Well we're starting to get a picture of who the party people on the board were, at least 20 years ago.

Bayou Mama’s brings back bad hangover memories.

Back in the early 80’s Confetti’s was the best.

Cardi’s had live rock bands on the weekends.

in the early 80’s there was Z Street on Gessner for New Wave and Punk bands.

this thread got me curious. anybody have any pics? i googled power tools houston tx last night and didn't get what i wanted

Quite a few clubs mentioned on this thread are on this site:

http://www.inthe80s.com/clubs2.shtml

Daang...memories! Reviving a thread that's old enough to drive at this point but just came across doing some research on another 80's thread.

Are you talking about Carz? There were 2 locations at one point, one was & the other was on Katy Fwy (I-10) closer to downtown & the other was farther north off of I-45 .

Wow, I was at that Outfield show! It was my first real live show at my first actual adults bar. The show was all ages & I remember the drinking age was still 18 (which I wasn't) but I guess me & my buddy looked older than 18 because we never got booted when the show ended & stayed to drink with the cougars.

Also my we share a name. Weird.

Scene West (I think that was the name) near the Galleria.

Bamboo Hut and Grass Menagerie in Galveston.

Power Tools was awesome. So was the Gallant Knight

Elan
Cody's
Cattleguard
Dark horse
Yellow Rose

Some of my old matchbooks

Nice. Only missed out on visiting one of those spots.

I had those. And I think they had a Jake and Maxie's matchbook for the little jazz club next to Ruggles across the valet drop off spot.

My wife and I used to go to Chip Kicker on 1960 when we were dating. Went to a couple other smaller clubs up that way, but don't remember the names.

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That Ruggles was my go to date spot. It was money. And Aquarium was our main law school hang out. Great bar. Had to keep it down on the back patio though so as not to disturb the old man in the trailer.

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Ruggles was a great date spot.

Cafe Annie was another one.

Club Land
Confetti's
Yucatn Liquor Stand
Boardwalk Beach Club
Waves
Fizz
Rialto

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Club Land
Confetti's
Yucatn Liquor Stand
Boardwalk Beach Club
Waves
Fizz
Rialto

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No Daiquiri Factory?

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Club Land
Confetti's
Yucatn Liquor Stand
Boardwalk Beach Club
Waves
Fizz
Rialto

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Thanks for the business

I don't recall that one.

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Club Land
Confetti's
Yucatn Liquor Stand
Boardwalk Beach Club
Waves
Fizz
Rialto

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No Daiquiri Factory?

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That was late 90s.


When was Virginia City's heyday?

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The original DF on The Curve in Montrose opened mid 1980s.

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Club Land
Confetti's
Yucatn Liquor Stand
Boardwalk Beach Club
Waves
Fizz
Rialto

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No Daiquiri Factory?

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That was late 90s.


When was Virginia City's heyday?

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The original DF on The Curve in Montrose opened mid 1980s.

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A friend went there one night and sprained her ankle really badly on the front porch or in the parking lot or something. She had also recently gotten a tattoo on her ankle and didn't want her dad to see if she mentioned her ankle was sprained and didn't want to tell him she sprained it after a couple hours at the Daquiri Factory. She was 19.

She wanted go get an x-ray but didn't want to get any questions at home so she just toughed it out and wore long socks.

Wild West was the one on Long Point, before they moved to Richmond.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Marfreless yet - they've been open since the 70s. Pretty swanky place!

R&R USA
City Streets (90s)

Was just talking to a buddy the other night trying to remember the name of the country place in City Streets, and another stand alone country place nearby in the Galleria, but I think that one was mentioned already. It was fun having a buddy who was a doorman at City Streets when I was 18 or 19.

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When was Virginia City's heyday?

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I went there a lot in the late '80's & early '90's.

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Was just talking to a buddy the other night trying to remember the name of the country place in City Streets....

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The Rose?

Wasn't that place called Wild West.

Might have been neon rodeo or something like that.

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Was just talking to a buddy the other night trying to remember the name of the country place in City Streets, and another stand alone country place nearby in the Galleria, but I think that one was mentioned already. It was fun having a buddy who was a doorman at City Streets when I was 18 or 19.

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I remember going to that Galleria country place a few times but I can't remember the name. It was a lot swankier than places like Wild Wool and Tin Hall.


Another freak show (and target-rich environment) was Sunday nights at the Roxy.

Not mentioned?
Cody's on the Roof
Yaga

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Microwave Onions said:

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Was just talking to a buddy the other night trying to remember the name of the country place in City Streets, and another stand alone country place nearby in the Galleria, but I think that one was mentioned already. It was fun having a buddy who was a doorman at City Streets when I was 18 or 19.

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I remember going to that Galleria country place a few times but I can't remember the name. It was a lot swankier than places like Wild Wool and Tin Hall.


Another freak show (and target-rich environment) was Sunday nights at the Roxy.

Not mentioned?
Cody's on the Roof
Yaga

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Cowboys. I use to live in that place during the summer.

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My wife and I used to go to Chip Kicker on 1960 when we were dating. Went to a couple other smaller clubs up that way, but don't remember the names.

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Willie Nelson's Night Life was off 1960 & I-45. I only remember that because my date nearly face planted slipping on the ice in the parking lot.

Kenny Stabler owned a C&W bar off 290 near Northwest Mall in the mid-'80's. Called "Snake's Place" or something like that.

Edit: It was the Diamondback Saloon. I knew it had a snake theme based on his nickname.

I wasn't old enough to go to Cowboys at the time, but I know my older brother spent tons of money in that place. It was also one of the clubs that was in Urban Cowboy, I believe.

Does anyone remember the Winchester Club? On Bissonet, between Hillcroft and Chimney Rock. Isaac P. Sweat was the house band.

Fools Gold maybe, was the name of the club way down Westheimer just past Dairy Ashford. which use to be out in the middle of nowhere in the early 80s.