4 stages. Table dances are $10. They periodically do a 'Revue' where all the dancers are on-stage at once for 3 songs. During revues you can pick dancers off the stage for half-price table dances. My only complaint with The Gold Club is that it is usually very crowded. It is right next to a MARTA rail station - very convenient. Valet and small self-park lot available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: Cheetah III - Downtown An acquaintance of mine manages this club. It is very similar to The Gold Club. I just don't like driving all the way down there when I can ride a MARTA train to The Gold Club and avoid all that DUI hassle on the way home. I do recommend it if you are downtown already. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: Tattletales - Midtown Nice decor. Good quantity and quality of dancers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta: Coronet - Roswell Rd. I haven't been here but I hear it is nice. This is one of those non-alcohol-serving clubs I mentioned, so it is BYOB. I mention it becuase it has one unusual feature - it has both male and female dancers. They rotate each hour as to what sex is dancing. It might be fun to talk a female travelling companion into going here... ============================================================================== HAWAII Honolulu: Club Femme Nu, Honolulu. Great place, a little expensive though. Beers $5, dancers drinks are $20. Mostly a no-touch place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honolulu: Hey I'm surprised there's been only one mention of Honolulu, we must have the most strip bars per capita in the U.S.! There's generally 2 types of bars featuring female entertainment here, the strip bars with dancers and the hostess bars. The strip clubs all feature full nudity, the vast majority of them have no cover charge. These used to be real strip clubs where the dancers actually put on a show but now most of them are just out for the tips so they just go around to each guy sitting at the stage and spread their legs to allow you a quick peek, then expect a tip put into their garters. Some will allow you to stick it in their g-strings or if you put a dollar in your mouth, they'll grab it with their tits. If you don't give them a tip they get REALLY pissed off so don't sit at the stage if you are cheap. At the top clubs like RockZa, Femme Nu, Club Rose, Klassic Kat, and Dancers, they do have a nominal cover charge of one or two dollars and the women there are really gorgeous, especially at Rock Za but sometimes they are so aggressive for tips it's a turn off. Some of them still have shower shows where one or more women will shower in front of you and you can stick wet dollar bills onto their bodies. The generally rule is no touching of breasts or genitals and most of them are pretty strict about that, but there's the occasional dancer who's more friendly that others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honolulu: What does this have to do with a.s.m.? There's one club that used to be called Club Cheri but now is called Wild Horse which features porno stars past and present with a different one every week. Almost every big name star has been here, including Ginger Lynn, Teri Weigel, etc. Some of them even let you take pictures with them nude (they are nude, not you!) for a few dollars. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honolulu: Then there are the hostess bars. There aren't any dancers here, but the bar girls are in different states of undress and you buy them drinks so they will come and sit with you. The drinks are VERY expensive, at least $20 for something that looks a lot like water, but it's not the drinks you are paying for but the company. At some places they just talk but at others they will fondle you and you can do the same. Usually this is to get you to agree to go into the back where you can get different services for different prices...it's kinda expensive though. Usually if you aren't interested in going to the back, they'll finish their drink and go away unless you are willing to fork up another $20 for another drink...one drink usually lasts only for 10 minutes or so...kinda expensive for a cheap feel. Some of the ones that might be worth checking out are Magazine Girl and Bon Soire...it's very dark and discreet in there. ============================================================================== ILLINOIS Champaign-Urbana: In Champaign-Urbana there are several bars with dancers. One , Malibu bay Lounge, has dancers Mon-Sat, cover is $5. While up on stage, they go topless, but for table dances are covered (usually a bikini top). They are not big enough to get name stars, but will get dancers from out of town (last headliner was featured in Cheri). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Champaign-Urbana: A few other bars also feature dancers one or two nights a week. These are Silver Bullet Bar (women exotic dancers on Monday and Tuesday, male dancers on Wednesday), and Club Sierra. ============================================================================== INDIANA Indianapolis: Brad's is a classy place, and quite large. I forget what the cover was. They do have name stars. I was there on a weeknight, and the place was crowded. They have a large main stage, with 2 dancers. The dancers are topless, not totally nude. The table dances were done well. The dances included rubbing themselves against you, from their breasts to their buttocks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indianapolis: The Red Garter is a small bar just south of Union Station. Cover is a dollar. There is a runway down the middle, with chairs