mollusk Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Barbary Coast... Bonaparte's Retreat... It's a very good thing that there are no photos of skinny, long haired me in my disco era finery pounding down tequila sunrises at those places. 🕺 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I was skinny and had long hair in the '70s too. What the Hell happened? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy29 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The best club in Houston in the 70's, was Jet Set off of Mangum and Dacoma in Northwest Houston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra.O Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Anyone remember a disco off Winrock and Westheimer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
About Downtown Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 On 9/9/2013 at 6:27 PM, matty1979 said: I was curious what the bar scene was like back in the 70's around Houston. Was the ever a place similar to Studio 54 in town? Also where there ever "singles bars"? What were they like and if anyone has any funny or interesting stories I would love to hear them! It was slow to develop. Liquor by the drink was still unavailable wink wink . You had to be a "member" of the club and you did so by signing a card that cost you nothing and bingo you were a member of a private club that Police Chief Herman Short could not touch. I didn't see anyone mention The Peanut. I remember they had this huge Confederate flag tacked on the wall and peanut shells all over the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkierJim7 Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Moving further South. Diamondback Saloon (Kenny Stabler's joint), Hogan's and J. Larking in Clear Lake and UP's (on top of Jimmie Walker's)in Kemah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 4 hours ago, SkierJim7 said: Moving further South. Diamondback Saloon (Kenny Stabler's joint), Hogan's and J. Larking in Clear Lake and UP's (on top of Jimmie Walker's)in Kemah. In 1984, a couple of coworkers were busted at Diamondback for public intoxication. They were trying to go in to meet some other work folks, and the off duty cops wouldn't let them in because they were wasted. When the others walked out, one of the coworkers said to the cops "I told you we were meeting friends here, I bet you feel like a real dick now". About 30 microseconds later, the two were in handcuffs headed for downtown. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Anybody who was single in Houston during the 70's and 80's should remember Lance McFaddin. Sadly, he passed away last week. He and his partners developed Todd's, elan, Confetti, Cowboy, RnR, Studebaker's, and the Ocean Club…"just to name a few." I spent a lot of time in those places, and had a blast! Lance McFaddin obituary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexster314 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 How about The Breezeway on south 45? When did it close? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West2 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 The Rubiat, where I met my wife of 40+ years, and where we did the four corners to KC and The Sunshine Gang till the wee hours. Also, how about Scene West out Westheimer? Lighted plexiglass dance floor. State of the art club at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Anybody remember a club on Hawthorne Street in Montrose? From Westheimer you turned right on Montrose Blvd and then left on Hawthorne and it was on the right. It was a house converted into a club. Saw Dr. Rockit and others there in the late 70's and early 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin Balli Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 In high school in the early seventies, my friend Eddie Benson who's father owned the Cedar Lounge...we would go there in the afternoon's to see the action. It is true unhappy lonely housewives would go there to hookup with someone to pass the afternoon away. It was hugely popular for the ladies to smoke and drink and carry on there gossip with like minded friends. It was dark and misty with smoke and laughter. I didn't frequent the place but several times. Sitting at the bar, I could see the bobbing heads and excided exxpressions of guys in pure ecstacy Yuk! But I was still a kid!!! Later one time when the SuperBowl was here in Houston, players from the Miami Dolphins..Larry Csonka, Mercury Morris and other players came for a party. It was cool to see them and shaking hands with these guys. I do not believe they got any ladies there but perhaps they did in there limos parked outside! Yes the ladies did come. One time the gay bartender at the Cedar Lounge had to bail out Eddie and I and some friends from another bar..Gunny's Shack for Public Intoxication. The owner of the Cedar Lounge lived nearby. It was really fun in those days and the rumors were true...you could get anything you want at (Alice's