New York Strip Club Safari
The Big Apple may no longer be on the avant garde when it comes to the sex industry, but there's still plenty of action to be found on our streets. The same corporate dollars that supposedly "cleaned up" Manhattan often find their way to the cleavages and thongstraps of the city's go-go dancers. Today's stripper aficionado doesn't necessarily want to pay for sex like the Times Square prowlers of old. They just want to exercise their God-given right to pay exorbitant sums to have average-looking women grind in their laps until they mess their pants, bless their little hearts. Here are some of the spots you should go to watch the action, after you've already visited the Penthouse Executive Club for their fine cuisine. Follow-up fieldwork shall commence as demand and self-loathing dictate.
Pussycat Lounge
96 Greenwich St
New York, NY 10006
Wall Streeters fuel most of the stripping action in the rest of the five boroughs, so it's bizarre that this lounge in the center of the Financial District is as bad as … it is. Rather than hedge fundies foaming at the mouth (and often crotch) in secret VIP rooms, you'll see a few bored dancers on a stage behind the bar in front of customers bewildered at having found a topless bar where no touching whatsoever is allowed. Supposedly there are cool parties on the upstairs floors, but who wants drinks and music when there are breasts being plopped on heads in Midtown? [link]
Gallagher's 2000
34-19 37th St
Queens, NY 11101
Far from the spotlight in Manhattan, Gallagher's is the best spot to catch the stars of your favorite adult DVDs. It's also reputably the best place to see nothing but … girls who look like they could be porn stars. [link]
Cheetah's
252 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036
New York, NY 10036]
The "Tycoon Restaurant" inside Cheetah's actually serves good sushi; the chef supposedly comes straight from one of the Blue Ribbon restaurants. …
The Blue Ribbon menu may have more variety than Cheetah's, but here can you slurp your sashimi off a naked body. [link]
Flashdancers
1674 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
One of the most well-known strip joint in New York, but the notoriety has more to do with their almost ubiquitous taxi-top advertising than anything else. This …
Midtown topless lounge is a tiny tourist trap packed with questionable wares. [link]
