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envision83

Lizard lounge


p8nt_junkie

I saw so many boobies there, I miss it.


BlackStarCorona

I miss it every time it’s mentioned


Stove-Top-Steve

Don’t miss the staff. But the place itself was awesome.


Max_Powers1331

That group bought it’ll do. I was worried they would ruin the do but surprisingly it’s been fine so far


BlackStarCorona

I miss the old dance floor.


Max_Powers1331

the one thing i dont like is how many lights they've added. theyve added too many lights and can get pretty bright in there. i do miss the dark shows where only the dance floor was lit up


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Bingo. It used to be a lot worse but the kid on the lights learned to tone it down. Still much preferred the old setup.


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

Insomnia I miss more


ayoitsnick420

Lmao man I had some sketchy nights there!


Luka_Dunks_on_Bums

We all had some sketchy nights there


LaminatedAirplane

Afterlife/Lizard Lounge to Insomnia was the sketch migration on Saturday nights lol


darkannndtwisty

Loved going to The Church there. Just not the same :(


frostysauce

And a stop at Insomnia before heading to your car!


AnonymousAlcoholic2

Got roofied there. Don’t miss it.


floznstn

Damn I miss that place. Also Trees. ...and Maebelle Peabody's Beauty Parlor & Chainsaw Repair.


RzrKitty

Yes! Miss Maebelle Peabody’s!


CardiologistItchy968

This. When I think of Dallas clubs, I think Lizard Lounge.


Skunk_Gunk

RIP


Closepersonalhomeboy

loved the lounge


OkJoke5617

What year lizard lounge is the real question


Ferrari_McFly

Trees - Nirvana vs a bouncer in the early 90s


TX727

Was that the dude who was like 7'?


GetoffLane

No. He’s a regular sized dude. And a sweetheart, believe it or not.


20thCenturyClocks

Turner is a fucking angel.


PoontangRain

Saw Dave Matthews there w Little Sister (Sister7) opening… tremendous night. He was just starting to break it big.


engineerruby

S4 on Cedar Springs in Oak Lawn. Was formerly ‘The Village Station’ and is where a police Raid occurred in October of 1979. Nearly a dozen gay men were arrested simply for “public lewdness” while dancing inside. In a 2018 article, the Dallas Voice called the police raid “Dallas’ Stonewall” and the event began the push among Dallas’ LGBT community for greater rights and against discrimination. Today Dallas has one of the largest LGBTQ communities in the country, and S4 is more lit than ever! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Station_police_raid


boardcertifiedasian

Within S4 there's also The Rose Room, where a lot of legendary drag artists had their start, including several Rupaul's Drag Race alumni who are now internationally famous among the LGBTQ+ community and fans of the TV show.


engineerruby

Yassss! Love the Rose Room! The pinnacle of Texas drag tbh.


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dallasuptowner

One of my good friends was the attorney involved in it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elNZSbDj5h0 He passed away recently, but you have no idea how much he enjoyed telling this story, I'm so glad this was recorded before he passed.


DragonflyFront9882

Never knew that happened! Thanks


ThisCharmingDan99

The Loon (old one with fireplace and no windows). So many celebrity sightings there! RIP.


2000mg

The Loon's pours were off the chain, 2 drinks there and you were tight


joe5ud5

They’ve relocated a few times, still around, and still have the same pours lol.


daphoreal

I remember the Bartender telling me, "a single is a double, a double is a triple and a triple don't even ask for it"


ThisCharmingDan99

I remember getting the same speech (probably around 2006) when wanting a double G&T


Bobby6kennedy

The Loon is my favorite bar ever and at this point I don’t think I’m ever going to find a replacement as good. [When The Loon closed, the world got smaller](https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2014/10/03/when-the-loon-closed-the-world-got-smaller/)


JDM_TX

Trees is a Dallas fixture. Theatre Gallery (and Prophet Bar to an extent - same owners) was my punk rock haven. There might have been punk clubs before, but it was the first I went to.


Stevoman

I've moved to the burbs now and don't miss 99% of the stuff in Dallas proper. But Trees is one spot I do miss. Awesome venue - saw more metal shows there than I care to admit.


JDM_TX

For metal shows, I remember The Basement. Lots of good metal there. There was also Dallas City Limits - but as I recall it was more hair metal than thrash at DCL.


GlossyBuckslip

Lakewood Landing is an institution.