restaurant)....ummm the Cedar Lounge. Does anyone remember the Gunny's Shack in Spring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilioScotia Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Anybody here remember the Four Palms? The Four Palms was a neighborhood bar on Telephone Road just south of Holmes Rd, which is now the South Loop 610. It was locally famous (infamous?) in the 50s, 60s and 70s for being what was then called a "pressure cooker club". It was like a singles bar, except everybody was married to somebody else and nobody cared. Lonely and bored housewives went there during the day whilst their husbands were at work, and the joke was that they kept dinner warm at home in a pressure cooker, hence the club's nickname. The ladies were there to meet their boyfriends, or just have a good time with anybody who showed up. Most of the time it was just for drinks and dancing, but the lighting was kept low enough for some making out, for those so inclined. It was common to see a man come in the front door, hear a woman's voice say "oh my god it's my husband" and then see her slipping quickly out the back door. Lord only knows how many divorces, and new marriages, can be traced to that place. Ah yes. Those were the days. I confess I went there a few times, during my misspent divorced period in the early 70s. Met some great ladies and I've always wondered whatever became of them. I also wonder how many of today's 30 and 40 somethings grew up eating those pressure cooked dinners prepared by moms who spent their afternoons at The Four Palms. Edited February 8, 2020 by FilioScotia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 (edited) On 1/13/2020 at 12:06 AM, Willard said: Anybody remember a club on Hawthorne Street in Montrose? From Westheimer you turned right on Montrose Blvd and then left on Hawthorne and it was on the right. It was a house converted into a club. Saw Dr. Rockit and others there in the late 70's and early 80's. I remember it. Can't think of the name, though. I saw Gary P. Nunn there ( he wrote "London Homesick Blues"). It must have been 1979 or thereabouts. I used to live within walking distance, on Garrott St near W. Alabama. Edited February 12, 2020 by PeterG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 9/23/2019 at 12:50 PM, Debra.O said: Anyone remember a disco off Winrock and Westheimer? It was on Winrock half a block north of Westheimer. The name was Genesis. Nowadays it's a "gentlemen's club". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterG Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 On 9/7/2019 at 8:17 PM, Dancin Queen said: I think I read that someone on here used to be a bartender at Todd's in the 1970s - next to TGIFridays in Windsor Plaza. I'm trying to find a matchbook fromTodd's - anyone have any ideas? Todd's was a singles bar, with lots of wood paneling and indoor plants, a typical "fern bar". There were backgammon boards and high-stakes games. Backgammon was big in the mid to late 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 9/23/2017 at 8:08 AM, texianjoe said: Also there was Cooters, Roxy's, the Rubiat, Tuesdays, The Crazy Bannana, and one I cannot remember the name at the moment but it was on the westbound side of Wertheimer around Fondren area. It was two stories and in the middle of an apartment complex. The Barbary Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, Rainman said: I use to go to the Barbary Coast quite a bit, loved the different levels & the nice size pool game room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Can someone tell me about 120 Portland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhs44 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Does anyone know of a bar in the '70s called "The Waterhole"? Had live music, maybe in the Montrose area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbcu Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I have a book of clubs from the late 70s and early 80s. A lot started in the loop and made their way out to the suburbs by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy chachere Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hit the club scene pretty hard 71 to 79, especially during the foosball days, several clubs had tables. Here is an abbreviated list Uncle Sam's - Houston and Pasadena Orbit Room - Hobby area Nessadel - Pasadena Goldfarb Apartment clubs Willow Creek Cherry Hill (?) Napoleons Retreat (?) Dome Shadows The Cellar - Market Square The Turtle Club- Second Office Smuggler's Inn Rusty Bucket Diamond Back Arlington Square Club Was a disco club down street from Uncle Sam's in Pasadena - cannot remember name Yesterday Once More South of the Border or maybe On the Border - Hobby area These were the most frequented ones especially the Arlington Square Club with Wooden Leg cover band, was a target rich environment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB Gal Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 What? No mention of the Aquarium Club (in an office bldg near Mangum/Dacoma)? Packed every night - maybe because drinks were 4 for 1 during happy hour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j j jr Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 6/21/2017 at 6:04 PM, SteamboatWillie said: Anyone remember Steamboat Springs on Alabama behind Joskes/Dillard's? SPRINGSTEEN in74 or 75? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Wasn't that at Liberty Hall? The Liberty Hall shows were a huge deal for the Springsteen band guys- they still talk about it today. When I was waiting to meet Pink Floyd's lighting designer Marc Brickman, who was with Springsteen at the time, I was next to someone from the E-Street Band. They reminisced about Liberty Hall. (Me meeting Brickman would be like a guitar player meeting Eddie Van Halen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogo Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 i lived in montrose on kipling during the early 70s. my main hangout was slugs but don't remember what street it was on. big 3 story house with a backyard. first floor was bar and dance floor, second and third was foosball and air hockey really cool place. also damiens, the palace, liberty hall. another cool place with live music was miss irenes in the heights. it was a smaller size house turned into a bar. not sure but i think it might have been on studemont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie Diane Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 In southeast Houston (on South Richey Street) was a rock club called the Cactus Club. I understand it opened in 1960 (perhaps as a Country & western venue) and became a rock club around 1974, featuring local & national rock acts. Does anyone else have any more history on its origins? I am creating a photo video of some of the bands and patrons from the Cactus Club of the 70's. I also plan on touching on the history of the venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Baron Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 10/2/2017 at 10:34 AM, msteele6 said: Maybe Napoleon's Retreat at the West Point Apartments?? It was Bonaparte's Retreat at the Napolean Square Apartments. I lived there for a year. 1979. It was across the street from The Orchard Club at the Orchard Apartments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J C Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 My favorite in the late 70’s was the Ocean Club, several stories, many dance floors, dancing with girlfriends, getting free drinks and roses. Up scale clientele, great music and visual!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J C Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 On 2/11/2020 at 6:26 PM, PeterG said: It was on Winrock half a block north of Westheimer. The name was Genesis. Nowadays it's a "gentlemen's club". Does anyone remember the Red Baron gentleman’s club on Richmond? 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpg Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Anybody in here remember the name of the 1970s jazz (and blues, I think) club in a basement off Market Square? Saw Kenny Burrell there in '74. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotWife Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 On 8/26/2014 at 10:13 AM, Purpledevil said: That's the way I've always heard it too. Another "pressure cooker" club like this is the old "Name Dropper" on Yale, just before Parker Rd. We used to live two blocks away from this little doozy, and our neighbor catty corner from us used to get dressed up in her little tight pants and heels, sache down the street around 11am, then come running back home around 3:30-4, ditch the get up, and be outside to greet her husband in the driveway donning a pair of sweat pants and tennis shoes, when he inevitably showed up at home around 5. My wife caught this going on daily, after we first moved to Parkway in the 90s, got me to start paying attention, then it continued until they subsequently divorced and moved out of the house. Gee, I wonder why? You never have to worry about the Name Dropper wrecking any more marriages, though. Caught fire and burned to the ground in the early 2000's, only the neon sign remained afterwards. With the widening of Yale last year, even that relic has been removed. There's very little trace of the ol' Dropper left now. Sounds like your wife sure knew allot about this place. Are you sure she was not visiting it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koda1 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Does anyone remember a club called El Snoopys, on Arkansas Ln. in Arlington in the 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bev Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 On 5/7/2020 at 11:54 AM, hbcu said: I have a book of clubs from the late 70s and early 80s. A lot started in the loop and made their way out to the suburbs by then What was the club in the 8300-8500 block of Bellaire