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Since everyone seems to have a Top 10 list these days, we
thought we'd throw a spin on our November, 2000 Club of the Month and tell
you the Top 10 reasons why Cabaret Royale
won.
#1) Entertainers - With apologies to The Lodge who also has a great basket full of eye candy, Cabaret Royale has the finest examples of visions to fog your spectacles. Blondes, brunettes, raven-haired beauties, and more, CR definitely puts the top talent on stage every night. To name just a few would do injustice to the many lovelies that captivate our libidos, but we'll toss a few names out there. Sierra. Oh my goodness. Blonde and tan and well, goddamn...she just burns. Kristin. This Texas Cabaret transplant is an absolute stunner. You can't visit CR without sampling one of her table dances.#2) Entertainers - Did we mention they had awesome entertainers???#3) Attitude - Unlike many of the upper echelon clubs, CR girls are friendly, approachable, and quite the mingling type. You won't sit alone long without a vision in sin approaching your table.#4) Atmosphere - Upscale without being haughty. Luxurious without being stuffy. Comfortable without being sloppy. CR has woven an atmosphere that anyone from an exec to an average working Joe would feel right at home in. Tho if you have designs on the upstairs VIP area, leave your jeans at home.#5) Music - A nice mix of classic rock, contemporary Top 40, and a splash of country on the side. Loud enough to be motivating, subdued enough so you don't have to shout every conversation.#6) Couple Friendly - A perfect place to take your significant other. We observed as many timid newcomers as we did comfortable adventurers. CR definitely welcomes couples.#7) One-song sets - Why can't all clubs adopt this policy? No more waiting 45 minutes to an hour for your Lustmate to return from the Siberia of stage rotation hell. One song lets the entertainer belt out her focused energy too see if it electrifies your lower 40 or zap your brain of anything other than the words, "Must...have...table...dance....now!" If every club would switch to one-song sets, I think we'd all be happier campers.#8) No Video Poker games (at least none that we saw) - Like a moth to your outdoor bug zapper, many a dancer gets drawn into this irresistible lure at the bar. And when they do, their income and our desire to stick around drop dramatically.#9) Management - Instead of hovering over every table like papa chaperoning his daughter's first date, the management does a great job of fading into the background and letting the entertainers and customers dictate the atmosphere. CR's managers are there when you need them, and out of sight when you don't. They realize they don't need to do their tuxedo peacock strut to show everyone who they are.#10) No Hit & Runs - Rather than hone in for the sole purpose of prying the Andrew J's from your wallet, the average CR dancer will sit and chat as well. We only had one lone case of an entertainer bringing her sad, "Wanna table dance?" luggage to the table. Ladies who'll take a song or two to get to know you before purring a private show request always rate highest in our book. CR definitely has a majority of those.And lest we forget...one single reason why CR almost didn't win our Club of The Month: Service. While friendly, it was one of the worst cases we've encountered in quite some time. Twenty minutes with an empty drink at your table, and almost 30 minutes to clear out a single bar tab is pretty much unacceptable. Quality Service at a club of CR's stature should be a given, not a maybe.That aside, CR had enough attributes to win our Club of The Month for the second time. If you haven't been, go. Go soon. Go often. Experience the high life and revel in the assortment of the most beautiful and friendly entertainers (rivaled only by The Lodge) the Metroplex has to offer.One final note. Be forewarned. The pretty blonde who walks up to your table and coos about how you need a relaxing neck massage is *not* an entertainer with a clever opening line. She's an actual in-house massage therapist. She gets miffed and leaves in a huff if you accidently mistake her approach for a prelude to just sitting down at the table. And man, can she roll those eyes and look disgusted with the best of 'em.Congrats to the entire staff and the lovely ladies at Cabaret Royale for winning our November Club of the Month.September 2000 - We admit it. We've become a bit jaded. After four years of prowling the Dallas-Ft. Worth scene, sometimes even the best Horndog gets a little "seen-that, seen-that" attitude. The pulse slows down a bit. A beautiful pair of breasts strolls by but we're too intent on the TV in the corner mocking us with how many runs the Rangers are going to lose by this time. We stare right thru the tantalizing legs of a toned and taut brunette just to make out whether the banner over the bar reads $5.25 or $5.75 for longnecks. Sad really.What we needed this night was a shot of adrenaline. What we got was a shot of Mandy-renaline. This is a first for the Crew. This is the first time we've ever awarded a Club of the Month solely based on the attributes of one entertainer. (What, are you guys crazy?!?)Yes, perhaps a bit so. But consider all the evidence before making a final judgement as to our sanity or not. Ever have one of those nights where you just need something. Something. Something you're not really sure exactly what it is, but something. That's how we were feeling.So, in we walk into Santa Fe Cabret on Friday night hoping to say hello to April the bartender (she wasn't there) and some other old friends. Parking our butts in a strategic corner right near the main stage, we had barely sat down when out of the corner of our eyes, comes strolling this blonde vision. Unlike so many of her kind these days, her first words weren't the obligatory, "Would you like a table dance?", or