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Fantasy Ranch Gentlemen's Club
2688 South Street, Long Beach
Exit 91 Fwy at Paramount, South on Paramount, right on South St.
(562) 633-2811
Web site:
http://www.fantasyranchadultclub.com/
Sun: 4:30pm - 2am, Mon - Fri: 11:30 - 2am, Sat: 4:30pm - 2am
Map
Opened: 8/2001
Last review: 2002
Last visit: 8/2002
Update December 2006:
This club was closed in May 2005, and reopened as a Copa Cabana (non strip
club) in May 2006.
This new club is located near an industrial area
but is actually next to a mini shopping mall with a huge parking lot. Just
self park next to the club or at the mall lot at night. The outside of the
building looks renovated, including a nice canape at the entrance.
There is a bouncer who checks your ID and checks for weapons. As you enter the club, there is a cashier cage to your left where you pay your $5 cover at night only. The DJ booth is near the entrance, the full bar is in the center of the room, the stage and dressing room are to the left, and the VIP dance areas are to the right. The bathrooms are on the other side of the bar and are large and clean. There are several aquariums in the club, including one near the bathroom which was a very classy touch added to this club.
The stage is a medium rectangular shape
with a curtained entrance from the dressing room behind the stage. There are
poles that go up really high in case some of the dancers want to venture up.
There is also a shoe-like couch on the stage for dancers to play with. I saw
one dancer basically do a demonstration of a full grind lap dance on it. I
really like the setup of the dressing room, similar to the Wild Goose where
the dancer can come directly from the dressing room right to the stage. I
think it looks more professional than other clubs where dancers must travel
long distances to the stage from the dressing room. There is a house mom who
takes care of the dancers.
On the far side of the club are bench type seating for lap dances which are $10 per song (dancer keeps all). It is out in the open. If you want more privacy, you can go to the VIP room on the right side of the club, which is a separate room with more comfortable couches for $20 laps. Frankly, the nasty factor does not change all that much but you are paying for the privacy. There are also small private rooms inside of the VIP area for even more privacy. But don't come here for lap dances unless you like it mild. This is a place for drinks and stage tipping.
If you're here to drink, you might find that the drink prices are a little pricey but remember that you are in a strip club, and not just your local bar. All in all, a nice clean but friendly place to hang out and relax with your drink, while watching some great dancers.
One last note is if you were a regular at Angel's, you'll be very at home here because Doreen is the manager and there are other Angel workers here. You'll also see some Fritz people here too.
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Come here for the drinks. |
Fantasy Ranch - 2001
[Reader Reviews]
Platinum Showgirls
(Formerly Paris, Flamingo Theater)
2421 E. Artesia Blvd., Long Beach
710 South to 91 exit towards Riverside, exit Cherry, right on Cherry, left
on Artesia.
(562) 251-9000
Web site:
http://www.platinumshowgirlslb.com/
Sun - Sat: 12pm - 2am
Map
Reopened as Paris Showgirls: 3/2008
Flamingo Theater closed: 10/2006
Last review: 10/2008
Last visit: 10/2008
The review below is from 2008 when the club was Paris.
 Photos by Paul Hart |
Paris Showgirls is located in an industrial area in a stand alone setting with a multi-story parking structure behind the building. The entrance is located in the back of the building so you can walk directly from the parking area to the entrance. There is a turnstile at the entrance where they have a $5 cover charge after 6pm (free during the day).
As you enter, the bar, DJ booth and bathrooms are on the far side of the room. The stage is on the right and the lap dance area is near the front. There are tables and chairs in the middle area for customers.
 Bar and DJ booth on left, stage against far wall, lap dance area on right. Club shown with bright lights for photo presentation. |
The club offers a $2 Tuesday special for beer and a Sunday $3 Corona special.
As the waitress for their current special on the day that you visit the club.
There's a nice mix of dancers here for your viewing pleasure on stage and in the lap dance area. Single song bikini lap dances are $15 and $50 for 5 songs, which is a good deal if you already know you're going to get multiple songs with a particular dancer.
All in all, a great place to relax and get a drink while enjoying the dancers with your buds.
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Decent selection and mix. | |
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Sugarwalls
1811 W. Anaheim St., Long Beach
Exit 710 Fwy at Anaheim St. West., go one block passed Santa Fe Ave.
(562) 590-5620
Web site:
http://sugarwallsonline.com/
Sun - Sat: 4pm - 2am
Capacity: 76
Map
Opened: 12/2004
Last review: 1/2005
Last visit: 2007
Update 11/2007:
This club is closed.
When a lot of people were buzzing about this new club called
Sugarwalls for years, I thought it was some sort of urban legend. Once
it really opened, I continued to hear a lot of buzz. I fully expected
to see the same old upscale strip club look, but I was very surprised at
what I found.
This club looks more like an night club in Vegas, with a stage instead of
the usual strip club look. If you didn't know better, by looking at
the outside of the club, you'd think it was a night club like the Key Club.
