[unit]

ok, any of you older folks remember all the clubs since you were younger?

for example, before gossip there was plush, before boss there was atlantis and before was wett bar, before fabric there was sonar...

also share some memories of vancouver club history for some of the youngins.

[murd0c]

OZONE is now a Save on foods, or how about on the rocks which is now a Indian resturant lol

Gotta love surrey bars....

[sonick]

That 'club' in Richmond behind Tim Hortons/Domo :fuckthatshit:

[gars]

Anybody remember Purple Onion? I don't even know what the Rage is called nowadays.

[Tapioca]

Funktion Fridays @ The Big Bamboo and Daddyo's. The hydraulic cages were quite something for us when we were 19. Now, condos are on that block (the Denny's is still there though.)

A few off the top of my head:
- Sonar - Grande Wednesdays
- Purple Onion on Saturday nights
- Pure (or whatever it was called) on Kingsway
- Viva Club in Richmond
- The Shark Club on Lougheed (where Joey now is)
- The old Bimini's (before it burned down and became a Donnelly Pub)
- Plaza for the first couple of years (great house music on Saturday nights)

[JSS]

the rage became plush which is now gossip.

plaza -> venue

stone temple -> joseph richards

cherry bay -> modern -> post modern

tonic -> has some weird name now

[Manic!]

Anybody remember Purple Onion? I don't even know what the Rage is called nowadays.

Went to Purple a few times. What about White sands and Richards on Richards.

[unit]

the rage became plush which is now gossip.

plaza -> venue

stone temple -> joseph richards

cherry bay -> modern -> post modern

wasnt the modern 7 alexander?
richmond had viva club and club the blox LOL
i went to the blox for my 19th or 20th bday i think

OZONE is now a Save on foods, or how about on the rocks which is now a Indian resturant lol

Gotta love surrey bars....

HOZONE

[vafanculo]

Purple onion
Plaza
Some club next to PO called Seven? Or some with number 7.
Is stone temple still around?

[JSS]

wasnt the modern 7 alexander?

i think it was 7 alexander before it was cherry bay. that place has had so many name changes its not even funny.

and tapioca, pure went: studebakers -> onyx -> pure... lots of good times at onyx, makes me feel old lol.

[Tapioca]

Another one which comes to mind is Loft 6 in Gastown. It is now the Diamond.

[sonick]

Ah Plaza, my first clubbing experience. Good times.

Also $3.25 Canadians and Tequila Shots at Wild Coyote... Bad times.

[GLOW]

A few off the top of my head:
- Purple Onion on Saturday nights
- The Shark Club on Lougheed (where Joey now is)


were those 'clubs'?
for some reason i thought purple onion was a jazz lounge

i read the thread title and was expecting a history on car clubs in vancouver :blushsmile:

[murd0c]

Purple Onion was across the street from Richards.

[Tapioca]

^ The Wild Coyote was a fun place - forgot about that one.

I was on Granville Street on Saturday night to meet some drunk friends and my, what a gong show that place has become. There are still some decent places left like the Roxy and Bar None, but I feel sad for the kids these days.

[murd0c]

I showed up at Wild Coyote before right after ladies night fuck I was scared and hid in the back with a couple buddies while the male strippers took off..

But the ladies were good to go thats for sure:fullofwin:

[gars]

Went to Purple a few times. What about White sands and Richards on Richards.

oh ya! Dicks on Dicks. Wasn't there that club that was in North Van at Lonsdale? Tantra lounge or something?

[sam0m0]

luce's - 686 - pop opera
the drink, forgot what its called now

[Tapioca]

were those 'clubs'?
for some reason i thought purple onion was a jazz lounge

i read the thread title and was expecting a history on car clubs in vancouver :blushsmile:

The Shark Club used to put the tables away on Saturday nights and bring a DJ in.

Here's another one: the current Red Room used to be "The Drink."

And can we start discussing the many gentlemen's clubs this city used to have? :lol

[unit]

oh ya! Dicks on Dicks. Wasn't there that club that was in North Van at Lonsdale? Tantra lounge or something?

richards actually lasted up until a year or two ago.
yeah tantra is now boston pizza. used to go there all the time, my friends cousin was djing there. one of the best views around.

