In support of the clubs, sorta...
During the day, both 418 and the mighty 5th are safe. I too would avoid them Friday and Saturday nights, but no more than the other d'town dance clubs. The cover charges sift the truly indigent among us out and that means you can get a seat and enjoy yourself, and not have knuckleheads craning in on your show.
Theres enough drug abuse going on at all the strip clubs-it doesn't bother me. Everybodys have to watch their valuables at all times anyways, right? And believe me, its the hottest chicks (conventionally speaking) that are the heaviest dopers. Thanks for the description of yr experience-yikes! Those couches were new not long ago! Black lights back there tell a million stories I guess. I always liked the 418 better-you ain't doin that in the 5th too often.
What REALLY SUCKS about the Fifth-
1. 3/4 of the bartenders are lazyass mushheads-fucking up the change, yakking with buddies instead of serving drinks
2. The foul mens room is beyond comprehension. You have to walk on pee, then walk onto carpeting, which the girls walk barefoot on. Its not that tough to mop once a fucking day, chrissakes. Theres a whole building full of hobos next door who would do it for cheap-cmon management!
Best thing about the Fifth:
The big metal detector everyones have to walk through.
Snailtrail
Sounds like business as usual
Good for you for checking it out B7-Personally I like the mix of type: hotties, chubbies and the truly unfortunate CAN co-exist in peace spreading for bread. I don't post much, but I didn't want the myth of them being 'dangerous places' stop anyone. These girls need your dollars, guys.
At 12midnight the cops are there every night-the station is around the corner-there doesn't have to be any trouble.
I'm not pro-pimp, but the beefs in the bar don't have anything to do with them. It takes next to nothing to get these chicks to fight each other.no exaggeration. All hoodrat level respect-issue stuff.
Go during the day if you can. They (and 418) open at 12 but usually no one shows up til 1ish to dance. As you might guess, I love both places! You never know who's gonna be there (aside from the 'reliable' contingent, which is pretty small).
Oh yeah-the 418 has a righteous place to crap: a big plus for me after a night of chicken wings. And they sweep broken glass up from the parking lot.
The fifth lot- watch good for glass, especially across the street. And don't fear the hobos or hoes approaching, just be polite and keep moving.
Snailtrail
Ps. It used to be a lot worse, honest.