Was close to a "regular" here on Saturday nite. Went here or 94th Aero Squadron at Miami Airport. First poster said they saw Planet Patrol here. So did I. Saw other awesome shows such as Rockers Revenge (Walking on Sunshine, The Harder they Come the Harder they Fall). Loved the 3 different dance floors here. My second favorite disco to hang out next to Casanovas in Hialeah. Many a good memory. Will come back to read posts.

I got picked up there by 2 hot girls, went back to their place for my first and last threesome. I was 19 :)

i use to dance at pet and lenny's on fridays and saturday at the limelight, I was also on the tv show that they use to tape on modays, i remember i use to skip school and spend all day at the club taping, I met my girl friend Sara Rosa there, she was under age she use to go with her mother, I am not sure if Jimmy was the DJ there or not, but i enjoyed going back and forth through all of the floors and dance with so many diferent girls in one night., i still have a t shirt from Pet and lenny's

i'm looking for the post cards they had at the bar, does anyone still have a copy?

This was another choice club that my brother, Ricki and the rest of the Palm-aire venezuelan crew used to hang out during the late 70's and early 80's. In particular, I used to hang out upstairs DJ level. They used to have small dance areas which was pretty cool. The ambiance was kicking and the sound system was a blast. They used to have live bands. I remmeber in particular "The Real Thing". My syster dated the drummer. What really made the club stand out from the rest, was that it was like a community for partying. We did a lot a drinnking and dancing. It was just a great time everytime. I miss all my friends which we all have spread around the world. Miss the good times and the great music. Ohh I forgot..the basement was amazing for dancing to. I remember the huge wall full of speakers. Wow..if you wanted to be in a room with really loud music, this was the place.
Has anyone hear what is called "neo-Disco". I kinda like it now, but I always go back to basics.

Enjoy and Long live disco music !!!

Al

I used to run the valet parking concession at Pete & Lenny's, way back in '76. I was 20 at the time, and made a lot of friends, who I would love to see again.

This club was my home away from home between 1977 and about 1980. As a senior in High School (Cooper City High) my girls and I started clubbing after becoming bored with the teen dance centers ( Skip’s Dance Machine) and such. Although Trails End was the bomb we liked the club scene and after stepping into Pete and Lenny’s there was no turning back…. We had our courtesy card and had no problem flashing it. We spent most of the time on the dance floor on the first floor listening to the house band Ecstasy and dancing till we closed the club. We would then move down the street to Mr. Pips and close that club… I think there was one more spot we would go to called The 4 O’clock club. Anyway I had the best times of my disco days there and I want to thank everyone there that made it great. Especially the bouncers that always had a hug for me and my girls… and the bartenders that held out “handbags” for us so we could dance and not worry….The memories are great !!
Keep Dancing!!!
Andrea

I used to play in the band at Pete & Lenny's. The name of my band was Ecstacy. We played there six of the seventeen years we were together. I miss the good old days even though I am still active in music today.
04/08/2006

I remember the TV show they filmed there DISCO77 does anyone know if any copies of it exist? I think it aired on channel 4

I use to be on that show disco 77, they use to tape it an a monday all day once a month, i remmber skipping school once a month to be on it, I will look for it on the internet to see if any one is sharing it or something

Hi everybody.
It is good to be here every once in a while and read all your memories of Pete and Lenny’s because it makes me remember all the good time that I used to have there and how much I used to look forward to go. I leaved in Miami then and so it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to get there, however, I didn’t minded the trip because I loved the higher classic atmosphere there.
It was 1976 to 81 and the way I remember it, as you drove in, there was some sort of canopy? To the right side and it was valet parking therefore you would just get off and walked in. Once inside you had the choice of like, three different types of music, each in there own space with their unique atmosphere. They also always had good musical groups playing in the main space, which you could also see from a partial second floor and I used to go upstair's to spy or look for friends dancing or seating around in that lower level.
It was always a lot of fun, the kind you keep thinking of until the next weekend.

