DC Clubs circa 1987: Tracks on Thursdays, Cities on Fridays...

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Anonymous wrote:I am, admittedly, older, but in the early-to-mid 80s there used to be a club near 21st and M that you had to walk downstairs to get into and I can't remember it's name! I was talking to some friends recently about it and nobody can remember but we all remember it being there. Anyone have any clue?



Was it The Cellar Door?



Gustis? Or the Brickskellar?



The Library?

Cellar Door was in Georgetown. So was the Bayou. Never made it there, sadly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am, admittedly, older, but in the early-to-mid 80s there used to be a club near 21st and M that you had to walk downstairs to get into and I can't remember it's name! I was talking to some friends recently about it and nobody can remember but we all remember it being there. Anyone have any clue?



Was it The Cellar Door?



Gustis? Or the Brickskellar?



The Library?

Cellar Door was in Georgetown. So was the Bayou. Never made it there, sadly.

Wasn't Cellar Door at the intersection of M, 21st and New Hampshire, in front of the building with the Social Security office in it? Almost directly across from Lulu's (how did Lulu's not get mentioned until page 5?) Cellar Door: $5 all you can drink happy hour and the largest lighted dance floor in the city...size of a postage stamp.

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Anonymous wrote:I owned Chaplin's in the eighties. I also owned Adriatico next door. It was located on Wisconsin Ave. directly across the street from the Tenleytown Metro. The Rough Band played there. Holly and Lou played there. And lots of people got drunk there. It was a great time and I look back on those days fondly. My name is Tom L. and I live in Baltimore now.

No way! I practically lived at Chaplins in the late 80s!

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Insect Club on E Street !!!

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Ha! This thread brings back memories.... I went to Tracks, 5th Column, the old 9:30 and sure, I'll admit it, the Dome now and then (always pronounced, "do me"). Anyone remember a place called Jaxx (sp.?) in Springfield, like in a strip mall? It was a headbanger place. I never went (since I wasn't a grit), but always thought it was a funny concept and location. There was like a Vietnamese grocery store in the same strip mall. Totes reminded me of the kind of place that Wayne and Garth would hang out at.

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Rumors, Mad Hatter, Gusti's.....

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Third Edition! Garrett's! Mr. Smith's!

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Anonymous wrote:Was there also a Zannibar? Am I recalling this correctly? What was across from the alley of Mr. Days?

Met my husband at Mr. Days!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Samantha's!

18th and L. Such great happy hours in the mid 1990s too.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone remember Ha Penny Lion - I think it was on L St. Great Happy hours!

Incredible meat market. 16th Street right near the Post.

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Anonymous wrote:rally in the alley!

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Loved Tracks and Poseurs! Anyone remember a place near the old 9:30 club called the Bank (I think that's what it was called or it was in an old bank building).

Anyone frequent Chaplins on Wisconsin Ave? Popular with AU students at the time and played awesome alternative music.

Wasn't it called the Vault?

Yes--the Vault! Tracks was so awesome. Vault. Original 9:30. So grungy and small. Loved it. Laws were so relaxed. We used to go to Mr. Henry's and use a pool id (just a picture, no birthdate or anything) to get in and drink! So fun to remember these old DC places. FWIW--born in 1975. I was a in early high school when I went to Tracks! Dicey paying the guys on the street to watch the car!

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Anonymous wrote:LuLu's Mardi Gras on emm.. M and 23rd or something? Not far from GW. Great parties on Thurdsay nights, and it was only 18+.

this was 1992 and 1993...amazing plastic cup drinks.

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Anonymous wrote:Sign of the Whale?

Right near Mad Hatter and the strip club with the yellow sign. What was that called?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am, admittedly, older, but in the early-to-mid 80s there used to be a club near 21st and M that you had to walk downstairs to get into and I can't remember it's name! I was talking to some friends recently about it and nobody can remember but we all remember it being there. Anyone have any clue?



Was it The Cellar Door?



Gustis? Or the Brickskellar?



The Library?

Cellar Door was in Georgetown. So was the Bayou. Never made it there, sadly.

Wasn't Cellar Door at the intersection of M, 21st and New Hampshire, in front of the building with the Social Security office in it? Almost directly across from Lulu's (how did Lulu's not get mentioned until page 5?) Cellar Door: $5 all you can drink happy hour and the largest lighted dance floor in the city...size of a postage stamp.

It was the Cellar. I used to go there in the mid '90s. Also was a frequent visitor at Pollyesthers (between Funky and Groovy!)