These Strippers Are Delivering Food To Stay Employed And Bring Joy During Coronavirus

No one has jumped on the from necessity comes creativity train sparked by the coronavirus outbreak in a more wonderfully weird way than Portland, Oregon, strip club owner Shon Boulden.

As government mandates have brought businesses like Bouldens to a screeching halt, he has come up with a way to raise spirits in the community and ensure his employees maintain some income: having dancers make food deliveries from the bars kitchen.

And it all started as a joke one night at Lucky Devil Lounge , one of his two clubs.

We were cracking jokes like we do every night, coming up with funny alternate Uber names, Boulden told HuffPost on the phone Monday, referring to the popular ride-hailing service. Things like Doober for weed delivery, Luber to deliver lube. Then I was like, Boober, when a topless girl picks you up and takes you to a strip club.

When Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) ordered the closure of bars and restaurants save for takeout and delivery on March 16 in order to hopefully stop the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Boulden took an adapted version of that joke to Twitter.

Working on keeping our kitchen open for food deliveries and our staff employed. Dancers will be delivering the food orders topless to your doorstep. Calling it Boober #boober #luckydevillounge

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Working on keeping our kitchen open for food deliveries and our staff employed. Dancers will be delivering the food orders topless to your doorstep. Calling it Boober #boober #luckydevillounge
Lucky Devil Lounge (@LuckyDevil_PDX) March 17, 2020

That joke turned into a reality overnight, with people hitting us back up, saying, Oh my god, when is this available? and I love this idea! Boulden said. There were even requests from towns more than 30 miles outside of Portland. Thats when Boulden knew he might actually be on to something.

I was like, fuck, I gotta try to figure this out, he said, laughing. I started texting everyone, posting on our community page asking if anyone was interested.

Between Bouldens two clubs, he employs more than 100 people: dancers, a security team, chefs and bartenders. Boober Eats, a play on food delivery service Uber Eats, became an all-hands-on-deck situation for anyone interested in participating and fast, with the dancers, two at a time, delivering the food wearing cute outfits and pasties.

Everyones rushing to Costco to get toilet paper and Im at the porn store buying out their pasties stock, Boulden said.