[Ulic Qel-Droma]

MARS --> something? -->atlantis---> boss---> nothing. llol.

LOL.

[adambomb]

Didn't MARS become Wett Bar.

Does anybody remember what they called Barfly-->The Standard in New West, before it was Barfly. I seriously can't remember. :\

[bcrdukes]

What I remember:

Mars? (not sure) Wett Bar > Atlantis > Boss
Sonar > Fabric
Purple Onion *RIP*
7 Alexander > Modern
Plaza > Venue
Palladium *RIP* - Now a condo
Big Bamboo (Funktion Fridays!!!!) > Daddy O's > Barcode *RIP*
Voda *RIP*
Shine
Caprice
Luce's > 686 > Pop Opera
The Rage > Plush > *I forgot the other name* > Gossip
Roxy
The Cellar
Bar None
Tonic
Ginger62
AuBar
Aqua (not sure if any of you noobs remember this one)
Wild Coyote
Viva
Club Blox

Damn. Used to party too too much.

[KeBe]

Cyber --> Mint --> BLVD22

[KeBe]

Isnt aqua on w.hasting..

where the porsche hit and run.

What I remember:

Mars? (not sure) Wett Bar > Atlantis > Boss
Sonar > Fabric
Purple Onion *RIP*
7 Alexander > Modern
Plaza > Venue
Palladium *RIP* - Now a condo
Big Bamboo (Funktion Fridays!!!!) > Daddy O's > Barcode *RIP*
Voda *RIP*
Shine
Caprice
Luce's > 686 > Pop Opera
The Rage > Plush > *I forgot the other name* > Gossip
Roxy
The Cellar
Bar None
Tonic
Ginger62
AuBar
Aqua (not sure if any of you noobs remember this one)
Wild Coyote
Viva
Club Blox

Damn. Used to party too too much.

[unit]

Didn't MARS become Wett Bar.

Does anybody remember what they called Barfly-->The Standard in New West, before it was Barfly. I seriously can't remember. :\

was it called the royal?

[miss_crayon]

Glad to know I hit up the decent clubs before it turned into LG/LB's playground

[drunkrussian]

what was you guys' clubbing experience that finally made you realize ur too old for clubbing? and dont say seeing 16 year olds at atlantis/boss cause thats normal

mine was a tie between - probably going to canvas when it first opened and they didnt have 151 and disnt know what the three/four wisemen was. clubbing turned all high class on me. or when when all those clubs became a parade of a bunch of shiny ed hardy shirts evrrywhere.

[drunkrussian]

That 'club' in Richmond behind Tim Hortons/Domo :fuckthatshit:

club xoxo

[bcrdukes]

Isnt aqua on w.hasting..

where the porsche hit and run.

Yup. That was it.

[Gridlock]

Didn't MARS become Wett Bar.

Does anybody remember what they called Barfly-->The Standard in New West, before it was Barfly. I seriously can't remember. :\

Now its "unrented office space"

http://www.mediamarketjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/stefan.jpg

If you're looking for class b rental space with a hint of must in the air, then you need to go to "unrented office space". Junkies down below, fine clientele in the pay by the week hotel upstairs and something funny about midgets, this club is for you"

There was that one in burnaby on kingsway by Tim Hortons that got leveled for another condo tower too.

Now: strip clubs.

NBI is still there, no longer a show lounge and no longer NBI. Mugs closed and re-opened in Surrey. Um...that one in East Van that wasn't the #5...had the sleazy "hump your stripper" hotel upstairs.

Dammit..can't remember the name. We only went once and it was horrible.

[Great68]

My best memories are from the Fraser Arms, that time when they had the stripping waitresses, $8 pitchers, and $2 appies. At midnight all 4 waitresses would go up on the stage at the same time.

I can't stand dance clubs though. Went to a bunch when I was 19-20, pretty much always sucked. Not for me.

[Hondaracer]

what was you guys' clubbing experience that finally made you realize ur too old for clubbing? and dont say seeing 16 year olds at atlantis/boss cause thats normal

mine was a tie between - probably going to canvas when it first opened and they didnt have 151 and disnt know what the three/four wisemen was. clubbing turned all high class on me. or when when all those clubs became a parade of a bunch of shiny ed hardy shirts evrrywhere.

after working in a club for 2 years about 3.5/4 years ago

since then i've maybe been to 3-5 clubs, and most are out of town

hate clubbing.

