What are the different types of hostess clubs?
There are really two distinct genres of hostess clubs. The smaller category includes the ones that draw a racially mixed crowd. Here most of the girls speak decent English. Physically, these are the nicer clubs. Clubs in this category are Starlight, Fantasy, Monte Carlo, and VIP Lounge. Then there are the Latino clubs, which cater primarily to working class Latinos and the girls are almost exclusively Latinas. Most girls speak only very limited, or zero, English. I suspect that many are undocumented. Many are quite young. I didn’t include this latter group in the first few versions of my FAQ because my experience them with is rather limited and, frankly, I didn’t think they would appeal to most of the readers of this site. Most of the information on these clubs is courtesy of some of the sharks (more on them later). In this category are Danceland (recently closed but rumored to be reopening soon), Las Palmas, Galaxy, Nine Zero Seven, El Gaucho, LA Grand, and Tropical. Tropical is sort
