Bars of Barretto: Showgirl

The latest addition to the bar scene in the barrio.

Showgirl, aka The Gentlemen’s Club, is a bar with dancing girls, only smaller. Square footage (meter) wise, it is probably the tiniest bar with a stage in town. Not that it makes any difference if there are no customers. I was the only one during my Thursday evening visit, although granted, it was shortly after the bar opened at 6:00 p.m.

I took this shot while seated at the bar, which has three stools. The chairs to the left abut the stage. And there’s one table with two chairs.
Looking in the other direction, you see the other side of the stage with two more chairs. A couple more chairs along the back wall. And that’s it.

Notice anything about the girls on stage? It’s hard to miss–they are all fat, amongst the fattest I’ve seen in any dancing bar. Not that I’ve got any room to talk, but then, I’m not getting paid to entertain customers. Let me be diplomatic and say if you like big bellies on a girl, this is the bar for you!

Beers are 90 pesos, and I believe the single lady drink is 170. I sat at the bar because I’ve got the hots for the bartender. The only other girl I saw that met my standards of attractiveness was the bartender’s twenty-year-old daughter. Your mileage may vary.

Again, the dancing girl bar scene is not my thing, so take my review with a grain of salt. Still, the girls just didn’t seem friendly or welcoming. Since the bartender doesn’t like me back, I see no point in a return visit anytime soon. Good luck to them, though.

The rankings as of now:

  1. It Doesn’t Matter
  2. Hideaway
  3. Snackbar
  4. The Green Room
  5. Wet Spot
  6. Cheap Charlies
  7. John’s Sushi and Steak
  8. Mango’s Beach Bar
  9. Hops and Brews
  10. Bar Barretto
  11. Whiskey Girl
  12. Sloppy Joe’s
  13. Alley Cats
  14. Lux
  15. Dynamite Dick’s
  16. Mugshots
  17. Alaska Club
  18. Hot Zone
  19. Queen Victoria
  20. Blue Butterfly
  21. BarCelona
  22. Adam’s
  23. Thumbstar
  24. Voodoo
  25. Rock Lobster
  26. Outback
  27. Rosie’s
  28. Annex
  29. Bottoms Up
  30. Palm Tree
  31. MacArthur’s
  32. Redz Pub
  33. Showgirl
  34. Chill

4 thoughts on “Bars of Barretto: Showgirl

  1. Those chicks are indeed pretty chunky. And at least one is kind of knock-kneed.

    I’m not sure that a small, cozy bar should even have a stage. The ambiance would be all wrong.

  2. Yeah, and if you are going to have a small stage, put some small girls on it. Seriously a couple of hotties would be better than a slew of beached whales.

    Then again, I notice that another very small bar, Chill, doesn’t have a stage and it is at the bottom of my rankings. I need to revisit there soon and assess whether my initial judgment was too harsh.

  3. Playing into the small-and-cozy ambiance, I think booth-style seating might lend a feeling of close-in, snug privacy. Take out that stage, and you’d have room for several booths.

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