[murd0c]

was it called the royal?

Yep it was the royal. Shit I had some good times at Bar Fly

Don't forget Tommy's in Ridge which is now the Haney

[JSS]

speaking of the royal... that also used to be what is now "the forum"... such a dirty place back in the day lol.

[winson604]

Isnt aqua on w.hasting..

where the porsche hit and run.

LOL yea and at the time there was a big thing saying it was actually Dan Cloutier who was the driver and his injury at the time was fake b/c he had to deal with the investigation. BS

Lots of mentioned already but I'll name a few that I remember

Mars - Remember I was a teenage in HS and randomly tried to get in one night
Viva - oh Richmond
Purple Onion - Good ol early days of clubbing
BBB (Big Bamboo) On W Broadway across from BP - Turned into something else after that was a a hot spot for black people. Lots of shootings at BBB back in the day

[bcrdukes]

BBB (Big Bamboo) On W Broadway across from BP - Turned into something else after that was a a hot spot for black people. Lots of shootings at BBB back in the day

Daddy O's and then Barcode.

[SumAznGuy]

Don't forget Madison's. I know at one point it was called Code Red.
In Gastown I remember going to a place called the Cellar.

As for peeler bars in Vancouver
Cecil's
Penthouse
Marble Arch
Drake
Fraser Arms
No. 5
NBI

[punkwax]

Delaneys then Ozone FTW lol

Dont know how I used to shut the Ozone down so often on weekdays only to be at work for 730 the next morning... No chance I could do that these days.

[murd0c]

Delaneys then Ozone FTW lol

Dont know how I used to shut the Ozone down so often on weekdays only to be at work for 730 the next morning... No chance I could do that these days.

I'm with you on that one, having a Saturday party on a Tuesday lol

[pastarocket]

1320 Richards: Wettbar, then Mars Cabaret, then becoming Atlantis, and then Boss Nightclub, and finally closed right now.

[SkinnyPupp]

The only club I ever really enjoyed was the Red Room on friday nights. It had a different name before that but I can't remember.. Madisons? something like that

Very mixed/eclectic easy going crowd who were just there to have fun. I don't think that happens in Vancouver anymore does it?

[winson604]

Don't forget Madison's. I know at one point it was called Code Red.
In Gastown I remember going to a place called the Cellar.

As for peeler bars in Vancouver
Cecil's
Penthouse
Marble Arch
Drake
Fraser Arms
No. 5
NBI

My friends and I actually miss Fraser Arms quite a bit. It was a 5 min drive from our house, no cover, they had toonie time ($2 for food), and strippers all be it they were not usually that great but we didn't go for the girls anyways but the food. If the girls were decent it was just a bonus.

[sonick]

club xoxo

As someone posted already, it was the Viva Club for a time before it became XOX and then finally closed down.

[DanHibiki]

That 'club' in Richmond behind Tim Hortons/Domo :fuckthatshit:

honger club. oh man i remember the only time i went there was to do a dance performance. it was hurtin'

[Tapioca]

The only club I ever really enjoyed was the Red Room on friday nights. It had a different name before that but I can't remember.. Madisons? something like that

Very mixed/eclectic easy going crowd who were just there to have fun. I don't think that happens in Vancouver anymore does it?

The Waldorf is one place in Vancouver proper where people check their attitudes at the door.

[pastarocket]

Bar None is a good club for hanging out, with easy going people Good DJs, good times. A good diverse crowd. The down side to Bar None is steep $18 cover charge.

Fortune Sound Club has by far the best sound system. -good high energy, crowd. No douchebags there.

[unit]

The Waldorf is one place in Vancouver proper where people check their attitudes at the door.

also lotus and honey lounge, but they're gone as of recently :(
had way too much fun in there.

[Tapioca]

also lotus and honey lounge, but they're gone as of recently :(
had way too much fun in there.

The Vinyl Lounge has replaced Honey, but I haven't been there myself. Any here been?

[murd0c]

amd then there's Mirage, Cheers which I guess is closed I hear and don't forget the OB (Ocean Beach) in white rock....