The sign on the building is classy and does not say "Girls Girls Girls" or
anything like that. It's just the name glowing in red lights with a
silhouette of a girl bending down. The entrance doors are frosted glass and
exude mystery and excitement.
Even before entering, I could already tell this was not going to be the
usual club that I'm used to seeing these days. The owner calls it "Next
Generation." No, not like in Star Trek. All I can say is, if this is
next generation, then I'm all for it.
As for the interior layout, there's a box-office on the left to pay the $10
cover (free with Z-VIP card), woman's restroom and dressing rooms are to the
right. As you walk straight ahead and turn left, the stage is on the
left (the side of the street and entrance) and the bar is on the right. The
offices and men's restroom are on the far side of the room. The woman's
restroom is lit in all red and the men's restroom is all blue and can be
seen via the frosted glass doors. In the main room, the ceiling is
high enough for a second story area which may become a VIP area in the
future. For now, just the DJ is up there.
The bar has a wall of alcohol that has a magenta glow behind the
wall, and a gi-normous aquarium that goes almost halfway to the ceiling.
There's also a plasma screen for people wanting to catch the latest games on
TV. The stage takes up a good portion of this main room and has a
chrome colored pole that goes all the way to the ceiling.
Drinks start at $4.50 and go up, served by some good looking waitresses.
There weren't tons of dancers here but except for one, all the dancers were
good to great. More surprising was that they were all young with natural
tops. I'm used to topless clubs having a lot of fake boobs so this was a
nice change. Lap dances are $15 and are about as good as alcohol places can
deliver. In fact, they allow the dancers to stand on the couch, which even
some nude clubs do not allow. Nice.
On weekends, this place gets pretty busy and there were some "ballers" in
there throwing money in the air like it was confetti. As a matter of fact,
when I stood up from my couch seat, there were about $4 in singles behind my
back because there was a lap dancer doing one next to me, and a guy just
threw about a $100 above her. The stage sets went from no tipping to crazy
$500 in singles tipping. Interesting stuff to watch.
There were an unusual number of groups of female customers and couples. The
people sitting next to me were 2 couples and the 2 girls started to make out
with each other, then started lap dancing for each other. There was also
some really hot chicks hanging out near the bar.
Executive summary:
This is a great place for young people to hang, drink and look hip. Not the
place for crazy mileage. It looks and feels like you're at an upscale
hip-hop dance club.
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West 9th Street Bar and Grill
1600 W. 9th Street, Long Beach
Exit 710 South at Anaheim St West, left on Santa Fe, left on W. 9th St.
(562) 901-9639
Sun - Sat: 11am - 2am
Map
Opened: 4/2001
Last review: 2001
Last visit: 12/2001
Update 2/2003:
This clubs is now closed.
As the name implies, this was, or is a bar and grill which was turned into a
topless strip club. The club is located in a very industrial part of Long
Beach which probably keeps the cops away. You would never accidentally find
this place. It's a very small bar with a small parking lot on the left side
of the building. Although there is street parking, I'm not sure what the
parking situation is during the day.
The entrance to the club is on the left side of the building, almost to the rear. As you enter the bar and grill portion of the building, there are 2 pool tables and seating all around with a large bar in the center of the room. The bathrooms are right at the entrance to the right. You can tell that this place has been around for a while and it shows. The club portion is to the right (towards the street side of the building), and there is a $5 cover which is paid to a guy who checks IDs and give the money to the cashier. The cashier booth is connected to the DJ booth.
As you enter the club section, the small bar is to the left, and the small stage is against the wall on the left, with about 10 seats. There are about 7 or 8 seating booths and tables around this tiny club and the "private" dance area, which is basically a couch sized area, is towards the rear of this section.
The stage is too small to have a 6 foot area so the dancers wear pasties on stage. There is one pole and one ring for the dancers to play with. There was also a chair on stage which one of the dancers used to lean on so that she could do some interesting standing moves with her legs. For such a tiny club, the stage area is actually fairly nice with lighting and mirrors. This area looks much newer than the rest of the building and stands out. The ventilation is poor and some people might object to the lax rules. Frankly, I had a difficult time myself.
The lap dances are only $10 but the dancer can charge more if she wants to. Although the "private" area is separated from the rest of the club, there really is no privacy and anyone in the club can see what is going on. Amazingly, there is what appears to be a floater or perhaps a security guy standing at the lap area. There is at most enough space for 2 or 3 lappers in this area, but 1 fits more comfortably.
As far as I could tell, there were 2 waitresses which seemed like a lot for such a small place. Both waitresses seemed to be competent but not young lookers like at some nude clubs. The beers are $5 and soft drinks are $3.50.
All in all, it seemed like a regular hang-out type place for blue collar and biker types. The atmosphere was friendly and there was no pushing for dances or even drinks. People seemed to be just happy having a beer and watching the dancers on stage.
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Tiny. Club area new but rest old. | |
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Considering everything, friendly. | |
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