i'm looking for some pic's of the club if anyone one has anything , the post cards at the bar or the vip cards please let me know. tommy. p.s. anyone remember area code 305 across the street from the club?

i beleive that i still have a t shirt from pete & lenny's, and it is in brand new conditions, as a matter of fact the guys that made those t shirts back then for the club are my best friends, and they now own a very succesfull printing and garment company in Oppalocka florida, but i will look for the t s*** and take a picture of it.

will they print them if i order it from them? your name sounds familiar, thanks orlando, tommy

how many do we need, it is very possible that they can print them if we have a resonable order.

orlando, probably in the 20's or 30' will that work? where did you hang out in there? i was alway's upstairs in that bubble dome with the booths and that little round dance floor, get back to me , thanks again tommy

I think that I may be able to get a few dozen of them done by my friends, and I use to hang out all over, but I was one of the top disco dancers, so i hung out down stairs on the large floor next door to the 2 level building

did you ever go to area code 305 across the street?

I am not sure about area code 305, was the bar with all of the phones init, that you could call some ones table from your's?

yes thats the one, what a riot that was , pretty cool, get primed there first then hit pete and lennys. did you find out how many shirts we have to order before they print them? thx tommy

orlando you have any pic's from pete and lennys you could submit?

I wish I did, thoose days for me where very wild, and all i have is my mentall memories, it is something that i will never forget, but it sure feels great to be able to share some it here.

I will try them again tonight, and I will post the reply in a few days

well the update is that making does t shirts in these small quantiies, is not cost effective according to my friends, they are now in a position of high end volume and i understand them, but if we have the logo wich is here on the site any one has access to a t shirt printer that may be able to give us a good price.

hey paulett profeta i know you renember me because we had the greatest times together after i picked you up inthis club i will never forget the most beutifull 42 ddd you had and the fun we had wile we were young i hope you renember me babe because i never forgot you .thanks for the most beutifull experience a guy could have had you beutifull italian woman it is true
we really had it all muaaaaaaaaaa tu
papi jc .

I lived in Philly and was hitting all
the clubs there and some in NY. I did
get to go to Pete and Lenny's a few times while visiting Fl. There was also
a club called Studio 51 that I went to alot when I moved there. It's funny but I would always run into my Philly/NYC friends when I was there. I may even have some pix yet from back then.
Linda Cafarella

Pete & Lenny's was owned by Peter Boinis,a bigtime south Florida developer,I booked many of the acts at Pete & Lenny's, including Planet Patrol.

Pete always delivered the best money could buy, check out his restaurant at http://www.Petesbr.com

I REMEMBER BOTH 305 AND PETE ANS LENNYS I SCORED IN BOTH THOSE BARS.....305 HAD A GOOD CONCEPT DIAL A BABE

yes, the 305 concept, was really fun, i enjoyed it alot, and it did get my evenings started sometimes, first there and pete & lenny's, those days will never return again, todays generation is not even dancing anymore

305 was the place to get primed before pete& lennys then hit the pizza place by 7-11 around 2 am or dennys by 95 you cant replace those times, never forget those were the day's

anyone hang out at nepenthe?

I remember NEPENTHE, but dont recasl where it was, and for me it was the limelight after pete & lenny's and the the denny's on hollywood blvd, or on 163, but it will never be that way again, is pete & lenny's still there, at least the building, because I am sure that the club is gone, so much has changed in south florida, since i left there.

Ppete and I are actually working on a Pete & Lenny's reunion!

Stay tuned!

305Disco.com

Good luck on getting a reunion together. I would come and I would try and get my old friends to come as well. Keep us posted

BTW to Jay of Ecstacy:
You guys were the reason me and my friends went to Pete and Lennys. Seriously, your band was off the chain! I still remember it like it was yesterday. Are you still preforming?

if you get a reunion together, I would even try to come all of the way from Mcallen Texas, please make it a saturday and give me plenty of time to book a decent fair to ft. laud.

reunion????? i have 100's of people lined up..from ny to miami... keep me posted

Tommy email me at Miami305Disco@aol.com and I'll fill you in about the reunion.

