Frommer's Las Vegas 2004

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CHAPTER 10 . LAS VEGAS AFTER DARK
close to (and give much money to) the woman of your choice. Eight TVs line the
walls; the club does a brisk business during major sporting events. The management
believes, “If you treat people right, they will keep coming back,” so the
atmosphere is friendlier than at other clubs. They “encourage couples—people
who want to party—to come here. We get a 21- to 40-aged party kind of crowd,”
the manager told us. And indeed there is a sporty, frat-bar feel to the place.
(Though on a crowded Sat night, some unescorted women were turned away,
despite policy.) Lap dances are $20. Open 24 hours. 2112 Western Ave. & 702/
384-0074. Topless. Cover $10.
Club Paradise Until the new behemoths moved into town, this was the
nicest of the strip clubs. Which isn’t to say it isn’t still nice, it’s just got competition.
The outside looks a lot like the Golden Nugget; the interior and atmosphere
are rather like that of a hot nightclub where most of the women happen
to be topless. The glitzy stage looks like something from a miniature showroom:
The lights flash and the dance music pounds, there are two big video screens
(one featuring soft porn, the other showing sports!), the chairs are plush and
comfortable, the place is relatively bright by strip-club standards, and they offer
champagne and cigars. Not too surprisingly, they get a very white-collar crowd
here. The result is not terribly sleazy, which may please some and turn others off.
The women (“actual centerfolds”) are heavy (and we do mean heavy) on the silicone.
They don’t so much dance as pose and prance, after which they don
skimpy evening dresses and come down to solicit lap dances, which eventually
fills the place up with writhing females in thongs. The club says it is “womenfriendly,”
and indeed there were a few couples, including one woman who was
receiving a lap dance herself—and didn’t seem too uncomfortable. Occasionally
the action stops for a minirevue, which ends up being more like semi-naked
cheerleading than a show. Lap dances are $20. Open Monday to Friday from
4pm to 6am and Saturday and Sunday from 6pm to 6am. 4416 Paradise Rd. & 702/
734-7990. $10 cover, 2-drink minimum (drinks are $4.50 and up). Unescorted women allowed.
Topless. Cover $10.
Crazy Horse, Two Overrated We’ve omitted the address of this place on purpose.
It’s full of so much obnoxious jerk attitude, with overly aggressive girls
soliciting lap dances, that even the other clubs in town sneer at them. There are
plenty of strip bars—pass this one by.
Déjà vu Showgirls Owned by the same people as Little Darlings (see
below), this place both deeply perturbs us and amuses the heck out of us. The
latter because it’s one of the rare strip clubs where the women actually perform
numbers. Instead of just coming out and taking off an article or two of clothing
and then parading around in a desultory manner before collecting a few tips and
running off to solicit lap dances, each stripper comes out and does an actual routine—well,
okay, maybe not so much, but she does remove her clothes to personally
chosen music, shedding an outfit tailored to her music selection. And so
it happened that we have now seen a punk rock chick strip to “Anarchy in the
UK” and a Ramones tune. But it also distresses us because it’s the kind of place
where guys bring their buds the night before their wedding to make sure they
get photographed with a naked girl (yes, the girls get totally naked here) performing
something raunchy with a sex toy—that’s the kind of fun that leaves a
bad taste in the mouth. Open daily from 11am to 6am. 3247 Industrial Rd. & 702/
894-4167. $20 cover. $20–$30 lap dances. Totally nude. Unescorted women allowed.