Reopenings- St Louis Boxers n Briefs

[+ pdxleo]

This week I was working in Missouri, and once finished the plan was to spend a couple days with a friend in southern MO before coming back to OR over the weekend. Leaving the work site, I texted my friend to check in, and found out that he was in the hospital with a broken leg, and therefore unable to entertain visiting gentlemen callers- too bad. Since I was already in central MO, I told him I'd head on down to Poplar Bluff so we could at least have a visit in person. While chatting he mentioned that the Illinois casinos were opening again, and Boxers n Briefs was due to reopen this weekend too. I said I was heading up there to fly home, and would he mind if I headed up there early and check things out, he said no ( he worked there until a year ago) so that's just what I did.

 

I wasn't expecting to have anything open during this trip, and had some trepidation about a large indoor crowd. I decided that, since my plans were already shot, I'd play it by ear, and if it felt unsafe, I'd turn around and walk out. So, I drove out to East St Louis. First thing on my arrival, saw about 20 cars in the parking lot, a bad sign to me. Social distancing, mebbe not. Went up to the door, checking out the inside- virtually empty. Turns out there was a private swingers party going on in the curtained area next to the stage- there were only a few bar/stripper customers. Friday night cover of $10, and I'm in the door.

 

First surprise- tho I had a mask, the manager said it was my choice to wear it or not. All the staff had masks; dancers, bartender, manager, owner. Of the half dozen customers, I was the only one masked, an the private party group had no masks also. They had rearranged the tables to provide distancing- instead of sitting up against the bar or the stage, a row of tables was placed next to the bar, and a second row of tables were set up, with chairs set at every other table- providing a comfortable distance between patrons and dancers. Under the circumstances, this seemed pretty effective at spacing, put me at ease that they had put some thought into the arrangement. Unfortunately, not sitting up at the bar means the you have to go stand in line for your drinks- a one-way maze with spacing marks on the floor to go up to the bar station to get drinks. Clear shields in the maze and at the bar kept order. However, if the place were more full, getting drinks may get problematic. As in the past, drinks are no bargain, $6.50 for a bottle of been, but there were specials listed on the bar board.

 

I was not surprised that none of the familiar faces were dancing on Friday night. With it being first night back, there were a half-dozen dances. Talking with them, it seems most had been relatively new hires over the last winter, and laid off in March when things shut. The guys were young, thin twink types, only one being over 23 it seemed. They were expecting some returnees over the next week, but frankly the number of customers would not have supported many more dancers.

As I said, twink was the word of the night, not any muscle, all Caucasian boys. The routine was unchanged- a fifteen-minute all nude dance on the bar or stage, then work the room till next time up. The lap dance areas and private room were also unchanged, except that both the dancer and client were required to be fully masked the whole time in back, and had to lather up with hand sanitizer before going back and upon leaving the booth/private room. Costs were unchanged- $75 for 15 mins lap dance, $200 for 15 mins private room.

 

The guys - while its initially weird watching nekkid guys with their faces covered, you get used to it soon enough.You can't really get close enough to have a conversation, and the mask makes ever harder for us senior citizens, but they're to be watched and tipped, and they find a way to get a foot close enough to you to get the ones and fives in the sock. Two of the guys were standouts in my book- Liam is a blond somewhat-muscled Texan with an ass that was well-formed, and completely hairless ( yes I checked every crack and crevice ), said he'd done some porn in the past and was friends with Brent Corrigan. Interesting conversation and an inspired, athletic lap dance. It's possible he may have been working at Tin Room in Dallas in the past, he seemed oddly familiar to me. My top star of the night was Spencer, an 18 year old thin (28 inch waist) dark-haired chocolate eyed beauty. Friendly and intelligent, he made himself my favorite by remembering the points of conversation after working the room and coming back to chat me up some more. A truly inspired lap dance- I maybe fell a wee bit in lust with this charmer- but yes, he's young enough to be my grandson! There's also a curly- haired blond with a furry bubble but and biggest dick of the night, and one kid who looked to be 15 years old- I'm sure he was legal, but that was hands-off for me!

 

I left at 11:30 - early flight and all. By then there were about 15 customers, might have had room to fit eight to ten more, that's about all. For only a days notice, this was a good experience, but since I'm no longer doing on-site training trips, I'll probably not be returning- if you're already in the area, its worth going across the river, but its not enough on its own for a destination. I wish Bob and the guys the best of luck in keeping the place open, would be a shame to lose this "asset" to the male stripper community

[+ azdr0710]

as of March or so, it appears Boxers N Briefs has permanently closed, according to their yelp page and a comment in it.....

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/boxers-n-briefs-centreville?osq=boxers+n+briefs

Edited April 17, 2021 by azdr0710

[john1973]

Awwww, too bad

[EZEtoGRU]

as of March or so, it appears Boxers N Briefs has permanently closed, according to their yelp page and a comment in it.....

 

https://www.yelp.com/biz/boxers-n-briefs-centreville?osq=boxers+n+briefs

I believe this means there is no longer any proper stripper club catering to gay clientele (nude or not) in the Midwest. The Gold Coast in Detroit was the last one that closed prior to the closure of Boxers-n-Briefs. One can probably find go-go boys working some nights at some bars/clubs in the Midwest...but not really strippers. BTW, IMHO, the Lucky Horseshoe in Chicago was never a proper stripper club. Skinny twinky guys would dance on the bar for tips. I don't recall there being any place to have a private dance...but I could be wrong about that. It never really mattered as I never found anyone there that I would have wanted a private dance with anyway.

[+ tassojunior]

[+ pdxleo]

A shame to see this, but not really unexpected- the taxes, permits, licenses and fees involved in running this business in Illinois were eye-watering to me! NO way to pencil out the costs if you can only have 20 customers in the club any given night.

[BSR]

A shame to see this, but not really unexpected- the taxes, permits, licenses and fees involved in running this business in Illinois were eye-watering to me! NO way to pencil out the costs if you can only have 20 customers in the club any given night.

Even though I wasn't planning a trip to St. Louis any time soon, it still bums me out a bit that B&B closed. There are so few full monty+full bar strip clubs in the US that the loss of one, even one I never really planned on visiting, is unwelcome news.

[+ tassojunior]

Even though I wasn't planning a trip to St. Louis any time soon, it still bums me out a bit that B&B closed. There are so few full monty+full bar strip clubs in the US that the loss of one, even one I never really planned on visiting, is unwelcome news.

Ft Lauderdale and Atlanta are still chock full.

[BSR]

Ft Lauderdale and Atlanta are still chock full.

Johnson's isn't full nude+full bar. But good thing Swinging Richards is still hanging in there.

[+ tassojunior]

Johnson's isn't full nude+full bar. But good thing Swinging Richards is still hanging in there.

There's 3 in FLL and I think 2 in ATL and Johnsons may expand to ATL. I think Dicks in Phoenix is open. Over the years it's my fav.

Then there's the 3 (or 2 1/2) in NOLA but clothed and no vip rooms.

[+ pdxleo]

Just stopped into Dick's on my way home from the Palm Springs gathering- still open still nude, except for the obligatory masks!