The VIP Club New York

This Wall Streeter hang spot boasts plenty of VIP couches, red-velvet chairs and, as its website proclaims, "never more than four ugly [strippers]" at any given time. It's upscale enough for the likes of athletes and rock stars, but you'll still have your pick of 50 smarter-than-they-look ladies with a knack for conversation. (On one visit, we chatted with an intellectual, funny, almost snide Romanian gal—it was like getting a lap dance from a female Woody Allen.) Even better, those same dames make a surprising amount of eye contact and can pull off a figure A with dexterous aplomb.