From Shirts to Hats to Branded Thongs, Portland Bars and Restaurants Are Turning to Merch to Keep the Money Coming In

Just as most musicians have ceased to make a living in the age of streaming, many bars and restaurants can’t survive on takeout and delivery alone. And just like how your favorite bands have always sold merchandise to put some extra money in their pockets, so it goes for Portland’s food and drink establishments.

A Labor Movement Demands Better Treatment for Portland’s Black Strippers

For Portland Sex Worker Elle Stanger, Being Stuck at Home Means Balancing Porn With Parenting

Elle Stanger is a stripper, sex worker, educator, writer and podcaster. She is also a mother to an 8-year-old daughter. And she keeps none of those titles separate from one another.

From Drive-Thru Strip Clubs to Old-School Drive-Ins, Portlanders Are Finding Relief From Cabin Fever in Their Cars

Whether it’s taking a spin through a pop-up strip club or reembracing the drive-in theater, Oregon is improvising ways to satisfy our innate desire to socialize with others—and right now, the safest way to do that is from behind the wheel.

Uber Eats Has Forced Lucky Devil Lounge’s Stripper Food Delivery Service to Change Its Name

The dancers at Lucky Devil Lounge are still delivering chicken strips and burgers in pasties and short shorts, but they can no longer do it using the name “Boober Eats.” UberEats slapped the business on the east side of the Ross Island Bridge with a cease-and-desist order last week, and while owner Shon Boulden says he’d like to keep the clever name, it’s just not worth the legal battle.

A Southeast Portland Strip Club Has Given Out-of-Work Dancers a New Way to Make Money—Topless Food Delivery

Like thousands of businesses in Oregon, Brodie’s employer, Lucky Devil Lounge in Southeast Portland, has been forced to adapt in order to keep operating in the wake of isolation measures meant to quell the spread of the novel coronavirus. Owner Shon Boulden’s solution? Pivoting to food delivery. It would not only keep the performers working, but give the bouncers a new role as well, as drivers and onsite security. He came up with a catchy name, too—Boober Eats.

A Portland Strip Club Has Started a Meal Delivery Service Where Dancers Bring Food Directly to Your Door

Lucky Devil Lounge is bringing its dancers to your door with a new food delivery service it’s calling—wait for it—“Boober Eats.”

A Portland Stripper Designed a Workout Class Exclusively for Sex Workers

Twisted Stripper, the workout class Murell created, is the only one in Portland tailored specifically to sex workers. It features a variety of exercises designed to ease pinched nerves, lower back pain, and torn shoulders associated with hundreds of spins around the pole.