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Friday, April 22, 2011

Crack down on illegal karaoke houses

This news story caught my attention. It's got is all: karaoke, parlor rooms with scantily clad women, illegal immigrants, $300 bottles of booze. I'm just sad to have missed visiting this place in Alexandria, a suburb of DC.

Was that a typo? Maybe I'm glad to have missed it...  I quote from localkicks:

According to court documents, “High Society” (also known as “Tomato” and “Tomato Garden”) was a Korean karaoke bar/club that advertised as a “room salon,” a club containing private rooms where customers, primarily Korean men, consumed liquor.  Provocatively dressed Korean female hostesses would serve the drinks to and then drink, flirt, sing, and dance with the customers.  A bottle of liquor at High Society/Tomato typically would cost $300 and customers were required to purchase at least one bottle.

I dunno. The $300 minimum is not giving me such a warm fuzzy.

The owners were given light sentences but heavy fines for providing an illegal immigration service for the scantily clad Korean hostesses. They have had to forfeit $4 million in profits they have raked in over the past 4 years.

1 comment:

Lauren said...

Taking in $4 million since 2007...this sounds like an excellent business model. Just need to find some Korean American girls to do the dancing and you're set!