around it. The dancers are topless, but not nude. They will touch you, but you are somewhat limited in touching them. One dancer used one of the bars over the stage to raise herself up. She then wrapped her legs around your head, and thrust her crotch into your face. I doubt that they get name stars, but they get headliners from out of town. The dancers will come and drink with you, and are fairly friendly. There is a smaller stage over to the side where you can have a "private" dance (not really private, anyone can see over). ============================================================================== KENTUCKY Louisville: Here in Louisville, Ky., there is a place called Deja Vu which is not bad. There is a $6.00 cover and no alcohol is served. The girls dance through two songs, by the end of which they are completely nude. Between the songs the parade around in what ever manner of undress that they achieved during the first song, to solicit tips from those sitting around the stage. You will be asked by those not dancing if you want a table top dance or couch dance, the prices ranging from $5.00 to $10.00, but the policy is that if you touch them, you can be tossed out. Two doors down, and affiliated with it is a dance bar where alcohol is served, but the dancers only dance, no nudity. Can't remember the address, even though I live in the area, but it is a pretty classy place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lexington: o If you're in Lexington, go to Pure Gold. Ask for toni.. she has a god-like body. ============================================================================== LOUISIANA New Orleans: TOPLESS SHOWBAR: small one stage place, seven or 8 girls, topless for the most part with G string.. nice dancing routines. I remember one girl there with the pointiest nipples and the most trianglular breast I've ever seen. this place was one of a dozen or so on Bourbon Street. the girls would sit and talk to the audience when not dancing. no cover charge ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Orleans: MOTHERS TOPLESS AND BOTTOMLES CLUB (?) not sure of the name also on Bourban street, also no cover. stuck up girls. they wanted $20 to do a "private" dance, or $10 to do a table dance. otherwise, they kept their clothes on and only flashed their breasts. very bad experience from my perspective. ============================================================================== MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The NAKED I Club no cover charge paid, nice looking girls, two stages, dancing on the stages only, but the dancers circulated in the crowd and tried to get you to buy them drinks. if you did, they'ld sit and talk to you the girls took everything off in their routines. full nudity! one of the stages was called the "Pussy Galore Bar". they'ld get within inches of the audience and shove their pussy towards the front row of lucky guys. ============================================================================== MICHIGAN Detroit: Tycoons (on 8 Mile Road) is quite good. For $5 you'll get a dance, for $10 you'll get an in-your-face-and-crotch dance. ============================================================================== MINNESOTA Minneapolis: In Minneapolis, the best nude bar (in my opinion) is SOLID GOLD. Don't miss it. The women are "only" topless -- but they're beautiful, and there are many of them visible at any given time. The girls dance on a main stage, and inside numerous cages. Upstairs they have wrestling and boxing (although I've never seen that). The cover charge (last time I checked) is $5 on weekdays, $7 on weekends. On some nights you can get in for free if you bring a date. I don't think they have any big stars there, but they have big other things. So anyway, if you only go to one nude bar in Minneapolis, go to Solid Gold. It's great. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minneapolis: At the places on Broadway you sit at tables or in a theater, there's a two drink minimum (probably over $20 now for two beers, haven't been there in a while), the girls strip to g-strings, and at some at least, will later come over and sit on your lap for a few dollars. The more you pay, the longer she stays. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minneapolis: The ones in other parts of the city (O'Farrell, Market St. Cinema, New Century, etc.) have theater seating, do not serve alcohol, and the girls strip nude. If you have a seat at the stage and tip them while they dance, they'll spend some time in front of you exposing themselves, maybe hovering their tits or pussy inches from your face, but again, you can't touch them, although they may touch you. The only exception was when a girl was laying on the runway and I, sitting right there, briefly held her hand. A nice moment. After dancing, the girls dress into an outfit that by law I was told must have a fabric connection between the top and bottom, so not only no exposure, but no bikinis either. They go through the audience asking each if they "would like to have some company" and then for a few dollars will sit on your lap. Again, the more you pay the longer she stays and you may not touch her tits or pussy. She will sit there and you may talk or hug her, or as they seem to prefer doing, perform a "lap dance". This is where they sit on your lap with their back to you and move their ass back and forth over your crotch. Because of the otherwise lack of contact and hands off policy, I never found this very erotic or stimulating, so I don't go for it. But a (generally beautiful) girl on your lap is still always a very pleasant experience. Some of the other things