The question most asked by readers of the Buffet about male strippers offering fully nude dances to female customers: Can male customers get those dances too? Here is my interview with Palomino owner Adam Gentile on that subject. FYI: Gentile is also responsible for the more traditional topless male revue Men of Sapphire (at Sapphire Gentlemen's Club on Industrial Road):

Q: So, men want to know if they can come get lap dances from men at Palomino?
A: You know it really depends upon the dancer. Right now we do not allow unaccompanied men up there, because I don't know which of our dancers are straight and which ones aren't. I cannot force the dancers to dance for a guy. If they want to dance for a guy I am not opposed to that. But I am not going to force anyone to do anything that makes them uncomfortable.

Q: Have you had a demand for it?
A: We've had it over at my other show, my topless show (Men of Sapphire). We do have guys that will dance for guys over there. But as far as the totally nude one (at the Palomino), I don't think that has ever come up before. In the six months since I started promoting it and doing it as a regular instead of an occasional thing there hasn't been any call for it. I don't know if the guys would do it or not.

Q: Well, if the response to my blog is any indication, there is a huge gay market that would love to come and get those dances.
A: Very true.

Q: Have you considered marketing to them?
A: I've considered it. It is a very, very delicate situation only because if I do start marketing to them it is very easy to lose your mainstream clientele because they start thinking the guys are gay. The girls want to see heterosexual guys. The guys don't so much mind; they just appreciate the male form. But if we promote to gay guys we may lose dancers who don't want people to think they are gay. It is really just a very delicate type of affair.