Keith Sample Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 I am really enjoying this trip down memory lane. Does anyone remember a little honky Tonk called Champions Ballroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 No, I was very much into disco in the early to mid 70s. I love going back too. Orchard club, Crazy Banana. Jet Set club. Bonaparte's Retreat etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Stark Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Why in the world has no one mentioned the hottest dance club/ disco Houston had ever seen ? After Dark @ 6500 Westpark Dr near Hillcroft was simply unmatched in all area.....clientele [ best dancers ], DJ...Ray Rameriz, bartenders.....Bob Hartley, Bruce Glass, Michael Max. Fashion Shows put together by Tootsie’s Mickey Rosmarin, and top drawer owners Vernon Young & Ben Gentry along with managers and door and floor managers Randy Taylor & Stan Stark. Above all the most beautiful customer women/dancers there every night......Donna Hill, Regina Flores, Scarlet Maegel, Cindy Eisenhauer, Linda Smith, Janice Carbon + + +. Regulars had their own reserved parking, reserved tables & assigned waitresses. Parking lot was filled to the max nightly with Corvettes, Jags, Caddies, Lamborginis, Panteras, Aston Martins, etc. The club dominated other clubs so outlandishly that it was firebombed TWICE by another club’s [ Genesis ] owners. They were caught after 2nd event & got 30 years ! Hope to hear feedback from anyone lucky enough to have experienced the After Dark phenomenon right here in this column....Best to all ! S Stark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 After dark opened, I think around late 70s early 80s. I went a few times, but was much more active in the early and mid 70s. I was part owner of Crazy Banana with Pete Billac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 there was a different club called After Dark in the late 80's/early 90's. It moved 3 times. One location was on Antione just north of Little York, their next was on Dyna Drive where the Pontiac dealer used to be. I think their third was on Mangum near Dacoma, or on Dacoma near Mangum. The guy who owned that one was a Middle Eastern guy named Alex, his monthly UAE oil royalties floated the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 We moved from Houston to San Antonio in 83. But I vaguely remember After Dark, the one you were talking about. Did you go to any other discos and did you dance. Houston had a bump contest and I came in second. I can brag about the past, for now I am 73. I moved from Atlanta to Houston in 71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkt Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 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. I hung out there also, but I wasn't married. The Oilers hung there for a while also, that is where I met the love of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey Bartender Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 I have collection of most of these clubs matchbooks, including Todd's, Elan, Ciao, Rodeo, Cody's Corky's, Cooters etc. Message me if you would like a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey Bartender Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Blast from the past. I worked for McFadden. Todd's for 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 I remember Elans. I think we use to play backgammon in their. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Bechtel Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Moved to Houston right after college in 1980 and my first memory of clubbing was the San Antone Rose located in a strip center at the SE corner of Voss and San Felipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkingdude Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 On 5/14/2021 at 10:54 AM, E Baron said: 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. Anyone know the recipe for their Singapore Slings, my future wife and I used to drink those there all the time ($1.00) ea 72-73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamaniac99 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 anyone remember a place called Judges in 70s or early 80s? Where was it and what kind of crowd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.Bridges Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Back in the late 1980's and early 90's we trucked Oklahoma wheat to Houston. Channel view and Galena Park. I was very young but remember the Harbor Lights on McCarty st. Pretty rough area. And I remember the Vagabond motel and lounge north of Houston on I-45. Those were some wild times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary McPherson Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Anybody know Michael's last name owner of the Pink puppy Cat in 1973 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary McPherson Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 The Pink puppy Cat is the name I meant. Need the owners last name in 1973 It won't let me spell it right pussycat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sternberger Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 I was very active in the 70s club business and I never heard of it in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terranova Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 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. YES IT WAS ON WESTHEIMER NEAR CHIMMY ROCK. My band played there back in the 80’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 10 hours ago, Terranova said: 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. YES IT WAS ON WESTHEIMER NEAR CHIMMY ROCK. My band played there back in the 80’s Yep, it was near Cardi's, and didn't last nearly as long. Your band played everywhere. I miss Brad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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