By the way the description mentions Pete & Lenny's as a late 70's club when in fact it opened in 1973!

I would not want pet & lenny's anyother way than the late 70's club that I knew it to be, I put 150k miles on brand new car that i bought in 76 in less then 4 years from going to pet & Lenny's so often, I even skipped school every Monday to go there for the taping of the TV show that were televised every Friday night. so yes the Pet & Lenny's from the late 70's is what I go to see and most of my friends would also. 305disco I will also contact you so that you can keep me in the loop.

remember to fill me in on this reunion everyone's excited to go if it dosent happen i'm a dead man.lol be good tommy

Everything is about set, just trying to locate Rique Alonzo!

hey there 305disco, is it on a saturday, and do you have a date yet. and will it be in the old pet & lennys club, so that i can fly in to lauderdale and stay near by

the old pete&lennys club is no longer there they knocked it down

I only went to P & L once when I was 15 cuz my brother knew someone who got me in.My club was Nepenthe & Backstreets.My brothers and sisters frequently went to P& L.Let me know about a reunion!

msleon68@hotmail.com

Wow,on a whim I typed Pete and Lennys on Gooogle and didn't realize so many people remembered that club.My uncle Lenny Boyar owned that club along with Pete Boinis.It was one of the first Disco's in the country and they taped a T.V. show there called Disco Magic.Sometimes when VH1 does a Disco retrospective, they show clips from Pete and Lenny's.In fact my parents were there the week that Vicky Sue Robinson,Tavares,Odyssey,Rev. Al Green etc. were taping.My Uncle Lenny was a GREAT GUY and he knew all his customers by name.I have one of those VIP customer cards along with a satin jacket from Pete and Lennys in my closet.

does pete own that club in boca? what is lenny up to these day's? that had to be the best club in the late 70's early 80's had some great time's there. any update on the reunion?

Pete Boinis owns Pete's Place in Boca.Unfortunately Lenny passed away in 1989 and is buried here in Baltimore, where he was born.

Wow, there is someone else that remembers the days of Disco Magic, I think that I was there for every taping, I was part of the group of dancers that where always on camera dancing, it would usually take all of the day to to do the taping for one or two shows, and it was usually taped on a monday starting early in the morning, what memories.

You can actually purchase or license Disco Magic episodes over at, http://www.historicfilms.com/library_pages/disco.html

Also, I will be hosting a Disco/Freestyle event at the 94th Aero Squadron in late September, with Evelyn Thomas, Madelin Red, Ray Guell,Connie & Secret Society and possibly others performing through out the night.

Lewis Martinee of the Limelight will be the guest DJ!

Complete details will be posted on my site www.305Disco.com soon.

I started looking up Disco CD's "Love & Kisses Albums" and I ended up at this website. It's a great idea for Disco reunion…. My friends and I used to go Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday nights. If anyone remembers the “Latin” guys that used to hang around the dance floor making “dancing” circles that was us…. Jorge, Emi, Carlos, Tato, Hector and Eddy. Yes, those were good college days. Still remember the bridge with the round circle dance floor. This bridge connected Pete & Lenny with Banana Boat. When it closed we finished at the Limelight Disco…. You can count with us for the disco fever reunion…

Hey there Eddypr, I also use to be in the circle at Pete & Lenny's and I also use to go to the Limelight after wards, there was one guy in our group called Carlos also, we where from Miami, how about you..