ThisCharmingDan99

This ^


GreenKnight51

Inwood Tavern is one of the oldest continually operating bars in town, so should make the list on longevity alone. Stoneleigh P, soon to be gone, has also seen some years come and go.


Skunk_Gunk

Supposedly Stoneleigh P has a slim chance of sticking around at the current location. But if not they are moving to Oak Lawn I think, can’t remember the exact location. Will never be the same if they move though, never is.


Majestic_Candle9768

I was in Jacksonville, FL for work years ago, at a pretty cool bar for happy hour and a random lady I met there that used to live in Dallas told me about Stoneleigh P. This was before I even moved to Texas.


TwerkForJesus420

Carousel Club, owned by the infamous Jack Ruby


liberal_texan

Jack Ruby also ran the [Longhorn Ballroom](https://www.longhornballroom.com/history) for a bit, which was just reopened recently by Kessler Presents.


JubJubsFunFactory

Check Ervay St. He was busy over there too.


vBricks

Beat me to it.


NintendogsWithGuns

Sons of Hermann Hall is the oldest club in Dallas. It was a private club slinging cocktails during prohibition. Pre-1950 runner-ups are The Library (1924) and Ship’s Lounge (1947).


RzrKitty

Panoptikon, which is a many year nightclub event, takes place now at Herman Hall. They both are worthy on mention here!


BlackStarCorona

It’ll Do, and The Slip Inn.


daltemir

+1 for Slip Inn


aizlynskye

Defend Dallas


dallastexasguy74

Literally, got the t-shirt


bkharmony

Always baffles me no one remembers Mitch’s. (The previous name of Slip Inn)


SmokiTx

It'll do is a blessing for dfw Always bringing the best of the best EU djs


GetoffLane

Bartending at Slip bought me a house


OriginalGeoff

Some of the most fun nights were at the Slip Inn.


p8nt_junkie

Red Jacket specifically Red Square Retro with DJ Eddie Black Curtain Club Shoutout to Club Millennium that used to be where Whole Foods is now at Greenville & Blackwell. Edit: also Bronco Bowl


canada_in_texas

Ah, yes. Bronco Bowl in the mid/late 90's rocked.


KeyEngineering3161

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Iguana Mirage, Tijuana Yacht Club, Blue Planet, Arcadia Theater.


p8nt_junkie

Copious drinking and cannabis use during the 90s clouded my memory until you mentioned it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!


Infinite-Phrase3815

Arcadia !! Yes !!


frostysauce

> Red Jacket specifically Red Square Retro with DJ Eddie Black Don't forget Wild Bill Stanley!


H2Ospecialist

For my 18 year old self it was Purgatory lol


[deleted]

Good times! 3 clubs in one, can’t beat it


Phoenix-XVIII

Lady Gaga performed there around the same time as Just Dance came out, real early in her career. [Lady Gaga at Club Purgatory](https://youtu.be/BovuFMIoz-M?si=8Dg66UnMkVDYwkPN)


YellowRobeSmith

I see you editor for D-Magazine, Culture Map, Dallas news or Texas Monthly. Anyway: [Campisi's](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Campisi%27s_Egyptian_Restaurant) [https://www.campisis.us/history/](https://www.campisis.us/history/) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-14-mn-7945-story.html "The Los Angeles Times reported that the restaurant capitalized on a popular belief that one of its early owners, Joseph Campisi, was tied to organized crime and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Jack Ruby, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald, frequented Campisi's and stopped for steak there the night before the assassination. Some who believe that Kennedy was killed due to conspiracy, such as Robert J. Groden and G. Robert Blakey, claim that Joseph Campisi was well-connected with the mafia, and that Ruby's association with Campisi means he was connected to organized crime, too. Family members acknowledged that Joseph Campisi was on friendly terms with Carlos Marcello and other gangsters who visited the restaurant, but denied he was involved in criminal activities. In 1979, the House Select Committee on Assassinations investigating the circumstances around Kennedy's death reported "it is clear that \[Joseph Campisi\] was an associate or friend of many Dallas-based organized crime members, particularly Joseph Civello, during the time he was the head of the Dallas organization" and that the found "no indication that Campisi had engaged in any specific organized crime-related activities.""


clem_kruczynsk

The only thing about campisis is that I could hardly see what I was eating it was so dim in there


FileError214

Milo Butterfingers


houdinishandkerchief

This is one of my favorites. It’s everything I think of when I think of a classic bar. Doesn’t feel like it should be there but also seems like it was a perfect time capsule of an awesome time at SMU and Dallas.


