Fort lauderdale in the 1980s (Oakland Park, Oakland: live in, restaurants, shop)

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by Angel Calzadilla

Shooters is still there, on the Intercoastal by the bridge on Oakland Park Blvd.

Yes and it is going to be sold at a bankruptcy auction in December:
Public Auction Sale: By Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Shooters / - Fort Lauderdale, FL

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by Strelnikov

Back in the late '80s/very early '90s, there was a Goth club called "The Dungeon" that was in the basement of a regular Dance club on US 1/Fed Hwy somewhere between Deerfield Beach and Boca. For the life of me I can't remember the name of the host club, or even exactly where it was at. I vaguely remember that the building was closed due to some sort of zoning or permit issues.
Does anyone remember this club?

Dragon Club next door to Marina One......Mob owned, lasted about 2 years and then became a Roadhouse Grill, now a Duffy's

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by NYTom

The Doll House was always a good time...

Now a Walgreens!

Don't forget Solid Gold (next to a Mcdonalds, now an empty lot) and Pure Platinum just down the street (still there but no where near what it was when Michael Peter's ran it).

[kmarc]

"Michael Peter's"

Wow! Another iconic '80s Ft. Lauderdale nightlife impresario. I found this on the net:

Solid Gold - MJP Bio

[kmarc]

City Guy, what was the name of the guy who ran (or owned) some of the clubs at the Federal Highway/Oakland Park intersection? The name Vincent comes to mind, but I can't quite remember.

[kmarc]

Holy Cow, Christopher's is still there! With its own website and Facebook page, no less.

CHRISTOPHER'S NIGHTCLUB & LOUNGE

I haven't been back in the area in many years, and probably never will be, I'd prefer to remember it as it was, but it looks as if Christopher's is sort of stuck in the '80s. NTTAWWT. But I'm curious if any other places in Ft. Lauderdale are still chugging along, stuck in the '80s. Not the worst place to be stuck in time, IMO.

[BonnieL]

Originally Posted by kmarc

Holy Cow, Christopher's is still there! With its own website and Facebook page, no less.

CHRISTOPHER'S NIGHTCLUB & LOUNGE

I haven't been back in the area in many years, and probably never will be, I'd prefer to remember it as it was, but it looks as if Christopher's is sort of stuck in the '80s. NTTAWWT. But I'm curious if any other places in Ft. Lauderdale are still chugging along, stuck in the '80s. Not the worst place to be stuck in time, IMO.

Christopher's is closed down. The building is still there, but nothing's happening.

[kmarc]

"Christopher's is closed down. The building is still there, but nothing's happening."

Oh, well, it lives on, on the net.

[City Guy997S]

Originally Posted by kmarc

City Guy, what was the name of the guy who ran (or owned) some of the clubs at the Federal Highway/Oakland Park intersection? The name Vincent comes to mind, but I can't quite remember.

Don't know, Roxy's and Baha Beach Club were right there in addition to the strip clubs across the street.

Something new is opening in the old Bobby Rubino's just north of Roxy, club 401 or something (believe it is related to the address).

[kmarc]

I want to say his name was Joe Vincent, but I'm not sure. My memory's a little (maybe a lot) fuzzy on this, but I think he owned or ran Bahia, September's and something called LeTrice or LeTris (not sure if that's the correct spelling, and there was a side by side club sort of thing with Bahia). Rumor had it that Roland's across Federal Highway from September's was run or owned by one of his proteges.

I don't remember Roxy's, I have sort of a vague memory of a strip club in that general area, but I don't know what it was called.

Ah, Susie Carr, I remember she was one of the entertainers at September's. I think she and some guy had an act together and they made a record that became a top-40s hit.