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    Question When a club serves food, how does that work?

    I'm relocating from a city in which strip clubs do not serve food (Deja Vu used to, but I didn't work there at the time) to a city where this seems to be the norm, and I'm terrified. I've been a vegan for a very long time, and one of the main reasons I started dancing was so that I wouldn't have to work in restaurants anymore. In clubs that serve food, is it usually in a separate section (like they have an attached restaurant), or do the waitresses bring food menus to tables and serve food alongside cocktails? Do customers actually sit around eating right out on the floor? And like leaves his half-eaten food out when he goes to do lap dances? Do customers expect you to sit and talk with them while they are eating? Do they try to buy you food/make you eat? I don't mind politely explaining that I ate at home if a customer invites me to dine with him at a restaurant adjacent to/run by the club, but pretending not to be disgusted if I have to look at or smell meat or cheese all the time seems like a ton of extra work.

    Can anyone who has worked in a place that served food please explain it to me? I'm moving to a town near Detroit in a couple of months and one of the scariest things for me is the idea of being stuck working in a club that reeks like a goddam steakhouse.

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    My club serves food. There's a kitchen right by the bar and waitresses bring menus to the table. There's a $4.99 steak or burger and fries special during the day that is real popular lol. Occasionally a regular will want me to eat with him (most of the time I politely decline because I don't like to eat on the job--this has never been a problem), but I do not approach customers who are eating, because obviously they're not going to be buying dances while they're chowing down. I want until the waitress clears the table to approach and that is what most girls at my club do as well.

    I don't think the place reeks like a steakhouse, but that also might be because I'm a meat eater, so I'm used to it or it doesn't bother me. Every club that I have worked at (admittedly, not that many) has served food in basically the same way.

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    My club serves finger foods. If they're eating and I'm doing my tip rounds I just say I'll come by later. Nobody has ever tried to make me eat or buy me food.
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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    It'll really depend on how the club is set up, but mine is similar to what fishielicious described. We have a weekday lunch buffet that tends to bring in a crowd. Some ladies will try and hustle while a customer is eating, but most of us don't bother. Customers won't just leave their food for a dance, and it's awkward to try and talk to someone while they're eating -- making them feel awkward is also not ideal for getting them to part with their money later. We also have a proper menu with pub food served all day and night, but not a heck of a lot of customers order off of it.

    I can probably count on one hand the amount of times customers have offered to buy me food, and no one has ever expected me to have a meal with them in the club. The food is sort of an afterthought in my club's set up, so it's not on many people's radar beyond seeing the menu sitting on the tables. As an example, waitresses don't ask if someone wants something to eat every time they ask for a drink. Beyond the lunch buffet, mostly the dancers buy food or will ask their regulars to buy them some.

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    Ugh I can't stand food in the club. Its a personal preference. I dont mind it when the restaurant is in a completely different section. But when it's in the club and customers are eating it at the bar and tables and the club smells like food when you walk in just totally kills my vibe. I'm ok if the food and seating is in a different section but please not by the stage or close to where we do dances

    Honestly dancers and bartenders tend to be the worst when it comes to this. One time the bartender and dancers were eating this Peruvian food which is delicious but the smell was so offensive that a couple of customers walked in and walked right out. Ugh why??? I dont want that smell in the dressing room either but I'd much rather have it there than in the club.

    Hustling customers while they eat is a hard one. Like everyone said, usually we wait until they finish their meal.

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    I HATE food in the club, I don't like that they come in specifically to eat sometimes (who the fuck does that?) Then they hang out and waste our time while they're waiting for food.

    But yeah, there's those little standup menus and the cocktail waitresses take orders. The guys eat on the regular floor tables, amidst guys getting lap dances. I've had customers offer to share their food with me (gross!) but never been offered a meal or anything. Mostly it's just irritating when they let you sit and talk to them, and then their food shows up and it's like "Oh sorry! My food is here, it was nice talking to you!" >_<

    I wouldn't let it be a huge concern though.
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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    Thanks for all the quick replies! I guess I'm just anxious about moving out of my hometown for the first time and over-thinking every little thing. I've never left New Orleans for more than a few weeks at a time before, and I've noticed that things are a little different down here

    Hell, if I hate the clubs up there, I can always just get a bartending job. The main point of the move is so that I can go back to school while my boyfriend makes a lot of money anyway.

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    I'm going to defend club food 'cause in some clubs I've tasted divine creations. Not all clubs cook bad food.





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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    All the clubs in Indy I worked at served food. It's part of the liquor licensing laws in Indiana. In Indy, the waitresses brought menus, took orders and delivered food. The food and drink tab was handled by the waitress. But, they did prefer cash payment. I worked a few lunch shifts, they were OK money makers, but not like evenings and nights. BTW, in Indiana, food has to be available all the times the bar is open. So, we sometimes got guys in wanting food late at night. They got microwave pizzas or hot pockets. Weird, totally weird. Of course, the ABC cops favorite scam was to come into the club under cover, go straight to the bar and order milk at about midnight. If the milk was bad, they'd use that as an excuse to bust the club and look for other violations.

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    In my state, its also part of the liquor license. Waitresses don't ask if people want to order food though, there's just a couple menus around. Honestly though, the dancers order most of the food... I've never seen more than a handful of customers order food a night. Often none. Never had a customer ask me to eat with them, and the girls usually avoid hustling men who are eating for all the reasons stated by others.