Fuck I miss the Funky Planet, wicked hiphop music and slutty loaded Americans :okay:

[fliptuner]

The only club I ever really enjoyed was the Red Room on friday nights. It had a different name before that but I can't remember.. Madisons? something like that

Very mixed/eclectic easy going crowd who were just there to have fun. I don't think that happens in Vancouver anymore does it?

Yup, Madison's.

Frank's place -> Goose Looney's - by ICBC in Rmd
Steel Monkey -> Milestones (?) - in Coq
Love Affair
Celebrities
MezaLuna

BTW that club in New West was Casablanca and at some point Studio 54(?)

[B!tch]

Couple of corrections:

Purple Onion couldn't have been across from Dicks as it was on Water Street in Gastown.

Mardi Gras > Bar fly > Standard
Casablancas > Fever

Dal Richards night club > ? > Diegos > Bosa condos

and to show my age...

99 cent China Whites on Thursdays at Steel Monkey (if I could erase my memory on those nights

Kits under the Army & Navy parkade (underage drinking)
Chicago Tonights
Mugs n' Jugs
Coconuts > ? >? >? >? >? >?> fitness club > fitness club (history of unsuccessful bars and fitness clubs)
86th Street music and the other one across the plaza
Club Soda
The original Avalon in North Van
Fred's & Bubbaloos
Rose n' Thorn

anyone remember all the names of the club on Seymour between Hastings and Cordova. It was Systems

[SumAznGuy]

Shoot. Just realized I missed Brandy's as a current peeler bar in Vancouver and the old Blue Boys which is now a sports bar.

Purple Onion IIRC was in the building beside the Spaghetti Factory. Where the old Koolhaus was before they went belly up.

[fliptuner]

what was the one right by Pacific Border Crossing?

[spyker]

What I remember:

Mars? (not sure) Wett Bar > Atlantis > Boss
Sonar > Fabric
Purple Onion *RIP*
7 Alexander > Modern
Plaza > Venue
Palladium *RIP* - Now a condo
Big Bamboo (Funktion Fridays!!!!) > Daddy O's > Barcode *RIP*
Voda *RIP*
Shine
Caprice
Luce's > 686 > Pop Opera
The Rage > Plush > *I forgot the other name* > Gossip
Roxy
The Cellar
Bar None
Tonic
Ginger62
AuBar
Aqua (not sure if any of you noobs remember this one)
Wild Coyote
Viva
Club Blox

Damn. Used to party too too much.
You forgot the Twilight Zone in Gastown,one of the best clubs around bitd,had the loudest dancefloor I ever heard,even to this day,too bad it's a restaurant now,good times for me & had very good memories from that place that I will never forget.

[MindBomber]

When Cecil closed that was a big loss to Granville Street, not only was it a great peeler bar but it had a lot of interesting Vancouver history associated with it. In the seventies, before it became a peeler bar, it was the location of the founding meetings of Greenpeace.

[spyker]

Couple of corrections:

Purple Onion couldn't have been across from Dicks as it was on Water Street in Gastown.

Mardi Gras > Bar fly > Standard
Casablancas > Fever

Dal Richards night club > ? > Diegos > Bosa condos

and to show my age...

99 cent China Whites on Thursdays at Steel Monkey (if I could erase my memory on those nights

Kits under the Army & Navy parkade (underage drinking)
Chicago Tonights
Mugs n' Jugs
Coconuts > ? >? >? >? >? >?> fitness club > fitness club (history of unsuccessful bars and fitness clubs)
86th Street music and the other one across the plaza
Club Soda
The original Avalon in North Van
Fred's & Bubbaloos
Rose n' Thorn

anyone remember all the names of the club on Seymour between Hastings and Cordova. It was Systems
Man,I know how old you are.I use to go to Cheers in Delta every Wednesday for a buck a beer night.My friends and I use to get just fucking hammered by the time the place closed.

[tiger_handheld]

3 pages and no one mentioned

Richards on Richards

[Grandmaster TSE]

i just remember someone on RS was a bouncer for luce's

hooked us up so many times!

[Matsuda]

I used to go to Graceland, Sonar, BBB, Purple Onion, Mars

[bcrdukes]

^
That is some old skool shit man.