these places offer is a group of booths surrounding an area where two girls go at one another and a more intimate darkened room where you sit on sofas around a stripping girl and shine flashlights on her. At the O'Farrell I think these were known as the Ultra Room and the Amsterdam, respectively, but I don't know if they're still there. ============================================================================== NEW YORK New York City: I've never been to New York, but on a "48 Hours" program on Times Square they said that lap dancing itself was illegal. This surprised me since I thought NY more open than SF, at least I've heard you can get golden shower videos there, which you can't here. And taken together, I wouldn't have thought even more contact would be allowed in Florida. ============================================================================== OHIO Cleveland: Crazy Horse West, Downtown, or River showboat. cover charge, fully nude and topless depending on location. there are three. often have playboy models, famous girls, or big breasts. eg. the week I was in Cleveland, the attaction west was The Morrell Sisters and downtown has someone with a 74 inch bustline. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland: Tiffanies. never been there yet. was "opening soon" last time I past through town. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland: Circus. accepts coupl er. coupons for admission, cover charge otherwise. nice girls, topless mostly. lots of stages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland: Amber Lounge. features oil wrestling and the like. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland: Juicy Lucie's . full nudity, juice bar only. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland: Pinkie's Showbar. full nudity, juice bar only. ============================================================================== PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Don't bother...at least not with the one (Fantasy's) I've been in. ============================================================================== TEXAS Austin: If you get to Austin I can suggest several. The Best is THE LADY The outside may cause people to question how good it is, but once inside it is nice and clean. There is no cover before 8:00pm and a $4.00 cover after 8:00. The dancers are pretty and most of them are honestly friendly. Since they serve alcohol Texas law restricts them to topless dancing only and under the law dancers and customers may not tough each other when the dancer is dancing. Table dances are $10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Austin: Also Good is EXPOSE I personally find the club too small. The dancers are pretty and willing to talk to the customers. There is a cover charge which varies with the time. Since they serve alcohol Texas law restricts them to topless dancing only and under the law dancers and customers may not tough each other when the dancer is dancing. Table dances are $10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Austin: Tied for the bottom of the list are: THE RED ROSE, THE YELLOW ROSE and SUGARS Even though I visit these regularly most of the dancers are very stuck up. If you are not the MTV muscian or "Daddy Warbucks" type they will not talk to you. On the other hand you may be lucky each of these clubs have a few pretty and nice dancers but they are generally busy with the regulars who seek them out. There is a cover charge here which varies with the time of day at these clubs. At lunch time they do not have a cover charge and I will definetly recomend the food at SUGARS it is good at a good price. Since they serve alcohol Texas law restricts them to topless dancing only and under the law dancers and customers may not tough each other when the dancer is dancing. Table dances are $10. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Austin: New to Austin is JOY Since my girlfriend has worked at all of the above clubs I am know these clubs quite well. I have not been to JOY yet. I know that they have a cover charge and that is about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Antonio In San Antonio I can say STAY AWAY FROM LIPSTICK Several of my girlfriend's friends have worked there and say that this is just a rip off joint. the dancers will dance topless on stage and try to get you to pay for a provate session. The club will do their best to get as much of the non refundable money from you before they deny you a private dance room. I have been there once with some friends. Since I was warned by ex-dancers from this club we left as soon as the dancers and waitresses began their little scam and they got no money from us. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dallas: Caligula XXI is a nice place, Lots of pretty girls, topless only. They can have as many as 6 stages going at any one time: 1 Main stage and then the girls rotat through the 5 others. Then they are available for table dances. Cover ranges from $1.00 to $3.00 then finally $5.00 at night. They do have main attractions, last week was Teri Weigel, currently is Ginger Lynn, TracI ToppS is comming soon. Happy hour from 6 to 9 (i guess) I've gotten to know several of the girls and most are really nice girls. lots of plastic :) Do they Dance?? well.. that is a matter of opinion.. specific to the girl, she may be all over you, or stand apart from you.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dallas: I've been to a few others, Cabaret Royal (much over rated) and then a few _lower_ class places when you "just wanna have fun" ==============================================================================