the even more direct - and even less likely to elicit a positive response - "Wanna a table dance?" Not even a "Would you like some company?" Her first words were a friendly and teasing, "Hey, this a topless club, why aren't you smiling?" We were bedeviled. Couldn't help but smile. Could you?This was our first introduction to Mandy, a 5'8" blonde temptress with the most amazing sultry eyes and a long-legged, perfectly symmetrical, all-natural body. And brother, this was better than a cold beer on a 100-degree day. She was just what the doctor ordered. (Those with the lesser degree of appreciation for just the physical attributes of an entertainer may excuse themselves from the room now) As she sat down, we were amazed at how giddy we felt. It was like meeting a girl you really want to get to know for the first time. She was truly a shot in the arm for this jaded crew of Horndogs. For the first time in as far back as we can remember, we virtually ignored the ambiance, decor and crowd interaction. Hell with that. Let's focus on Mandy.When she was called away from the table to do her main stage set, we sat there as antsy as a kid at 3 a.m. on Christimas morning. C'mon, let's get to the good stuff! Her first song seemed to last only moments as she *truly* danced on stage. There were no mechanical and methodical step, turn, shake, turn, move steps learned from years of grinding out stage sets; but instead a connection with the song and her body. And it looked great. Her second set brought off the form-fitting purple dress and on a wonderful view of her amazing body. Long, tight legs. Perky scoops of incredible, natural breasts, sexy, come-hither eyes, and oh, the way she twirled and played with her blonde locks. She danced to Madonna's Fever and it never sounded or looked so good.Okay, some (perhaps many) of you dedicated Horndogs might be thinking, "Have these guys lost it?" "Have they gone soft?" Maybe so..just for one night.The rest of our visit was comfortable and pleasing. Semi-sparse crowd, and very few tippers amongst them. The service could use a bit of work tho. Our first waitresss, a large hispanic lady, took our credit card (which we take as the international sign that we want to open up a tab) and returned it to us with the bill after only one drink. Ooookay. Our next waitress, Rose, took great care of us tho. Two Obsessions imports, Shannon and Brannon (aka Skylar), were delightful treasures to the eye and very entertaining stage performers.But the night belonged to Mandy. She is the first and only entertainer ever tempting enough to garner her entire club for Club of the Month.Is she *that* good? Judge for yourself. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But this beholder went loopy.Are we being played? Perhaps. Have we been felled by the temptations and *acting* of a saavy entertainer? The same kind we warn others to steer clear of? Perhaps. But then again, perhaps not.Congratulations to Curtis and his entire clan at Santa Fe Cabaret for being awarded our Club of the Month.July 2000 - Reputations are a funny thing. Easy to gain. Often mislabled. Harder to lose. The Crew is like most people. We equate certain clubs with certain reputations. Baby Dolls is risque fun and known for their table dances. Deja Vu during the day is where the serious table dancers go. The Body Shop is a great place to go for elegant, laid-back enjoyment. But what of Fare West? What is their reputation? Hmmm..ask us and our first reaction would be: The Biker bar? That "other" club on Northwest Highway?You see. Name a club and reputation gets labled along with it. But is it true? After reading several positive reviews lately, we decided to venture over and find out for ourselves if Fare West was still just a topless bar with Harley Davidson written all over it. Well, the bikes are still there, but the bikers? Gone.Not that Fare West ran them all off. Far from it. We could see how anyone - bikers included - could enjoy themselves in this party atmosphere where you're remembered as more than just a twenty or a credit card. Naturally, the raves about the new VIP area just cried out for a visit and so we found ourselves perched second-story'esque above the crowd for a bird's eye view of the club.The remodled VIP area is excellent. Great, new high-back chairs, plenty of cozy corners, and home to one of the best bartenders we've ever come across. Stacy handled the barkeep duties and she was greatness. Sweet, pretty, and quick with a smile and some chat. Bartenders take notice. *This* is how you run a bar. She takes pride in remembering her customers' drinks, so if you go in a few times, don't be surprised to find your drink sitting at the bar before you sit down. That's an awesome feeling for anyone. Our only complaint was the locked Men's Room. This requires having to go downstairs to use the bathroom. Not that it's "below" us, but hey, if you have a neon red "MENS" sign over a door, shouldn't you use it???The talent pool? Pretty damn good. There's truly someone for everyone, from the tall and sexy Brooklyn, to the ebony beauty, Jenna. Our personal highlights included Riley. A biomedical major, she certainly has her anatomy in order. Tall and lean with big, beautiful eyes, and natural, well-proportioned to her frame assets. She can hold an intelligent conversation as easily as she can get your pulse racing. Booty is named appropriately. She does have one damn nice booty and really knows how to move it on the dance floor. Hopefully, she'll be entering the Ms DFW Nites 2000 contest, because brother, she can dance! We also met Cammie, a beautiful, ample-chested sweetie who we only got to chat with for a moment, but believe us, she's on our list to get some table dances from.If you're looking for Men's Club snootiness and flash-your-cash aire, this is not the club for you. But if you wanted to treated like a king when you drop a few hundred dollars, this *is* the place for you. Here, it's not another <yawn> everyday occurance to the management staff to see someone spend $200 - $300. If you're spending this, Troy and the other managers are going to see you get taken care of.Complaints? Piddling and few. Music was just a bit too loud to carry on a conversation. The DJ, while good, when speaking, made it virtually impossible to chat. You had to literally stop your conversation and wait till he was done to begin speaking again. VIP area could have used a bit more entertainer traffic checking to see if anyone wanted some company, but then we're like everone else....no amount of women is too many!However, these minor annoyances are far outweighed by the greatness of the single-set dance rotation. Five stages and one song each means you don't have to wait 45 minutes to an hour for your nightly gem to return to the table. We'd like to see this setup at every club that has at least five stages. Applause, applause, applause for this program.Even the Crew gets bogged down by reputations. We've been known to skip a club for several months because of its rep, and perhaps we've learned a lesson here. Club personnas can come and go, but the original rep is hard to shake. It takes some serious focus to change it, and that's just what Fare West has done.Congratulations to everyone at Fare West for being named our July Club of the Month!April 2000 - They say that every journey begins with a single step. That the longest roads travelled are the ones with the most substance. Of course, they also say that why walk a mile when you can take a single step and get almost the same thing, with less effort. Those tired cliches aside, the DFW Nites Crew decided to sample Tarrant County's offerings in our quest for the April Club of the Month. And we found it, but in the place we thought was the least likely candidate.We assumed that Baby Dolls Ft. Worth would be an obligatory, yet quick stop on our Tarrant County tour. Having been there several times before, we naturally assumed the club would be good, but not great. Fast food for our topless appetites. Tonight we were wrong.Arriving around 8, we found the club to already been in a festive spirit. Apparently, a dayshift birthday party had carried its energizing appeal over to the night shift. The place was literally electric. We noticed two things right away. *Every* customer in the place had a shit-eating grin on their face, and the club was crawling with beautiful women. Each time we thought we had spied the best ass in the place, we were challenged on that appraisal by a new arrival across our overheated vision. Tan, young, and tempting dominated the talent pool tonight.In speaking with some of the entertainers present, we found great attitudes from the top (or should we say topless) down. Apparently, Frank, the manager, has injected some serious enthusiasm into the place. Or maybe he's passing out go-go juice. Whatever it is, keep it up. It works. We didn't spy a single aloof personna, or a table that went unvisited in our entire stay. It really was that good.The club itself is laid out more in the lines of a big party than for the ultra-serious table dancer fan. That's good in some ways, bad in others. If you want a table dance, they lead you up to several chairs that are wedged into corners near the main stage. If you like your dances out of the prying eyes of others, you might be disappointed. But if you don't mind, you'll be happily accorded. There's no air in this place. The BDFW ladies give some serious table dances. Thumbs up from the Crew on the quality of these ladies' talents. Entertainer highlights of our visits included:Maria - Sweet, sweet, sweet. An infectious smile, a wicked grin, a playful attitude, and one of the best entertainers we've come across in quite some time. She dominated our attention span throughout the evening.Savannah - The fabled goddess of BDFW does nothing to disappoint. An absolutely awesome body and a great person to sit and talk with. We can see why so many great things have been written on this site about her. Guys, if you've been considering bringing your lady-friend into a club, this is the lady to take her to see.Trinity - Blonde and hot. Predominantly a dayshift entertainer, she showed up on this Friday night and we were glad she did. She was sitting at the table next to ours and we could see why the guy there didn't want her to leave. Very friendly.Mystery Lady - Help us out here BDFW regulars. Long brown hair, great breasts and she was wearing an orange bikini bottom with white piping. If you're into bottoms, this girl will get you up! We could sit and stare at her for hours.One of the trends we've seen increasing in clubs lately is the girl-to-girl stage tip. One entertainer lays flat on her back across the stage (feet on the floor) while the stage entertainer goes in for the dollar-bill extraction. Quite a site to see and done with excellence at BDFW.The "fat ass DJ" as he's affectionately referred to kept the music at a great pace and peppered in some genuinely funny quips along the way. If you like Kramer & Twitch'esque humor, you'll enjoy his work. We heard some great 80's metal tunes as well as the new stuff. Our only complaint was that the music was just a little too loud to have a good conversation. Tone down the tunes just a tad so we can enjoy an easy speak with the lady at our table.We can't forget the service either. It was fast, friendly, and there when it was needed, not when it wasn't. Other clubs could definitely learn from these gals. Our waitress, Iris, did an excellent job.Congratulations to the entire staff at BDFW. You made this month's choice a no-brainer. Keep up that infectious groove. It's been a long time coming.Oh..and J.D...everyone we
spoke to at BDFW loves your reviews but no one knows who the hell you
are. Introduce yourself some time!
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