Are you in your 30s?

[Matsuda]

yeah.... :okay:

[adambomb]

Glad to know I hit up the decent clubs before it turned into LG/LB's playground

Girls always seem to forget that at one point in their lives they were those annoying LG's and the clubs they went to "before" were also LG/LB playgrounds at the time. :toot:


Anybody get a chance to go to Loft 6 before it got closed down after some Hells Angels shooting? I remember Snoop Dogg being there one night.

How about Victory afterhours. On the corner of Hastings and Cambie, across from Victory Park, downstairs. woot!! :spin:

[Harvey Specter]

I remember pulling up at Wett bar, valeting my uncles XJR with the valet who was in the A&W commercials and both Norm and the black dude they called "robo cop" walking us to VIP like we were movie stars. Ah, the good ol' days of clubbing.

And how can I forget to mention on the roxx, the only club that let in 16 years old and offered $1 highballs, lol.

[Harvey Specter]

My best memories are from the Fraser Arms, that time when they had the stripping waitresses, $8 pitchers, and $2 appies. At midnight all 4 waitresses would go up on the stage at the same time.

I can't stand dance clubs though. Went to a bunch when I was 19-20, pretty much always sucked. Not for me.

Fraser arms had the best burgers.

[punkwax]

what was the one right by Pacific Border Crossing?

Funky Planet.

[FerrariEnzo]

i went to 1 club in my days.. lol... never went again.... downtown somewhere... near gastown area...

took me almost an hour trying to find my car...

mental note*
dont PARK far and pay money to park CLOSE when going to drink.. haha

[hotjoint]

the drink, forgot what its called now

It's called red room. I was there 2 saturdays ago for markus shulz :lol. The drink was the best club imo. They played the good hip hop music and people were chill as shit

Couple of corrections:

Purple Onion couldn't have been across from Dicks as it was on Water Street in Gastown.


Purple Onion was across from sonar

[SkinnyPupp]

It's called red room. I was there 2 saturdays ago for markus shulz :lol. The drink was the best club imo. They played the good hip hop music and people were chill as shit



Purple Onion was across from sonar
That's it! Madisons, then The Drink, then Red Room. I went there the most during my very short 'clubbing phase'. Had lots of fun

[hotjoint]

That's it! Madisons, then The Drink, then Red Room. I went there the most during my very short 'clubbing phase'. Had lots of fun

I never went when it was madisons but +1 for the drink

[civiccer]

I remember going to Onyx on opening night. They had a hawaiian luau themed party and everyone wore lei's. That was a pretty fun place.

Plush was awesome to see house djs from europe.

Went to barfly a couple times.
Is that the one that's next to the hotel or in the hotel/casino on the corner up the hill somewhere?? I remember parking like 5 blocks away to get free parking and then having to walk up the hill drunk to get back to the car lol.

Went to stone temple a few times as well.

I think plush was my favorite out of all of them.
Never was much of a clubber.

[sam0m0]

oh right red room, I remember that now. There was also onyx which became pure night club I think, but both closed down now.

[JSS]

onyx/pure is a gym now lol.

i lived like 10 minutes from onyx, thursday nights there were fucking awesome... went there so much it got to the point where we used to just walk in through the back door. memories.

[dinosaur]

ok...i am SUPER dating myself...

Sonar was originally called The Town Pump. Changes in the late 90s to Sonar but the Town Pump was the original club/live music site.

[MR_BIGGS]

Anyone remember Chicago's in New West?

The place was grimey as hell. It had carpeted floors. If you stood on one spot too long, your foot would stick to the ground.

It was more of a bar, but they had a DJ on friday and saturday which played pretty good music. All the girls across the bridge would come :P

[too_slow]

That 'club' in Richmond behind Tim Hortons/Domo :fuckthatshit:

I miss Viva club lol

[JSS]

Anyone remember Chicago's in New West?

The place was grimey as hell. It had carpeted floors. If you stood on one spot too long, your foot would stick to the ground.

It was more of a bar, but they had a DJ on friday and saturday which played pretty good music. All the girls across the bridge would come :P

same building as the old mugs right?

