Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, had to close that location to make room for the new Sun Sentinel Building. In summer 1988, Ron Morrison, owner of Lagniappe Cajun House at 230 E. After they were indicted on income-tax evasion charges, the club was closed down in early 1988. Unfortunately, Backstreet`s owners were repeatedly cited for serving liquor to minors, blocking emergency exits, and packing the club too full. I remember it was like a dark fortress with very loud, thumping dance music emanating from its center courtyard. Opening in 1981, It was a Western-style bar with a mechanical bull (I recently saw a AMEC belt buckle for sale on eBay).Īfter the cowboy fad soon wore out, and the gay community was more accepted (once the anti-gay Mayor E Clay Shaw was gone), the location became the private gay bar Backstreet in 1982.
When the cowboy fad took hold after the 1980 movie 'Urban Cowboy" starring John Travolta, the site became Auntie Mame's Electric Cowboy. The building at 100 SW 3 Avenue was originally a warehouse. What was the club off Broward Blvd west of the business district?ġ00 SW 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 I think was the address (it is now Revolution, formerly the Edge) but what was it before the Edge? I find so many conflicting reports of who owned which clubs. There was a small steak place on Oakland or Commercial.want to say it started with a b or was something-bry, like Ambry ? I remember going there with my dad several times. The was also The Down Under around there somewhere.Īnyone remember The Zoo? We loved that place. There was a crazy wig place called Yesterday’s One Up bar. Lauderdale's host with the most in the 1980s. Vincent did a pretty good job with his clubs, he was like Ft. Montego Bay, LeTris, September's, Roland's, etc. That was such a busy area, Oakland and Federal Hwy. All I can remember were those crazy wigs the staff wore. It was called something else before it was LeTris, or was it LeTris first followed by another establishment? I forget. As I recall, LeTris was side by side with Montego Bay. Well I wouldn't walk it.Then you must have known Adache the architect, as I recall he also did a lot of work for Vincent, including that huge one bedroom bachelor pad, I think it was over in Harbor Isles across from Pier 66. In Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, dont miss Vodoo Lounge (St8 m-sat), just dont miss it, Sunday night!Įlements, Chase, and Voodoo are not in walkable and not in WM. Some of the Bars/Clubs in Wilton Manors all within walking distance of each other around Wilton Drive:Įlements- very hot latin nights, very popular latin nights, especially FridayĬhase-Excellent Brazilian Nights, plenty to see (drummers, dancers) plenty to see and brush past (h*rny brazilian men) and very friendly brazilian boys galore! Ramrod-leather levi bar, outdoor patio, very popular late Hamburger Marys-popular happy hour, big sunday teaĬhardees-piano bar and dinning, if you are less then half century then you are chicken here, can be fun but you will end up acrosss the street (Alibi, Boom, etc.) Tropics-piano bar, very busy, excellent dinning, mid century crowd, outside patio bar.Ĭircuit-newer disco, guest dj each night qtr to mid century crowd.Ĭostellos-piano bar, very busy, so so dinning, quarter to mid century crowd, sep martini barĪlibi-Always packed, qtr to mid century crowd, Always packed, outdoor dinning/patio, Always packed, and Always packed!īoom-very popular dance club, two story dance floor, video bar, very mixed (older, young, latin, brazilian,exotic) crowd Some of the Bars/Clubs in Wilton Manors all within walking distance of each other around Wilton Drive:
It's on Wilton Drive as well.įoady, why are you always so behind? You know exactly when's flying down next.