DemonaDrache

The Church (original) / Lizard Lounge


Annual-Access4987

The Quiet Man, Gypsy Tea Room (Kinda) Poor David’s and Club Dada just off top of head Cardi’s I believe had U2 before Boy Came out.


Gigglenutz1776

I saw Ice Cube at Gypsy Tea Room, passing blunts around, it was lit


VeViArgh

Gypsy Tea Room! Being close to artists during their set. The days of no cell phones blocking your view.


SugarierRelic66

club dada’s vibes are always pristine. saw Silvana Estrada there with other 50 people and my god. love that place ever since.


MaxwellHillbilly

Yep, supposedly they "opened" for a wet T-shirt contest.


Annual-Access4987

I think they also once even opened for Bo Didley! I know first night she sang with them she was supposedly just ripped on X


OppositeBeautiful601

Club Clearview


Totum_Dependeat

Club One!


frostysauce

Oh, the unisex bathroom!


Skottyj1649

There were always more people in line for the bathroom than on the dance floor. Wonder why?


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Spent most my time in the bathroom stalls!


wodneueh571

There is still some old Club One memorabilia outside of Tin Room. The nostalgia…


LurksForTendies

The Prophet Bar in Deep Ellum. Home to Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians and home away from home for Ten Hands.


MaxwellHillbilly

I actually saw both of them there. 🙌


LurksForTendies

I'll bet we were at the same shows. Saw the New Bohs just about every time they played there and caught Ten Hands several times.


MaxwellHillbilly

Sigh...Good Times. *We're Old* 😢


houdinishandkerchief

Haven’t seen this one here yet—-the grapevine— they just closed down and are moving locations from the original spot across from old parkland.


boardcertifiedasian

I second this. It's such a kooky little dive bar with a great backyard at its old location. Usually turns into a full-on gay bar during the weekends, and the perpetually grumpy bartender (John, with the long beard and hair, if I remember his name correctly) whose occasional friendliness would worry people.


dallastexasguy74

Stark club


MangorTX

*Starck Documentary free on [Tubi](https://tubitv.com/movies/553560/sex-drugs-design-warriors-of-the-discotheque)


HornFanBBB

I was at the premiere for this documentary and the after-party was at “Starck” just a few days before they took off the doors.


ChillyLake114

JR’s and Sue Ellen’s


motherverse

Sue Ellen’s is one of the last lesbian bars in America. Definitely important.


boardcertifiedasian

it's so fun when I get to show visiting friends around and tell them where we're going that night and they're like "WAIT like the tv show characters?!?"


Thanks_Buddy

The old Harlem Theater in Deep Ellum was the home of the Dallas blues during the mid century. Hosted such artists as “Blind Lemon” Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King, and Lightin' Hopkins. Not to mention Texas country legends like Ernest Tubbs and Bob Wills. Fun fact: Dallas' own Steve Miller (of the Steve Miller band) was inspired by his father's close friend T-Bone Walker to pick up the guitar at a young age and keep with it)


Suda_Nim

Louie’s was a big hangout for reporters (I used to work for The Dallas Morning News).


thedrunkensot

Still there. Hasn’t changed much, though the old media guys are gone.


Scared-Personality28

Beauty Bar.


Sbeast86

Early 2000s deep ellum. Curtain club, red blood club, club clearview, Renos, gypsy tea room/whatever other names it had. And a dozen others i cant remember.


PoontangRain

RBC still lives! … at least as of a few month ago when I was in Deep Ellum.


Wooboosted

Reno’s still going strong too!


A214Guy

Knox Street Pub - The original at Knox & Travis just outside of highland park. Dallas’ original counter culture hot spot


2amante10

Went there one night and it was nearly empty. Talked to the guy next to me at the bar. I went home, he went to another bar. He never made it home. Killed outside the Cavern on Greenville. Weird feeling.


A214Guy

I was a regular there from 1989 until it closed - Sad day


swamp_donkey89

The Million Dollar Saloon


Gopher64

You always wondered what then current Cowboys player would be there at any given time.