in the late 70's that was a C&W bar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Was there ever a bar across fromKPFT on Lovett that had a “prison” type name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 19 minutes ago, trymahjong said: Was there ever a bar across fromKPFT on Lovett that had a “prison” type name? Are you talking about the house that was at one time Baja Sam's and later Mother's? I don't recall a name like that, but a prison-themed bar would be appropriate, as Ray Hill had his "Prison Program" at KPFT for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trymahjong Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 On 7/8/2021 at 9:29 AM, dbigtex56 said: Are you talking about the house that was at one time Baja Sam's and later Mother's? I don't recall a name like that, but a prison-themed bar would be appropriate, as Ray Hill had his "Prison Program" at KPFT for many years. I found out the clubs name was “Attica”…… ring any bells? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 13 hours ago, trymahjong said: I found out the clubs name was “Attica”…… ring any bells? Afraid not (but now I have this image stuck in my head of Al Pacino screaming "ATTICA! ATTICA!" in "Dog Day Afternoon"). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanstheman Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 4/30/2016 at 8:48 PM, belmontdrew said: My mom was telling me about a disco club that was on West Alabama Street near the Galleria and she and my dad can't remember the name of it. Anyone remember? Please help us solve this mystery..haha! Thanks! Oh yeah, and does anyone know where the 80's club called "Wave's" was? I am thinking it may have been somewhere on/near the Richmond strip. Belmontdrew, I would be willing to bet the disco on West Alabama your mom was thinking about was Foxhunter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 9/9/2013 at 7:27 PM, matty1979 said: I was curious what the bar scene was like back in the 70's around Houston. Was the ever a place similar to Studio 54 in town? Also where there ever "singles bars"? What were they like and if anyone has any funny or interesting stories I would love to hear them! Their was Jet Set club for the swinging couple. I worked for Benard Wishnow. Barberry Coast I worked at and danced. Napoleon Square. Disco. Bonapartes Retreat disco. I could tell you a lot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 9/9/2019 at 5:17 PM, mollusk said: Barbary Coast... Bonaparte's Retreat... It's a very good thing that there are no photos of skinny, long haired me in my disco era finery pounding down tequila sunrises at those places. 🕺 On 12/6/2013 at 11:46 PM, Mar Michael said: My favourite bar and dancle club of the 70's was Gilley's On 8/12/2019 at 8:12 AM, Gloria Clark said: I was a bartender in the late 70’s at The Woodhollow Club, Cooter’s, and Lord Jim’s. The Woodhollow Club was disco, and Randy was the DJ. Fond memories! I remember Randy. He worked at the fueling Station also. I worked quite a few bars. From Jet Set to Barberry Coast and a lot in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 9/9/2019 at 5:17 PM, mollusk said: Barbary Coast... Bonaparte's Retreat... It's a very good thing that there are no photos of skinny, long haired me in my disco era finery pounding down tequila sunrises at those places. 🕺 I lived their, danced their and streaked the Barbary Coast. I went to a lot of discos in the 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 10/2/2017 at 1:34 PM, msteele6 said: Maybe Napoleon's Retreat at the West Point Apartments?? No, it was the Barberry Coast. I danced and worked at least at 10 Discos. Owned part of Crazy Banana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philoritx Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 On 8/11/2021 at 9:49 AM, Steve Sternberger said: Their was Jet Set club for the swinging couple. I worked for Benard Wishnow. Barberry Coast I worked at and danced. Napoleon Square. Disco. Bonapartes Retreat disco. I could tell you a lot more. Bernard was a good friend of mine. And golf buddy. I was introduced to my wife by Faye who was a bartender at his "Wish's Club". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 14 hours ago, philoritx said: Bernard was a good friend of mine. And golf buddy. I was introduced to my wife by Faye who was a bartender at his "Wish's Club". I worked at Jet Set for about 1 year. I had one of the best times of my life. There were John and ken who use to have wild parties after the club closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 What about dance Town USA the Vagabond Club the aquarium Club the grand finale Wild West cotton eyed Joe's the bullwhip Silver Wings 10 hullabaloos Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I did not go to c&w. I was strictly into disco. I owned part of The Crazy Banana, with pete Billac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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