I was there Friday night, around 10 or so, not many men, but back-to-back dances from dozens of young pretty women, mostly petite small-breasted women, many new faces, one of which sported a bejewelled butt plug. I saw a lot more women and men flopping on stage with bills for the dancers, which was nice to see that again after such a long COVID-induced hiatus. I was talking with one dancer who said she was from Club 77, Salem, and was there with others from Club 77.
As usual, guys started pouring in after 11, so around midnight or so, it was getting more difficult to get a drink, and I was heading out, but then Shakira came on stage, and so I just had to stay. The crowd was enthusiastic as she always has such a high performance show, just really spectacular when you compare to the usual walking back and forth on stage. As far as I could tell, the women took everything off on stage, but I did not manage to find what the mileage was like upstairs, although conversations confirmed how it used to be in the daytime, but I have yet to try Friday afternoon again to see if that mileage is back.
One thing I experienced a couple of times that night which I had not seen before, is where two women approach one patron and strike up a conversation. As I was out of money, and was winding down, I had no problem saying "No, thank you." but what if I had been interested in one of them? Would I have to tell the other one to get lost? Or would I have been expected or pressured to take both of them? As I say, it wasn't an issue, but I'm not sure how I would handle that in the future.
Another thing I noticed, they have new speakers on the floor which are extremely loud and very trebly, so much so that I had to give up my beloved stage seat because my ear was hurting. Once I moved to a table where the column blocked the speaker, it was okay, but still horrible music, in my old opinion.
All in all, glad to see the Fax bust-ling again!