Hi Orlando (Landy) Perez, yes that was us. We used to live in Miami, know we are back in Puerto Rico. We all get together once in a while. We still disco party and remember the girls that used to dance with us...

hey there eddie, go to my web site and get my email address from there so that we can communicate and see or share pictures from then and now www.salsamcallen.com

any update on the reunion? and what location will it be at? thanks tommy

Hi all:

I look at all of your postings, and they remind me of the best years of my youth if not my life. I started going to P&L's in November of '77. As I recall it, the cover was $2-3 and the drinks were in that same range (wisky sour was $1.50). I remember that the band there was actually GOOD..I think it was Ecstacy..I remmember they used to sing "...This song will last forever.." and I to my mind, it was the best night spot I ever went to in my now 47 years in this earth. Nowadays, I hang at Christopher's, but it is only a pale comparison to what P&L's used to be. Also 30 years have not gone by in vain I should add.

Tonight I will head out to Christopher's once again, but in my mind, I will always have the memory of Pete and Lenny's.
PS:
Sorry to hear about Lenny's passing.

Love to you all, who were once part of "the crowd" and my former life.

hey there Carlos, you hit the nail on the head, what memories, and for those of you that still live down there, please keep doing it for us, see you at the reunion.

Hey I'll be at Christopher's tonight too!!!!Still love the nightlife!

whats the update on the reunion? come on i'm to excited...lol

please remember, I need to make plans ahead of time for this reunion and I do not want to cancel any of my dance performances here, I am traveling from South Texas

does anyone have some pic's of the club, remember the post cards at the bars?

Ok you all, it is now September, is it going to be the 22nd at the 94th Aero Squadron?

I love to go to a REAL disco for once as the last time I was in P&L was July of 81 during my army leave. There is no place that I know of down here that still caters to our tastes 100% even though it was DISCO that put MIAMI on the map insofar as being an international jet setting world renown city. Any suggestions for a local spot here in Dade county would be most appreciated

are you saying that the reunion is on september 22nd at the squadron, i thought that we were all going to get plenty of time in advance to make arrangements, can some one pls get back to me and tell me this is not true, i do not have the 22nd or 29 of september available anymore.

carlos is that a yes or no at the 94th aero squadron? on 9/22/07?

ok, what is deal you all, when and where is the reunion going to be at?????????

Tommy:

I am as much in the dark about this as you are. It APPEARS that such will be the case, but as they say in Washington, I would like to have it independently confirmed. If it is a go, then we shall all have a grand old time, we will be freakin out-as we used to say back in the day. I hope some single girls (well I guess the term now would be women since we are all in our mid to late 40's)show up..:)))))

Sorry guys for not keeping you up to speed on the Pete & Lenny's reunion.

Right now I've been planning the South Florida Dance Reunion at the Aero Squadron.

This event has NOTHING to do with the P & L reunion,but it's going to be hot nonetheless!

We have 6 hot acts and many guest DJ's from the old days,including Lewis Martinee of the Limelight!

Please visit my site www.305Disco.com to keep up to date on things.

We're still working on the P & L reunion,but some things need to fall in place to make it as close to the old days as possible,but we're still working on it!

Thanks for the support!

And Carlos, there will be tons od hot single women at the 94th Aero Squadron September 22nd event!

guess i'll see u at the 94th on the 22. is anyone invited or is it vip only?

thank you for the update 305disco, please try to get a date as soon as possible even if you do not have a lofcation, so that i can get out of here before it conflicts with one of my events here where I live in Texas.

Tommy the event is open to the public,anyone can come!

Orly, Im trying my hardest man,believe me I am!

thank you my friend, I want to be there so badly it is driving me nuts, I even found my girlfriend from those days at P & L she was 15 then when i met her there, and she is ready to go, but yes I have a long distance to travel and I am also very bussy here with all of my dance performances.

Good to Boogie!!

Hi Landy,
I am the ex-girlfriend, I hope I get to go to the reunion, and see old friends.

