Thursday night's were $2 beer night if you brought in your Ritz beer mugs.
The Ritz Rock and Roll Club in Dallas was an old movie theater. I made a lot of friends there and saw hundred's of bands play.ġ982-1989. I practically lived at this club from late 79 to it's closing in 81. The Vandals even memorialized this in their song Urban Struggle. This did cause some tension and the occasional fight. The place shared a parking lot with a restaurant/bar called Zubies (Zubie owned both buildings, Jerry Roach rented the Cuckoo's Nest building from him) with a mostly cowboy type crowd that hung out there. Through it's short history, many bands played there like 999, T.S.O.L., Suburban Lawns, Black Flag and on and on. While it was not the same as the Cuckoo's Nest, it was a good place in it's own rights.ħ8 - 81. Joe catered to more then just the Punk scene, with bands like The Cramps and Slayer. While it was still in the same building as the Famous Cuckoo's Nest, the place inside changed (somewhat for the better). After the Cuckoo's Nest closed, a new guy (Joe something) opened up the Concert Factory. Great women, Music and atmosphere! Sadly now a crappy preppie bowling alley bar with another name. The ultimate Punk, Goth, New Wave, Alternative bar in Niagara.
CFNY night's with first Live Earl Jive and Beverly Hills and then with my man Chris Sheppard!! Awesome times great alternative tunes and loose Welland women!! Could it have been any better? Sorely missed.ĭate Added to the Site: Thursday 17 August 2006Ĩ0's-90's. While Masquerades catered to the top 40 crowd, the Phaze played Front242, Nitzer Ebb, The Cure, Ministry, etc. No alcohol was served but THE BEST music was played there. Log of information submitted to the site, and will not be corrected for mistakes. Please refer to the pages linked for the most current information. Information on these pages may be incorrect. Latest Entries Approved on August 17, 2006 These are just a few examples of LGBTQ-friendly businesses being uprooted in Atlanta, but not replaced.Ī major development of note that’s bringing a new dose of LGBTQ culture is WRS’s Underground Atlanta revamp, which officials say will include a new gay dance club and cabaret called Future.Welcome to inthe80s, Latest 80s Stuff Added The Eighties nostalgia site 70s In late 2017, Jungle, a popular gay nightclub on Cheshire Bridge Road, near Lindbergh, was forced to close as an apartment complex was built next door.Ībout four years before that, The Armory in Midtown surrendered to the wrecking ball to clear space for a residential high-rise.Īnd in the early 2000s, another LGBTQ club called Backstreet closed down after the City of Atlanta barred it from serving alcohol 24 hours a day. Model T, in the shadow of 725 Ponce’s construction. Lately, however, the bar’s front entrance had been obstructed by construction fencing and Dumpsters from the neighboring 725 Ponce project-a nearly $200 million mixed-use development replacing the former “ Murder Kroger”-which is under construction along the Beltline’s Eastside Trail. Model T once operated at the ground floor retail strip of the Ford Factory Lofts in Poncey-Highland.
But if Cowtippers should fall, it wouldn’t be the first popular queer-centric business to succumb recently to the forces of gentrification.Īt the end of November, popular LGBTQ dive bar Model T was forced to close after serving as a homey watering hole for 26 years.
Metrotainment Cafes has told Project Q the bank deal isn’t yet set in stone. Owned by Metrotainment Cafes, the popular restaurant has served food and drinks to crowds of LGBTQ people (and anyone else) for about 25 years.Ĭowtippers management had worried the business would shutter in January to make way for a Beltline-adjacent development, although that project never panned out, leaving some hope for the beloved establishment.īut last month, Tomorrow’s News Today discovered that a representative for Chase Bank had gone before the Beltline Design Review Committee to propose the new 3,470-square-foot branch project. Another LGBTQ-embracing establishment in Atlanta is being threatened by new development.Īt the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Monroe Drive, in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood northeast of Midtown, Cowtippers Steaks & Spirits could be on the chopping block, thanks to tentative plans to build a new Chase Bank, according to Project Q Atlanta.