Last two were my college bars (+ all the stuff in NYC) by Anonymous Nashville 1989 - The Chute, The Warehouseįire Island Pines 1990's - The Pavillion, Sip N Twirl, The Blue Whaleįire Island Cherry Grove - The Ice Palace, The Monster Miami 1984-1986 (pre-South Beach) The RR, that big resort in South Beach, Warsaw, Something with a Dįt. Phildelphia 1985-1986 - Key West, DCA, Woody's, Equus.Ītlantic City 1987-1988 - Saratoga, Club (insert anumber), The Brass Rail San Juan (1975 to 1995)- Bachelor, Stars Disco, The Abbey, Lion's Den, Lion's Disco, Vibrations, The Village, Atlantic Beach, Krash/Eros/Krash, Bocaccio's, Caimito, Laguna, TÃa MarÃa's, Asylum, Billy Joel's, Danny's.Ĭopenhagen 1984-1985 - Pan Disco, Madame Arthur's, Sauna Club Amigo. NYC(1980 to 2000) - Uncle Charlie's, The Works, Cahoots, The Anvil, The Mineshaft, The Spike, The Eagle, Badlands, Marie's Crisis, The Monster, Ass Trick, Candle Bar, Dick's Bar, The Cock, 1984 at Crowbar, Zone DK, Trix, Club USA, Private Eyes, Mars, The Palladium, The Union Club, The Saint, Studio 54, Limelight, The Tunnel, Better Days, The Tool Box, Crisco Disco, Paradise Garage, The World, Quick, Danceteria, Escuelita, Krash, Jay's Hangout, the Locker Room, the Men's Room, Rounds, and - of course - The Roxy. It wasn%E2%80%99t being kept up, and younger and more less diverse crowd started hanging out there and more fights were breaking out. I stopped going there a year before they closed because the place had gone downhill. Unfortunately, my understanding was that the owner had a serious coke habit and basically snorted up all the money. Everything was kept so clean and the bartenders were a lot of fun. The ground level was a bar with pool tables, the lower level was used for weekend/holiday dance parties, and the upper floor was the main bar with a terrace. That was another wonderful place with a very diverse crowd. Downstairs was a tad more mixed but very seedy and that place always had a strange smell.Īnother bar I use to go to in DC was The Circle on Connecticut Avenue between Q and R. Most of the upper floor was very crowded and occupied by blacks. I think the last time I went there was several years ago. The Fireplace has been somewhat of a scary and seedy place for a long time. It had the best deejays and club music in the city. That%E2%80%99s another thing about The Frat House. Here in Austin, the bar scene has only marginally changed in the years since I moved home from college all the bars R55 mentioned were before my time (and no, R56, Austin isn't terribly hippie these days, though there are still plenty of preppies), but Oilcan's and Charlie's are still there, with the newer additions of Rain and Kiss 'n Fly. The Cock! (in its original location, before the back room was shut down) Wonderbar! The Park! (now *that* had some of the hottest strippers ever, and best of all, they were all gay) I really wish I'd had a chance to see the city's bars of the '80s and '90s, particularly the club scene during its prime. It wasn't exactly my "youth" per se, but I still direly miss NYC bars circa 2003. I'm sorry, but Dick's was just skeevy and gross. Late-90's early 2000's "Dicks Deja Disco" in Austin. 1/2 of them still lived with their mothers (many of whom made us breakfast the next morning). I got so much ginny tail there it was insane. My god, the gorgeous Italian boys that would pack into this place. And the ultimate - Spectrums in Brooklyn. Guys with their pants around their ankles all over the place. It was amazing when they switched on the lights at 4 a.m. The Spike - fun leather bar in the meatpacking district with a mix of guys. Amazing jukebox by Ed Scriba who eventually went over to Phoenix bar. Great mix of local art fags and homo tourists back in the waning days of the east village as a fringe neighborhood. Sound Factory Bar - more of a dance club, but their Factoria Bente Uno party was hot. All in NYC in the 90s: Hatfields in Queens - hottest latin guys ever.