[Harvey Specter]

Present day club scene in Vancouver...

http://images2.clubzone.com/photos/gallery/28186/15.jpg

[Verdasco]

Pinner dudes taking shirts off. Do they even lift? PrObably 10 lbs dumbbells

[drunkrussian]

Present day club scene in Vancouver...

http://images2.clubzone.com/photos/gallery/28186/15.jpg

rofl i know the dudes on the left from highschool

[FerrariEnzo]

wtf... the guy that has this hand around the girl... the dudes arm is huge but his faces looks like hes a skinny man

[Verdasco]

Just noticed its a gay pic / club :lawl:

[unit]

guy on the left looks familiar but hard to tell

[Gridlock]

same building as the old mugs right?

Shit! I forgot about that place! Oh man, that place looked bad at night...imagine that shit during the day.

That place was headquarters for the whalers club.

I don't think anyone ever had it as a "destination" club..more like, the peelers closed and we want to keep drinking.

[MDMA]

rofl i know the dudes on the left from highschool

LoL looks like we went to the same highschool man:fullofwin:

[Manic!]

3 pages and no one mentioned

Richards on Richards

First page son first page.

Went to Purple a few times. What about White sands and Richards on Richards.

[Acura604]

Twilight Zone was nice..out in Gastown.

Luv Affair was fun.

[spideyv2]

Present day club scene in Vancouver...

http://images2.clubzone.com/photos/gallery/28186/15.jpg

Is that what Celebrities is like, not on a tuesday?

[unit]

i used to go on fridays and saturdays all the time and well theres obviously gay people there but theres also a lot of straight girls.

[van_city23]

Man,I know how old you are.I use to go to Cheers in Delta every Wednesday for a buck a beer night.My friends and I use to get just fucking hammered by the time the place closed.

That used to be the spot on thursday nights. I went there quite a bit back in the day. Now i believe it's a sports bar...

[phobchnga]

the pump jack is my favorite!
drop by and say hello! ;)

[tonyzoomzoom]

Coconuts on Kingsway in Burnaby

(sorry if already mentioned. too lazy to scroll thru all 4 pages of posts)

[spyker]

I'm surprised none of the older guys have mentioned China Beach in Langley yet,that place was the shit bitd,huge club with so many hot white girls.

[Manic!]

2 UK artists guess were the video was shot?

O JAAN MERI YA [OFFICIAL VIDEO] - DCS FT. JUGGY D - DESI CULTURE SHOCK - YouTube

[spyker]

Is that what Celebrities is like, not on a tuesday?

Pretty much.

Even to this day Celebrities is the most down to earth & most fun club to go to in the downtown core,they also play the best music.

I use to work there.

[Ch28]

Celebrities dance floor & bar setup ftw

[blee123]

i never been to celebs before but alot of ppl seem to say its good. So what is it that its better than other clubs?

sorry for a newb question

[spyker]

i never been to celebs before but alot of ppl seem to say its good. So what is it that its better than other clubs?

sorry for a newb question

The music,atmosphere,vibe.The people that go there are just looking for a good time,not a fight or any other sort of trouble,also no gangster wannabes staring you down trying to act all hard and shit.

You should go check it out and see for yourself.

[rsx]

Tuesdays is still straight night? Celebs is always good times. Lots of young'uns there too.

Library Square on Fridays for your 90's night.

[twitchyzero]

Present day club scene in Vancouver...


i happen to know the shirtless guy and the girl haha..what club is that?

[blee123]

Tuesdays is still straight night? Celebs is always good times. Lots of young'uns there too.

Library Square on Fridays for your 90's night.

i always hear that celebs tuesday is always packed as hell. Is it because alot of ppl hv nothing to do on tuesday + everywhere is closed therefore they go down there?

[blee123]

The music,atmosphere,vibe.The people that go there are just looking for a good time,not a fight or any other sort of trouble,also no gangster wannabes staring you down trying to act all hard and shit.

You should go check it out and see for yourself.

hahaha u must have been following all my threads bashing on club life in Vancouver :fullofwin:

[rOckstar6O4]

Madison's was THE place to be. romper room Wednesdays...ahhhhh memories.

Big Bam Boo. those were the days.

rehab Thursdays @ Celebrities was the bestest.

Luv Affair any day of the week was the bomb.