Like most of us, I was hesitant to start stepping out post the lockdown. It’s not that I feared COVID all that much, it was just that the party/restaurant/cafe/movie/live entertainment landscape seemed to have changed so much. And frankly, I was getting tired of hearing people say it was all part of some ‘new normal,’ as if things prior to March 2021, were anywhere near normal.
But I finally, FINALLY got out and about, to a place that’s truly unique, a gem of spot in New York City (a mere half hour bus ride from my northern NJ home) someplace that I had been to before (and it was great then) and was thrilled to find it was even better, post-pandemic, in the ‘new normal.’
I’m talking about Rick’s Cabaret New York.
The mid-Manhattan strip club is a truly unique spot. Boasting 100+ dancers per night, open 7-days-a-week until 4 am, the tri-level club, has an open-air roof deck and a steakhouse inside the club serving a late-night menu. Now as I say, I had been to Rick’s before, right around their 1oth anniversary actually (more than a few years before COVID) and then, as just as recently, I was blown away by the club’s hospitality.
I tend to be one of those sit-in-the-corner, sip-my-drink, and watch-kind of guys…so that’s what I did the other night when I slipped into Rick’s around 10:30. But before too long I was entranced by a particular dancer (ok, it was more than just one dancer) and I had to get into a few lap dances…the first time I have ever managed a lap dance actually.
If I thought Rick’s was amazing befroe….wow, this unique form of entertainment blew my mind!
I can only hope everybody is getting out from under, enjoying their lives, being as ‘normal’ as they can in any new way they want. I know we are hearing about new COVID spikes all the time, and pretty much we are all still skittish about getting out. But I was so happy I ventured forth and made my journey to Rick’s Cabaret New York. There really is no place like it! And I will be going back…soon!
Ricks Cabaret New York is located at 50 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 For more info (212)372-0850
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