Set-It-Off Go Go Bar

The Basics:
$ 5 cover
$ 2.50 Yuengling Special that night so I’m not sure of the usual prices.
$ 5 Lap Dances. Couch dances available but I did not partake. $ 20 I think?
Set-​It-​Off Go Go Bar is located in North Philly on 2^nd St just north of Lehigh. It’s not an awesome area though I’ve walked through worse. Set-​It-​Off looks like any corner bar from the outside except for the Go-​Go bar sign hanging out front. Step inside, get a pat down, and pay the $ 5 cover. It’s a rowhome style place (think Centerfolds in South Philly if you have ever been there). It’s dim with a black floor and bar and red walls. There is a bar running along the right side as you walk in with the main stage maybe ¹⁄₃ of the way back from the entrance. Another stage is located towards the back where the girls dance another set before coming around the other side of the bar for dances. I believe that there is a couch dance room towards the back. I didn’t explore it this trip. There is an upstairs but I don’t know if that is part of the club or an area for the ladies only.
All of the bartenders were Latina and all the dancers were Black on the evening of my visit. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and variety of the girls. Not that most of them were ⁹⁄₁₀ but there were a couple that might score pretty high. Mostly there was a great variety. One thin girls, a couple well toned girls, and a bunch of thicker (in the best way) ladies (what did you expect in a Black club?). There are a LOT of them too. I don’t think it was ever less than a 1:1 ratio of dancers to customers. Actually it was a bit annoying at first as there were only two other patrons and I was almost constantly approached for dances. The pressure came off as more people arrived after 10:30 or so.
Here’s where this club threw me off a bit. The tipping scheme seems to be almost the reverse of any other club I have ever visited. You can, of course, toss dollar bills to the girls while they are dancing on stage. During their second song all the girls stepped off the stage and onto the bar, stopping infront of each patron the lay on the bar and shake it a bit. Once you hand them a dollar they are off to the next guy so it’s kinda like paying them to go away since they will dancer there for a bit until you couch up some dough. All the while (even when another girl is dancing directly infront of you) other girls will approach and start dancing on you. Either you let them keep going and hand over $ 5 after a song (watch out, I had one girl start halfway through a song then stop at the end of that same song) or turn them away. Funny thing, I paid each of the ladies that danced for/​on me the $ 5 and no one seemed to expect any more than that.
I had a better time at this club than I would have expected (though expectations weren’t that high). Downside is that the twins stayed locked up while most of the girls dance :(If you don’t mind just having a girl grind her ass into your lap (there isn’t much variety since you are either sitting on a bar stool or on a bench against the wall) with a bunch of other people around your cash can stretch a long way. I was there for maybean hour to an hour and a halfand spent $ 5 on the cover, $ 6 on beers and a tip for the bartender, $ 25 on five dances, and about another $ 14 on tips. $ 50 including a few decent dances and a good amount of hand roaming on the ass and the girls up top? Not too bad.