After you cruise through Battle Mountain on the Interstate, Winnemucca is the next small town stop that contains two brothels:
Villa Joy Brothel and Wild West Saloon Brothel. Winnemucca used to be home to five brothels on Riverside Street and was dubbed “The Line”. Now only two brothels are remaining and are surprisingly facing the interstate with a smaller billboard that advertised the Wild West Saloon. Though there are no easy signs pointing to the brothels from the main street, they are located mostly in town and easy to access. I was slightly confused about the names of the brothels that were going to be open before I embarked on the trip, I thought perhaps the Pussycat Ranch was still open or the Wild West Saloon had replaced it, but the final count was definitely two that were open and in business.
Winnemucca is approximately 160 miles East of Reno and has some different laws than the previously visited brothels. In this town I was first introduced to the concept of a negotiation room that was purely for the purpose of figuring out a price with the lady that you picked out in the line-up. The same rule of “no ladies sitting at the bar” from Elko was also in effect here. The changing of rules from city to city is mind boggling, and not necessarily grounded in logic. In the end I liked the look of the brothels and placement in the town because for once I didn’t feel like they were shamed to the other side of the railroad tracks and could advertise to the passing freeway drivers.