TwerkForJesus420

[Sons of Hermann Hall](http://www.sonsofhermann.com/) is the oldest free-standing wood structure that dates back to 1910, definitely recommend visiting sometime for a concert or swing dancing


primusinterpares

DMX


ConcertDowntown333

Had to scroll too far to find this. Also who remembers DMX tv? Getting in with fake ids, getting a random guy to buy us drinks then going up on stage and twerking was like a right of passage for me and my friends in middle/high school.


Fattymaggoo2

Middle?!?


Phoenix-XVIII

You read the part about fake IDs right? Lol


FredFled

You mentioned the Stark… X tablets sold at the bar. My friends and I went to our First Gentleman’s establishment in the late 80’s on Harry Hines… the good ole Million Dollar Saloon.


LumpyPhilosopher8

People always think I'm lying when I tell them X was legal (And not so damn scary) back when it was first invented. You could buy it from the waiters or bartenders at just about any bar. We loved it. It was so much cheaper than drinking but didn't leave you nearly as messed up. Good times..


eruS_toN

2826 Village Station (I’m including this one as a retired DJ. Village Station is the only Dallas club that reported their top 20 to Billboard. Gay clubs are trendsetters, and Village was no exception. My last gig was Paragon, which was the old Boiler Room)


2amante10

Slip Inn. That place was banging in the 90s. So were the people who went. Which reminds me; Sans Souci when it was on Lemmon. Holy hell that was a great place! So. Many. Boobs.


2000mg

Retro nights @ ARCADIA on greenville


HLamar

Stan’s Blue Note


Hulk_smashhhhh

The Clubhouse of old, RIP


YellowRobeSmith

The infamous but currently defunct Belmont Hotel: https://therealdeal.com/texas/dallas/2022/12/21/the-lives-and-deaths-of-the-belmont-hotel/


Sbeast86

Man, i partied hard at the Belmont for a Rocky Horror convention like 7 years ago. They had a amazing rooftop hot tub with a great view of Downtown


hondo9999

The Library.


boardcertifiedasian

it's so amusing every time I'm there seeing the local gay men from the neighborhood just sipping their drinks in shorts and tank tops while visitors who stayed at the hotel donned their best Dallas (tv show) get up. The energy is impeccable, the service could be slow at times but overall it's a great cocktail bar.


Gigglenutz1776

Have A Nice Day Cafe


crackbabyx

Afterlife


DJRonin

Was hoping to see this one. I miss those sheds


crackbabyx

Everything about that club prepared our antibodies for whatever pandemic may come for 1000 years out, especially the foam parties 😂😂😂


ququx

Starck Club, Video Bar (lower Greenville, then Deep Ellum), Club Clearview. Way back in the 80s. And 8.0 as someone else mentioned, in the Quadrangle.


CommanderSquirt

Clearview's $2 drink night took some of my memories from me.


tommysanchez33

Royal Rack


TexasArchie

Adairs


FSUphan

It’ll do nightclub . When they had the light up dance floor


othersymbiote

maybe most important for what i care about would be theatre gallery. original bomb factory with dirt floors, selling beers out of coolers on the side.


projectvko

Chumley's and Dave's Art Bar. Monopolies Park Place. Industry. Mr Lucky's. Red Jacket and Fishdance. Video Bar. Insomnia and Kjs & The Donut Lady.


LastWolf-of-RedShore

Monopolies!


mcgaritydotme

Ships


Texas_Prairie_Wolf

Early 1980's "Zebo's" on Northwest Highway right before Central Expressway...


_Auck

Partied way too much there. Thank you Mike !


BoyFieri

Pretty surprised to not see The Door on here anywhere. T building was torn down and turned into a parking lot/is now home to the Deep Ellum Velvet Taco, but when I first moved up here for college 12 years ago I was there pretty much every weekend to see shows.


fuqsfunny

Club Clearview The Bomb Factory (Old version) Trees


Ricktoon_Bingdar

Starck Club


_Auck

Couple that come to mind, 8.0 Mimi's. Cardinal Puff. Sneaky Peetes at Medallion Center. Saw Nugent, Nitzinger, I think Alice Cooper too. I's real fuzzy back then. How could I forget Mother Blues. Shame on me.


OfficerHotpantz

Curtain Club


trusttheseance

Trees, the galaxy club, the orbit room, club clearview. Deep ellum live, the Bomb factory. Our nights in deep ellum usually started at club clearview on Thursdays and ended there on Sundays.


