The HiLo Club

I went in this club on Saturday night for the first time. It will also be the last time! Not that anybody was rude or anything, but the overall atmosphere is a bunch of WANNABE cool people! This reminds me of a sickening bar in Los Angeles, that is exactly like this place. A bunch of people trying SO hard to be cool...yet they fail miserably. There's nothing cool about nose, ear or eyebrow piercings! It's fact, it's gross! If you are a normal person,or average, be thankful and skip this club! There are no windows and the smoke is really bad. And although the bartenders were friendly, the drinks were over-priced and weak! And one more thing, IF bars banned smoking in OK, the bars would get triple the amount of customers! And IF they STOPPED having these God forsaken DRAG shows, they'd also get more clientele! The drag shows aren't funny or entertaining. They are pathetic. Why not have male strippers or something MASCULINE?! Why would a MAN who wants a MAN want to watch men dress up as women!??

"This place is a goddamed shithole!"

I'm a firm believer that party horns should go off whenever a tranny enters the room. Surprise!   Although at the Hi-Lo, that would be such a common occurence it would sound like the cacophony of the trumpets heralding the second coming - of fun that is!

I have had enumerable enjoyable times at the Hi-Lo club over the years and started coming here when I had an ID of questionable validity.  Back in the good old days when I was proudly "from Louisiana" and what we termed the "ID specialists" at the door couldn't have cared any less that our IDs came from a flea market in Dallas, there was much fun to be had at the Hi-Lo.  But, they are much stricter now and I'm sure the statute of limitations has long expired for my college shenanigans but then and now I always have a great time when here.

I've had quite a few firsts at the Hi-Lo over the years.  I saw my first drag show.  I've seen questionable substances being ingested.  Poppers anyone? I actually bought my first pack of cigarettes here!  Now, I'm not a smoker but once fancied myself one in college and for a few years thereafter until I decided to get high on life and not drugs (nicotine).  I was kissed by two gay men in one night here (albeit just on the cheek) a first and a last as I'm straight as an arrow and their gaydar wasn't going off but they were trying, and succeeded in making me uncomfortable, but hey it was all in good fun and I'm a very confident guy.  I've seen a few barfights if you will, mainly catfights, and many more things that shall remain unwritten in a review.  This was always a stop on our rounds of early college debauchery.  We would start out in Norman say at Mr. Bills or at a place I've heard of called Sugar's, meander to OKC to several other gentleman's clubs and end the night at the Hi-Lo when we were cash strapped and the drinks were always cheaper and just to see what in the hell the Hi-Lo had in store for us.  

I don't often come to the Hi-Lo anymore but when I do it is a bit tamer now then the heady days of the late 90s.  I've heard tales it was even crazier and more fun back in the 80s.  The one thing I love about the Hi-Lo is that the interior doesn't seem to change. It always looks like a place of faded glory and where dreams go to die and smoking is still as acceptable as it was in the 50s.  I do see less trannies here now and haven't been to a real drag show in forever but I'm assuming they still host them frequently.  Many of the bartenders are still around including the infamous Topher Saucedo who is the best and will hook you up and who has been a fixture here for years. Mad props!  

Yes, this is a dive bar.  If you are easily offended, stay home.  But if you aren't a drag (pun definitely intended) then stop by and have a beer, enjoy their fantastic selection of music and check out a questionable looking "woman" in stilettos who might yell out to you "Hey Daddy" in a deep voice.