A good time was had by all last night at Elixir Bar downtown. Check out all the pics on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Club Report: Elixir Bar
Saturday, May 30, 2020
SMF Tampa Cancelled
Friday, May 29, 2020
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Remembering Music Clubs
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
This Weekend In Techno Town
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
PI Update: The PI Annual Pass
Monday, May 25, 2020
Club Reports: Cash's Faux Pas, Victor's, Brannigan's, Nightown (Fort Walton Beach)
My visit allowed me to reminisce way back to my youth. Located on Okaloosa Island, Cash's Faux Pas is the only club open then that is still open today! That's amazing! |
During the mid-80's and earlier, this was the place! |
Owner Cash Moore had quite the personality with slogans such as on this truck, "Getting America laid and happy since 1965." With three USAF bases in Okaloosa County, there is no shortage of customers! (Eglin AFB, Hurlburt Field, Duke Field) |
Now called The Block, when I lived in Fort Walton Beach this place was called Victors. |
The Blog visited a few years ago and it has a Top 40 room, Country room and Karaoke room. Back in the day, the club played a lot of 80's (because it was the 80's, get it?) |
A great Thursday night Ladies Night could be found at Brannigan's. I can still remember dancing to "Funkytown" on their raised dance floor. It's been a number of unsuccessful ventures since then. |
Lastly, Nightown in Destin was a megaclub that dominated the Emerald Coast club scene for close to three decades. It finally closed down a few years ago and is now a church. |
The real reason you'd want to visit the Fort Walton Beach-Destin area is for their amazing sugar white sand beaches. Other places brag about their white sand but it's nothing like this! |
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Club Reports: Social Distancing?
Not a lot of social distancing was taking place last night in downtown Orlando and no one was wearing a mask. Check out our club report over on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
Saturday, May 23, 2020
PI Update: Checking Out The Clubs Of Pleasure Island
Let's cross this bridge one more time to beautiful Pleasure Island. With everything reopening, we needed to check out the status of the Pleasure Island clubs! |
Mannequins was looking splendid in the afternoon sun. However, it has not reopened yet and the revolving dance floor remains idled. |
8TRAX is still there but it too has not reopened. I sure could use some 70's Disco and 80's Funk. |
I know club Motion is back there somewhere but I never could find it. |
Rock'n'Roll Beach Club was one of the first clubs demolished so it ain't reopening. |
Adventurers Club is still mostly there but it remains shuttered. Where's the Colonel? |
At West End Plaza, BET Soundstage Club looks a bit different than I remember it but it was not open anyway to check it out. |
Ditto for Comedy Warehouse. Oh well, I'm sure the clubs will reopen soon! |
Friday, May 22, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
DS Update: The Reopening!
Day 1 of the Disney Springs reopening took place yesterday and of course the Blog was there! |
Staff from Advent Health administer a no-touch thermometer scan to your forehead and then you're cleared for entry. |
In narrow passageways such as on the bridges, arrows cleverly tell you which way to proceed. |
Beyond Splitsville, the future M&M World store is relocating from the Florida Mall so is not yet open but creates another large empty area. |
Disney owned & operated NBA Experience and the NBA Store were closed. |
I think City Works is 3rd party but has not reopened yet nor has House of Blues. |
One of the animation team members scattered throughout Disney Springs. Their job is to create happy talk, dance, wave at you and make sure you keep your mask on. |
Disney owned stores and restaurants reopen next Wednesday, May 27th. We should see a lot more people out once that happens. |
But it's a start and a good time was had by all. |
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
This Weekend In Techno Town
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Downtown Update: Orlando Weekly Apparently Critical Of Downtown Reopening
This is Church Street this past Saturday night. As you can see, it was completely dead. If you missed our article posted in sister website Orlando Entertainment News, click here. Well evidently Orlando Weekly had a reporter out this past weekend too and she seemed to be taking exception with the opening practices of some of the venues based on reports by Orlando Police. Our understanding of the rules is that if you're primarily a restaurant, then you could reopen with capacity limitations but you could also serve alcohol. Primarily a restaurant means over the course of a year, 51%+ of your revenue comes from food, not from alcohol sales. If you're primarily a bar, you are apparently only allowed to sell alcohol to go. One of my favorite downtown venues is Elixir. It truly is a restaurant by day (great wings!) and a bar/club at night. They were open Saturday night. Jimmy Hula's/Basement are side by side venues with the former being a restaurant, the latter a bar. When you're inside, there is no wall separating the two so they seem to be one venue, in our opinion. Ditto for Celt & Harp, side by side with one an Irish restaurant and the other an Irish pub. We believe they could be reopened under the current law status. We are not attorneys and have no idea what kind of licenses any of the venues in the OW article carry so no legal advice is being offered here. Read the Orlando Weekly article here. |
Monday, May 18, 2020
DS Update: Phased Reopening Begins Wednesday
As you now by now from our article last week, Disney Springs will reopen this Wednesday under a phased reopening plan. On Wednesday, only several third party owned & operated venues will reopen while several Disney owned and operated venues will reopen beginning the following Wednesday, May 27th. Masks will be required except when eating. The Blog will have coverage. Map of venues opening here. Full details here. |
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Downtown Update: Downtown Slowly Reopens
Downtown Orlando's "scene" is slowing coming back to life and last night we checked it out! DJ Chino (USA) on the decks at Elixir Bar playing House music. Our article is posted on sister website Orlando Entertainment News here. |
Saturday, May 16, 2020
CW Update: Partial Reopening!
Among the reopened venues is Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. |
Cinnabon is open. |
As is Red Oven Pizza. |
Voodoo Doughnut has reopened; NBC Sports Grill & Brew has not. |
Hard Rock Cafe and Hard Rock Live remain closed. Toothsome Chocolate Emporium is open! |
Lone Palm Airport was open for business! |
Outdoor dining and the gift shop were open at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville. |
Cold Stone Creamery is open. |
The clubs remain shuttered including CityWalk's main dance club, The Groove. |
Pat O'Brien's was closed last night. |
Same for Bob Marley's. |
And Rising Star. |
And Red Coconut Club. |
Antojitos (formerly Latin Quarter) also closed. |
Hot Dog Hall of Fame - closed. |
Fat Tuesday closed. |
The Cowfish was not open. |
Breadbox was not open. |
Moe's, Panda Express and BK Whopper Bar were all closed. |
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