I popped into the new Gossip the other day for a short visit after work. I will likely come back one of these days for a deeper dive. In the meantime, my thoughts so far:
-It wasn't smokey. I understand the cigar bar is downstairs, while the main part of the club is upstairs. But, I don't know if over time they will allow smoking upstairs too, officially or otherwise.
-$20 cover on a weekday.
-They really renovated the place. It is open and attractive looking and strip club "classy" for any of you that care about such things. There is a restaurant on the main level (where the lap dance room used to be) separated from the strip club by a glass wall. They are trying to make this a go-to place for the white collar guys with cash in Long Island, with the cigar bar, steak house, expensive VIP memberships, etc...
As a result of trying to make this seem like a fancy NYC club, they have a really large staff (several stationed outside, a bunch of bouncers/doormen, managers circulating around, waitresses/shot girls, restaurant staff, bartenders, and who knows how many people working the downstairs VIP area and cigar bar, etc...). This will be the demise of this place in my opinion. The club will not be able to sustain their excessive overhead, unless they bring in not only drinkers and titty mongers, but lots of people taking advantage of their more expensive offerings.
-I was there shortly after it opened that day, so there were only a couple of dancers visible. They were attractive but not stunning. One blond and one brunette (with a lot of tats). I don't know what the bulk of the dancers look like in terms of hotness or ethnicity. They claimed they have hired a high class level of strippers, but I don't know if that is true, or if they hired by a bunch of re-treads. I wasn't there long enough to sample a lap dance. I can't imagine there will be any mileage with a regular lap dance especially since they just opened. And I also can't imagine how pricey the champagne room is.
-The bartenders were really hot and seemed nice. I dig the tight blue corsets.
If I happen to go back and get a better taste of the talent, I will update.