Hey there my dear friend Sara, I am sorry that feel old, but it will be great to be able to see some of our friends from those days again.

where is it? and when? I need sometime to tell everyone. If someone hears anything please let me know thank's

I used to sing in a band called RUBY i remember filming & performing at P&L i used to live in miami back then..does anyone remember its mostly a blur for me i remember that slammin' stage...ahhhhhh the memories...

Man, do I remember Pete & Lenny's!!! I worked for Pete in Ocean City, Maryland at his club, The Gazebo during the summer of 1978. I took off a year of college, was broke, and went to work for him at Pete & Lenny's as a doorman in the Fall of 1978. "Crusher" was the door manager, Esctasy was the band and they would always open with, "Love is in the Air." I remember the guys who worked the door: Joey, Al, the bartenders, especially Bradly, and the rest who worked there. What a time to live!
I went back to school and worked for at The Gazebo during the summers of 1999 and 2000.
My memories of those time are priceless. I was just a 19 year old kid from Delaware going down to the wild world of Ft. Lauderdale! I learned a lot, had tons of fun and the girls at Pete & Lenny's!! Whew---Crusher even got laid! Wild, good times that cannot be replaced. Glad I was a member of that time.
To all those who went there and remember me, thanks for the memories. (I had blonde hair, mustache, six feet and muscular. But, wasn't everyone then?)
If anyone reads this and remembers me, drop me a line.
Greg Darlin

Hi Greg,

Sorry I don't remember you but I do remember that the bouncers at the door were so nice and really good looking!!!! My friend's and I always had a great reception from the bouncers and knew that we never had to wait to get in because of the courtesy cards we were so graciously given from you guys. I have already said that those were the best days and I really mean it! I loved going there and listening to the band! I keep checking for updates on the reunion but so far nothing. I hope I did not miss it.

Does anyone watch Dancing with the stars? My husband said that Arthur Murray enrollment has gone straight through the roof since then. Dancing was always the most important thing about clubbing.... Meeting guys was 2nd! Well maybe not 2nd.

Keep dancing everyone!

Hey Greg,I worked at the Embers restaurant in Ocean City,Maryland during the 70's and remember THE GAZEBO.In fact Lenny Boyar was my uncle but I was too young to work in his niteclub THE PADDOCK at the time.Great reading your posting, I hope you have fond memories of Lenny, he was a great guy. Bob Lazarus

has anyone heard anything about the reunion or was that just a joke i'd really like to know thank's tommy....disco live's forever

orlando you said you danced at the limelight, i had 2 cousin's that were alway's there i was to young, their names were pat and frank deluca

hey there Tommy, yes I dance at the limelight almost every night, and I knew the Deluca brothers, I remmber when the dico dance marathon happened how frank deluca was one of the judges and his brother Pat was the one that ebded up winning the contest with Ana, and they won the convertible corvettes that bight, which was first price, i remember there were 150 couples to start, I ended up being couple number 15 near the end to be eliminated, but after the event most of us said that it was rigged, and after that we all went to this wonderful italian ladies house at the beach and partied and drank our selfs siily the rest of the night untill the following morning, so yes I remember them very well, they where know as the funeral guys

HI all!!

Today, I was at loose ends, and decided to visit the old haunt. If my memory serves me right and I asked the right questions, P&L is located at 2680 E Commercial Blvd., Ft Lauderdale. It is now a Region's Bank, but the old "Bridge" is still there and I recognized the parking lot behind. The old Commercial Bank of Broward building is still a block down across the street as it was back in the day. When I first got to the bank and asked, not one person there knew that the spot where they were working was once part of the lower floor round veranda. I pointed to them the lobby area where the dance floor was and the part of the branch where the bandstand once stood as well as pointed to them the location of the DJ booth...Being there brought me back to a night in mid March '79 when the first girl of my life that I really fell for went with me in a VERY sexy kind of see through dress that made me the most envied guy in the joint that magic night. (Nadine if perchance you read this even though you probably don't even know about this website or care, you will remmember that aquamarine dress you wore that night so long ago...)

