In the last year I only once paid them (livejasmin) a nighttime visit and it was very ... educational. The place didn't have a particularly good reputation and most of the young Army guys (in my dorm at least) recognized the place for the money trap it was. Stories of the bouncers rolling drunk soldiers were commonplace, and very believable. Still the place was often packed with young soldiers, especially right after payday. The ladies were a seedy lot and definitely not first class stripper material. They danced fully nude and strongly hinted that additional favors could be enjoyed in a private room in the back for a nominal price. The drinks were also well watered and badly overpriced. The management seemed oily and out to take everyone for every cent they could shake out of them.
Something about the atmosphere of the place after dark just made my nerves itch. To say that I have a very bad feeling about the place would be a definite understatement. I never had the slightest ambition to ever return on another evening.
Once I started working for the bank and the micro folks, I picked up some more interesting information about the Lounge. It was owned by a younger brother of the County Sheriff, and its operation violated a good number of County (and probably also State) laws. The place was 'protected' by the Sheriff and most of the Deputies, who in return received free drinks (and allegedly free use of the strippers). Conventional Wisdom among the locals was that if you "interfered with business, bad things would happen to you." The owners were apparently