Main Drag for Sex: May 20 2004

OK, we don’t want to create unreasonable expectations by implying that you’ll find sex on Cheshire Bridge Road — much less that you’ll actually have sex on Cheshire Bridge (especially since its resident swingers club closed last year). But if titillation, potential arousal and adventures in scopophilia are what you seek, then Cheshire Bridge still has the pill ta thrill ya.

The secret to this street is saturation. Certainly, you can find more upscale houses of burlesque — or a more therapeutic massage, for that matter — elsewhere. But, longer than anyone cares to recall, this two-mile stretch of asphalt has boasted the highest concentration and greatest variety of skin and sleaze in metro Atlanta.

Starting in the retail arena, there’s the granddaddy of local adult novelty stores, Poster Hut (404-633-7491), which is something of an eclectic Spencer Gifts for the over-21 set. A few doors down is arguably the city’s finest — if that’s the word — XXX-rated video store. Face it: If you have an itch that the exhaustive selection at Southern Nights (404-728-0701) can’t scratch, then you don’t need a porno tape, you need a shrink. For sex toys, you’ll find outposts of local smut-store chains Starship (404-320-9101) and Inserection (404-875-9200).

The road, of course, boasts several strip clubs, most prominently Masters (404-876-9992), a typically slick Jack Galardi offering. In case you’re not satisfied simply with stuffing garters, you’re welcome to try Naughty Girls Lingerie (404-872-2074), but we’d rather not speculate on the level of personal service you’re likely to receive.

If you’re gay, then you probably already know that there’s sexual tension aplenty in the leather-bar hijinks at the Heretic (404-325-3061), especially on its notorious “bare-as-you-dare” night. Following dinner at the Colonnade, it could be the end to a perfect evening.