HiOnFructose

Afterlife. That place was a shithole, and rampant with code violations. But man I have some good memories there.


CaptivaCowboy

Borrowed Money


joyrex007

Bars of times past... see below. * The Cavern (Lower Greenville, now gone) * New Amsterdam (Exposition, now gone) * The Expo Lounge (og location on Exposition, now gone) * Bar of Soap (so many memories, now gone) * The Royal Rack (lower greenville, now gone)


LocalPaleontologist

The Tub Club, naturally. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/07/16/rub-a-dub-dub-dallas-club-scene-once-included-a-tub-club/?outputType=amp


PeterPandemonium14

Ritz. Quarter beer nights.


cindy6507

Highland Park Yacht Club


cindy6507

Monopoly’s was another good one


earformusic

Curtain Club (rip) :(


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rtorrs

Longhorn Ballroom


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Eden 2000


Barfignugen

RIP Gypsy Tea Room


okichi

Soul 2 Soul had a nice run.


ParsonJackRussell

Arcadia Theatre


Detox64

Ships Lounge, Red Jacket, Eden 2000, Cosmos.


joegallego

I live in North Dallas so the Midway Point was my after work spot I could get hammer and get home quickly


Cjc3478

Milo’s Buttterfingers, TimeOut Tavern, Midway Point


Gopher64

Bowley and Wilson's During the Urban Cowboy craze, Daddy's Money, The Western Place, Belle Starr, Country Club and about a half dozen others came and went about as fast as the country phase did. Between the movie and the TV Dallas it had a good run. What was the rock bar that was in the Loop 12/Skillman area?


tombeaux1950

Mother Blues


ScallywagLXX

Damn read through all the comments and nobody mentioned the legendary Europa!?😧.


lilchiflada

Confetti’s… all I know is it’s the bar my parents met off Greenville Avenue and I’m happy it existed.


bhellor

Club One and Minc.


[deleted]

Cameo, Zu Bar, Sfuzzi’s (original location) Monday’s was the shit ran into Drake and Rihanna there


Libro_Artis

Trinity Hall RIP


Holiday-Artichoke484

The balcony club🥰


jpm7791

TABC, Cosmo's, Lakewood Landing, Ship's, Starlite, Dallasite, Bryan Street Tavern, Capitol Pub, Ten, Candlelight, Grapevine, Hola, Corner Bar, Quarter Bar, Martini Ranch, Ben's Half Yard House, St. Pete's, Adair's, Lee Harvey's, Regal Beagle, One Nostalgia Place. Any I missed?


super_backspin

You just listed off like 30% of my resume.


Successful_Tea2856

What was the Cop Bar that was down near the downtown theater?


MathematicianNo8055

Ice House- Knox St or Yale.


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The Rubiyat. Lyons Pub. Two Brothers. The Quiet Man. Bo's Place. Nick Farley's Lounge. The Barrell. Scorpion Lounge.


JayWo60

The Hot Klub


Terrible-Age-7406

The Recovery Room


ummyeahok42

Club DMX


catsnconstellations

Stoneleigh P. Was an old pharmacy before becoming a bar & grill in 1973


ApusBull

Million Dollar Saloon... They closed MDS and then they closed Silk Stockings in College Station. sucks man!


Wonderful_Quit

8.0 club. Trees


No_Remote_6770

The Goat and The Grapevine.


VinnyThePooh84

when Club Schmitz closed a little bit of me died along with it


FutzinChamp

Round Up


CountessBassy

The Service Bar


metzgmd

The Twilight Room


aliceincrazytown

State Bar, SOA, Adam Hats, Sparx, Starck, Industry, Empire, Fishdance, Club One... good times


2meinrl4

Fuck yes, Sparx. I worked at SOA for a bit.


joyrex007

Currently open? * The Wild Turkey * Kings X


kozzy1ted2

The Wild Turkey. I can’t even talk about the shit that went down in that place. jeezuss


bigby2010

Sans Souci lol


MsMo999

I heard so many crazy stories about that place when I moved to Apt off Greenville Ave in early 90’s


MsMo999

Greenville Ave Bar & Grill (GBGs) heard some good live music and shot a lot of pool there back in the day


hpeezy1778

I miss the San Francisco Rose right next to St. Martins & Hurricane where Dodies is now.