La Parada Night Club - [Closed]
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La Parada Night Club - [Closed]
La Parada Cafe Bar
Calle Socorro Sanchez #4
809-221-0973
Open at 8 pm
If you walk out of the Juaragua and face the ocean, make a right and walk to the corner. Right on the corner is an open-air bar full of people having fun. Make a right. After the bar is a (usually empty) restaurant also called La Parada. Right past the restaurant is the bar. It is clearly marked.
RT here. I was walking by the place and heard the music, so I went in to take a look. I hadn't seen it mentioned here on CH or on any other boards, but I do not think that this is a new location.
The attendance on a Monday night at 9:00 pm was as follows:
- 15 Chicas
- 4 Waiters
- 2 Bosses looking very important
- 1 Bartender
- Me
I walk in and order a bottle of water at the bar and ask for the men's room. When I emerge, the girls are swarming, Dominican style, in the area of my bottle of water. To their credit, the dispersed quickly when I shooed them away.
The quality of the girls ranged from hooker all the way to hooker. There were no stunners, but there were no beasts, either.
It's a nice building, inside and out. The layout of the club is a little different than most. There are some couch areas, a bunch of tables with four seats around them (restaurant-style), the small bar area, and a sunken pit that is a combined dance floor/more couch area. The club's pretty big. There could have been 50 customers, and it still wouldn't have seemed crowded.
Most of the girls went back to talking amongst themselves when they realized that I wasn't interested.
After I was ignored by the important bosses, the bartender came over to chat with me. Tony seemed to be a nice guy, and he filled me in on the club: There were no rooms on site, and the salida is RD$3,000 (about $96). When I expressed surprise at the high price, Tony asked me how much I expected to pay. I didn't throw out a number, but I suppose that the price could be negotiated down to 2,500 pesos -- still a fortune, considering the girls who were working there.
My bottle of water was 120 pesos -- 12 times the rate on the street, and more than at the clubs a couple of blocks away. Even Tony admitted to me that the price was high.
Well, what can you expect -- 15 girls and one customer, you really have to maximize revenue. Unless of course you run him off by overcharging for everything. At this club (and others), supply clearly outweighs demand, but these places stick to a business model that ensures that most (including the house) go home empty-handed.
Personally, I think that the proper price point should be 2,000 pesos. But what do I know -- I'm thinking from a standpoint of someone who wants to make sales, unlike what seems to be going on around here.
Anyway, this is another place to check out when you just have to pay too much money for sub-par service. Despite the high prices, I didn't feel the full-out hustle of the other Juaragua-area clubs, and the music wasn't too loud.
It's funny, when I think back on my weekend in Santo Domingo I primarily think about roaming the colonial district and visiting the really old churches and the cathedral and everything. The pussy doesn't really stand out in any way, but the puta bum rush on every guy that walks in a bar does stand out. I can't think of anywhere else I've been where you walk into a bar, stand at the bar and order a beer, and when you turn around there's a wall of putas literally breathing down your neck. Just par for the course of the ignorant Dominican "steal from him quick before he leaves" mentality, the don't get it and won't anytime soon.
La Parada Night Club is located on the west side of Calle Socorro Sanchez between the Malecon (Avenida George Washington) and Avenida Independencia. It should be noted that this club is located near the middle of the block and is north of La Parada Cerveceria. I stopped in here twice recently but was unimpressed with the talent both times. The first time was a weekend night. Approximately 10 ladies were available, but I only found one attractive with maybe two more that could have been options in a pinch. The second time was a week night. Only 4 ladies were working, or at least came out. A couple were ok, but I knew much better could be found elsewhere.
Beers were 150 DOP. They didn't have a card on hand and I forgot to get the exact address and didn't get a phone number, but I remember to get their operation hours: 7pm - 3am. I think it was daily, but I'm not positive about Sunday. I didn't seriously ask about sessions here, but was quoted $100 USD or 3500 DOP by a lady that sat next to me.
I think the place has potential, as in size, location, and setup of the club, but they'll need to work on some recruiting and marketing.
Next time I make it to Santo Domingo, I'll probably pop in for a visit on a busy night, then ignore it the rest of the time if the busy night isn't good.
When I originally read this post, I thought Gooch was referring to the open-air bar on the corner, but now I see he was referring to the place that is now called La Parada Night Club or a building south of the Night Club, I'm not sure which.
Here's a picture of the open-air bar where you turn right. This is La Parada Cerveceria.
| By Venues on Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 12:40 pm: Edit |
La Parada Night Club is mentioned in 2011/12 The Vladimir Chronicles - Santo Domingo, DR Redux
La Parada Night Club is mentioned in 2012/02 The Vladimir Chronicles - Back to Domingo with a Visit to Boca
La Parada Night Club is permanently closed. The building is still there but it's empty.