Peek-A-Boo Lounge

12 reviews for “Peek-A-Boo Lounge”

1. Court Rejects Strip Club’s Suit Over Nudity Codes

   (CN) – A Florida strip club cannot strike down county laws governing nudity and sexually oriented businesses, the 11th Circuit ruled.

   After Manatee County overhauled its outdated adult entertainment code, three local strip clubs filed suit, claiming the laws – including an all-out ban on public nudity and a prohibition on strippers showing too much skin – violated their First Amendment rights. The code also restricts clubs’ hours of operation, bars them from serving alcohol, and prohibits club employees from touching, or even coming within 6 feet of, patrons.

   Manatee grounded its new regulations on a desire to reduce the negative side effects associated with sexually oriented businesses, and backed up its claims with expert testimony linking the businesses to increased crime rate, lowered property values, the spread of disease, illegal drug use, litter, and increased prostitution, sexual assault, and exploitation.

   A federal judge dismissed the strip clubs’ complaint in summary judgment, and two of the clubs dropped out of the suit.

   Peek-a-Boo Lounge, a Bradenton “adult dance establishment” appealed to the federal appeals court in Atlanta, arguing that the ordinance does not serve a substantial government interest.

   The three-judge panel upheld the lower court’s ruling in a 32-page ruling released Jan. 21, finding that Peek-a-Boo failed to disprove the mountain of evidence that the county collected to bolster its regulations.

   One criminology professor had testified: “The relationship between crime and sexually oriented businesses is … a scientific fact,” according to the appellate panel’s ruling.

   The court’s opinion written by Judge Stanley Marcus notes how Manatee submitted a voluminous and broadly applicable body of evidence consisting of local police reports; a report that details how exotic dancers, in general, are often abused and stalked; local liquor violations; and newspaper articles about illegal acts uncovered in police stings at strip clubs in other Florida counties.

   Peek-a-Boo’s experts, on the other hand, failed to even challenge many of the compelling studies that Manatee’s experts gathered, Marcus wrote.

   “It is undeniable that the county has made a substantial showing, relying on as thorough a record as we have seen in these cases,” the ruling states. “Moreover, Peek-a-Boo has failed to cast direct doubt on the totality of the county’s evidence.”

   “The bottom line is that the county has presented a substantial body of evidence to support its rationale for adopting the ordinance,” Marcus continued. “Peek-a-Boo has failed even to address much of that evidence at all, and it has failed to show that the county’s rationale or this body of evidence was unreasonable.

2. I went to this club with a mixed group of friends. The girls talked bad about one girl we had dance for us and the bald door man had major ego attitude. This club lacks good manners. I wouldnt go back.

3. fun club i go with my wife regularly we have a great time, alot of couples go! Not a sleazy club at all actually more of a fantasy show than anything. Good drinks cheap cover, couples are FREE!!! Best place to have a good time.

4. Went with my man, we had an amazing time! There was no cover charge. Girls are nice but only a few could actually dance on the poles. Everyone we talked to seemed to be new but they were all pleasant and the boss lady was too! Drinks were over priced but they usually are at strip clubs!

5. i want my money back

6. I’ve worked in the cut I will never work anywhere else but here.lub for close to 3 years now and I love it! We have an older clientele so there’s more chance to make money w/o being pawed in the process. We have many regulars that are more like friends.

7. It’s close and it’s cheap..other than that, not really much to talk about. Mgmt keeps the lights low cause it helps the dancers but up close some are lookin pretty rough. Like any club in the mid afternoon, the place was slim pickins for tips and they wouldn’t let up on us. Left last time after 30 minutes. Lap Dances are around 30 bucks w/ no privacy. The place is U shaped and your lap dance is shared by everyone around you. 5 out of 10 !

8. Peek a boo is right since it seemed like the girls were all hiding. Only the waitresses talk to you and there’s only like 3 dancers anyway

10. this club is a 0.0

11. 15 dollar table dancing, not worth it, kinda annoying

    how often you get pestered for dances.

12. Terrible. Won’t ever go back again.