    I often ask customers to buy me food though.. my club has a rotating dessert menu thats quite good

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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    My club has a full menu. It's honestly better than most restaurants I've been to so one perk is having guys buy me food (also another incentive to go to the Champagne Room). The smell doesn't seem to linger at all, mainly because it's all basic American food (steak, burgers, aka nothing with exotic flavors). I kinda like that they have food because if a guy is looking at a menu he probably won't want a dance until after he eats and chills for a bit. Ergo I'll have better luck later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Selina M View Post
    I don't like that they come in specifically to eat sometimes (who the fuck does that?)
    I had gone to clubs in the past a few times because of their food (hey, some clubs even have lunch specials and the like). I will tip a few dollars to whoever is on stage while I wait for my food, obviously. I eat at the bar. I then tip the bartender, and then leave. Anyone unhappy with this, can go and complain to the club about having lunch specials.





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    Default Re: When a club serves food, how does that work?

    Like everyone else stated, both clubs I've worked at with food served to the floor and bar. Menus are stood up at the bar, while waitresses offer the menu when coming around to take drink orders. One mostly just did finger foods and burgers, but also offered salad, while the other also offered plated meals like steak or chicken breast. Honestly, I don't care one way or the other about clubs serving food, but I do think it's extremely tacky for dancers to eat outside of the dressing room if they're not eating with a customer. I have had a handful of customers offer to buy me something off the menu, mostly older guys during the day, but I've only taken one up on the offer; I really was hungry, he seemed interested in buying dances (and did) after chatting over the food, and I had nothing better to do at the time. I didn't really notice a difference with hustling guys while they were eating. You kinda pick up on which are eating too fast/slow to bother.

    I've never worked at a place that served great food, so I'm probably romanticizing it a bit, but I imagine places with a nice menu (a la St James in Houston, for example) tend to attract better clientele during the day and early evening. Anyone know if that holds any merit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay12 View Post
    I had gone to clubs in the past a few times because of their food (hey, some clubs even have lunch specials and the like). I will tip a few dollars to whoever is on stage while I wait for my food, obviously. I eat at the bar. I then tip the bartender, and then leave. Anyone unhappy with this, can go and complain to the club about having lunch specials.
    I complain frequently. They run cheap specials on cheap food which attracts cheap men who sit on the floor eating and not tipping anyone a single dime, while taking up chairs that are used for dances and setting a precedent for other customers that it's fine to do that. It irks me beyond belief on Friday evenings when paying customers are sitting on the wall bar stools because there's groups of dudes eating dinner in dance chairs.

    I have no problem with people eating at the bar though. That's generally where people sit who don't want to be bothered anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay12 View Post
    I'm going to defend club food 'cause in some clubs I've tasted divine creations. Not all clubs cook bad food.
    At my club, I can tell the quality of the food/what dish I should order by which cook is on shift. One of them makes really great nachos, one of them does a really good cajun pasta special, one of them will do chips and queso with guac for me even though it's not technically on the menu.

    I don't like eating while I'm on the job, but sometimes if I work a day shift I am too hungry to wait to get to home to eat. That cheap food menu comes in handy.

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    I worked in two clubs that served food and I don't recall smelling meat or cheese in either, although both had really light menus. I'm a vegetarian with a sensitive nose too! For me, it was more obnoxious to have to smell meaty pizzas and tacos and stuff in the dressing room. I think that you'll know when you go to audition whether the club has a steakhouse smell or not.

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    I loved my club that served food! Sometimes I miss it. They had a little mini menu (nachos,burgers, specials) under the glass at the table, but a person could get a full menu from the waitress or bartender. The full kitchen was only open until like 9pm, after that it was only fries and nachos. So if it was a busy weekend you didn't have to worry if they were wanting food. If my current club was set up with a kitchen, I'd be good. I can rock the dinner hustle.

    I worked 3pm to 11pm so it was nice. I had regulars that would come in around dinner time. We would get our drinks, order food, have another drink, and then do a few 1/2 hour rooms. They were usually older guys that were in town on business or recently divorced. They tipped well for the GFE. So if they were happy, I was happy.

    If I was already sitting with a customer and they ordered but I wasn't hungry, I would either sit and drink with them while they ate or go work the room until they were ready. I learned quick not to go up to a customer that is already eating though. Some customers liked a quiet meal before the action started. Plus I think it's kind of rude to barge in mid meal. You know how it is when you're out and the waitress comes to check on you right when you have a full mouth? That's what I felt I was doing if they were already eating.

    Man, I need to talk to my club's owner now....

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    My club serves food and I'll sit with a custy while they eat if he's a regular and I know he doesn't mind, otherwise I'll go say hi and tell him to enjoy his meal and I'll come see him when he's finished eating. I know I don't like to talk while I'm eating, lol. I never really smell the food and we have a full menu. Maybe I'm just used to it now.

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    We have food, but a good cook on the day into evening shift. Our club is pretty big, so I don't notice the scent of food. However, if dancers eat in the DR, it's annoying. Mostly because it's Mexican food and we have no A/C in our DR. If a custy is eating, I don't approach him unless he asks me to join him. If he offers me food, I usually eat a fry or two. (If he's eating it, I'm going to assume it's not laced with some sort of poison).

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    I worked at one club that served food and I hated it.

    Nothing worse than trying to hustle while you can smell someone's food and you're starving.

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    You know what, I think I might be biased because of the cooks. The one cook at my last club, I was friends with at first, but later he was nosy and in my business a lot, and always hitting on the girls to the point where people said they quit bc of him. My current club, the cook is an illegal immigrant that doesn't take any criticism; if you send something back, you're not eating, he gets upset. I didn't mind food at the chain clubs, where the kitchen staff stayed in the back.
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