What's Happening With The Wild Goose Property?
We all know the Wild Goose closed in December 2011. The plan was to demolish the existing block (the club and all surrounding homes) and build a condo complex. The owner mentioned that plans were approved, but he was waiting for financing.
I went by the location of the former Wild Goose a couple of months ago and the structure and all surrounding structures were still standing. The Wild Goose pole sign had been removed. The parking lot was empty, but open so that anyone could drive onto the property.
Last week, I drove by again and the Wild Goose pole sign had been restored. Quite odd for a place about to be demolished. Someone had posted on the Wild Goose Facebook page,"Stay tuned for info on a new club."
Does anyone have any info as to what's happening with the status of the club? Is the owner thinking of re-opening?
Wild Goose Was Like Your Neighborhood Bar With Girls
[QUOTE=Jerikson40; 1766433]Sorry I can't give any info on the plans for Wild Goose, but I have a question for those of us who aren't real familiar with Wild Goose when it was open.
My very foggy memory of Wild Goose was probably back in the 80s. Maybe early 90s.
I recall going there, though I'm not sure why because I didn't live anywhere near LAX. Anyway, I recall going there and not really understanding the place, and ended up leaving scratching my head saying,"uh, what the fuck was that?". Again, a real foggy memory, but I recall a fairly big place, fairly bright lighting, lots of guys playing pool (actually it seemed more like a pool hall and bar than a strip club) , and, yeah, by the way there were a few dancers wandering around but not really any lap dancing or anything. I'm sure there was stage dancing but I just can't recall it.
It just seemed like it was completely SUCK. Which kind of explains why I only made a couple trips there in my life, even if I was driving by or going to Gardena or LAX or someplace nearby. Just not worth it.
So is my memory way off, or was it just a locals hangout that had a few dancers but nothing serious?[/QUOTE]Sounds like you went on a slow night or day. There were only two pool tables in the Goose near the far end of the bar. The place would be packed with as many as 15-20 girls per shift, especially on Friday nights (busiest night) and quite often on Friday afternoons after 3 PM. Every other Friday would be packed because a lot of the county workers and aerospace people just got paid. There was a major shift change at 6 PM. The night bartenders and girls often worked 6PM to 2 AM. Of course, other times they may have had as little as 4-5 girls or less working the entire place because it was a slow period. I actually remember going there for breakfast one time at 11AM and they had only 2 girls working.
To demonstrate how crowded it could get, they used to let patrons park on the side street to the left of the club because the lot was often so full and overflowing. That's how many people were in the club. People stood in line at the entrance after 10PM. Evidently, in the 1990s, they closed this off so the people in the nearby houses would not be disturbed by loud patrons returning to their vehicles. The street is now a dead end at Aviation.
The advantage of going to the Goose in the 1980s and 1990s was there was no cover (that changed in the early 2000s) and it was a really cheap place to drink. I'm talking about happy hour 2 for 1 every day until 8PM with two pitchers for $5. Each pitcher would hold about 3-4 glasses of beer. So, figure 6-8 beers for $5. Also, food specials such as free pizza slices and 3 hot dogs for $1. Those days were long gone by the time the club closed in 2011. Pitchers of domestic beer skyrocketed to $12 (non happy hour price) and they made sure each pitcher contained no more than three glasses. Compare 3 beers for $12 ($4 a beer) against the old prices. I don't know what the 2011 happy hour pitcher price was.
As far as dances, the Goose was never a high mileage place. They would have table dances for a while, then discontinue them, then start them up again. Some girls would actually get up on a chair and dance for a group of guys at a table. Or they would sit with you at one of the booths. Later on, they started pulling guys into a corner for dances. In any case, there was always management watching. The sign on the wall stated,"The Wild Goose has a touch and go policy. You touch the dancer and you will be asked to go.".
In summation, the Wild Goose was a friendly and cheap place to get drunk and eat well on a budget years ago, but you didn't go there to get any action, because there wasn't any. Also, the looks of the girls varied greatly from homely and fat to average to stunning looking. It was really hit and miss. One week you'd be saying,"what am I doing here looking at this?"and three months later, you'd be drooling at quite a few women who were real stunning eye candy. It just depended upon who was available to be hired and when you visited. The best looking girls always worked Friday afternoons because of what I mentioned above.
Great place to socialize, get drunk with your buddies. And raise some hell. Hence, the 'Get Loose At The Wild Goose Slogan'. But I miss the old prices.
Avoiding "miscounts"
[QUOTE=DarthRaider666;1770436]That's the exact method I use. It works every time.[/QUOTE]Remembering the song names is a good idea when trying to avoid the dreaded "miscount" but I'm in my 40s and although I listen to my share of hip-hop I don't recognize most of the stuff they play at Starz & KH these days (not like they play a lot of radio stuff in there). Bottom line is I'm paying for a service and I'm there to have a good time-I'm not paying to be ripped off! If you choose to give lap dances as a way of making money, then it's in your best interest to be able to keep an accurate count of how many dances you have "actually" provided. Even drunk I know I can count to 5 without screwing that up. I think some of the younger girls think that it's an easy way of getting xtra $, but like I said before that's a real quick way of making sure I don't ever let you talk me into a lap dance again. I think just making lappers aware of it will help to make sure it doesn't get out of control and become a normal practice. We'll see.
LA Weekly's Top 10 Strip Clubs in L. A. (2012)
Although I'm not a chauvinist by nature, I believe this is what occurs when hipster female writers are allowed to rank strip clubs. Cheetah's is #1? Really?
[url]http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/03/strip_clubs_best_top.php[/url]
Vivid Club La in Racnho Dominguez
Opened last week.
Am hearing good things about this place.
The Gentlemen's Club in Glendale
I hadn't been to a strip club in a few months. I was passing by on Saturday night and decided to stop by this place. I arrived a few minutes after 10. There was some construction going on on the nearby streets. There were not too many cars outside. I was told the house fee was. 2 with one minimum drink. This place is not too big, it has 2 stages and 2 poles. Once inside, the first thing I noticed was how dead this place was. I saw around 8 dancers walking the stage. I guess it was RC time. I sat around for a few minutes and noticed no one hustled me for a dance or a drink. I went up to the bar and got me a drink. I wasn't too impressed with the selection. Most dancers were Hispanic on the heavy side. There was only one white girl with a nice body but not so good face. She was blonde, tall, slim (crazy small waist) nice hips and legs (sorry, I didn't catch her name). She went on stage, so I decided to sit closer. There wasn't too many people besides me. I would say less than 10. I tip this chick while she was on stage to get her attention but right after she was done, a group of guys grabbed her and took her to their booth. I went back to my table and sat around for no more than 20 minutes. I realized there was no reason for me to stay. That hot blonde was the only girl I would've spent my money on. My whole time there was around 30 minutes.
A few things I observed. Even though it was a Saturday night this place was dead, no customers and just a few dancers. The dances and VIP here are expensier compared to other places. That's probably why it was dead. I don't think I will be going back.