Anyway, if those of you who live outside of Miami-Ft Lauderdale area come to visit the old haunt, just drive from I-95 towards the coast and before you get to Bayview Drive, you will see the building that was once a place of fun and magic for all of us so many years ago, before life started pilling on us years and experiences.

Hope this was both of help and interest to you all.

Boogieing for ever,

Carlos

My dear friend Carlos, that was a wonderful story that you told, I also have a great memory from P&L her name is Sara, I met her there and we dated for a few great years, she is still a friend of mine of course she is married to some one else, but we are still in touch and we are looking forward to the reunion, but P&L was the bomb back them, it was that and the Limelight.

Landy:

I know I used to go to the limelight, and that it was in Hallandale, but I just do not recall ecxactly where it was, do you remember by any chance? I do recall that another decent place near P&L was Studio 51 which was on Federal south of Commercial, but try as I might, I cannot recall the location of the limelight...I wish I could tell you that my story with Nadine had a better ending but it did not. We saw each other again by fate 21 years later but it did work out...Life had caught up to us both and our personalities and commitments were just too far apart. But it did at least put an end to something that had been left unfinished way back then.

Landy, would it not be great if we could have the reunion for a new year's eve bash?...

I know it is asking quite a bit much, but that be one great way to have it. Just an idea. I wonder how many people we could muster?

Anyway, got to go now. I will stay in touch,an if anyone has a question that I can help with, please drop yours truly a line.

Keep on boogieing!

Carlos

THE OTHER PLACES NEAR P&L were Mr. Pip's then right next to it was another club and yes studio 51, at mr pip. i use to always see the comodores there, then on the south corner of mr pips on the next intersection there was another club but that was from mid 80's not sure of the name, and in reference to the ex lady, that is the way it is, my girlfriend from then and I could have been married today, if it was not for her father back then oposing it, but that is destiny, I would not be where I am today, if that would not have happened, I am not sure about a new years reunion, to many of us have things to do with family and friends remember we are not those kids anymore that can take of no matter what day of the week it is, but hopefully right after the new years, would be good to have it, what do the rest of you all say?

and the limelight was in the same building as the previous GREAT club called rumbottoms. on the corner of hallandale blvd and A1A I believe

I would definitely be down for a reunion in January.My brothers and sisters who used to frequent there already all said they would go their names are Peter,Milton, Denise and Dolores in case anyone knows them.I only went once when it was toward the end of their era but I would definitely go too!

the club next to Mr. Pip's was called the playpen, man all of these memories coming back to me. it took me a whole night to remember this name.

.......And the club next to Mr. Pips was the Rooftop, right on the corner of Oakland and US1. Manhattan Skyline played there. They were another really great house band........

that was it Andrea, let me ask you this, when did that club open, I do not think that it goes back to P&L days, I think that it came about in the early to mid 80's

I am pretty sure it was opened in 79 because my best friend at the time was married to the bass player and had a baby in 1980..... I went to a club located at the rooftop building about 8 years ago.... I remember dancing a bit and leaving.... I am not sure it even exists still but the next time I am near there I will totally check it out. If it is still a club maybe we could all meet there for a reunion. I am pretty sure that Christopher’s is still open. I remember that the dance floor there was so small and I hated it. There has got to be a place around town to still do out and dance....

is there anymore clubs that play disco in ft. lauderdale? since bellbottoms closed i can't seem to find any place else thAT PLAYS DISCO, any word on the reunion?

I know that 305disco is working on the reunion, i hope that they choose a club with a large enough dance floor to hustle on, and I hope that the reunion is after the end of the year, because I have got too many performances here locally, that I can not get out of

Andrea:

I am a "Disco Veteran" of the late 70's club scene here in SoFla, and I have searched high and low for a good club and the best I have found is Christophers. The Martini Lounge in Coco Walk in Miami has too many young folks and plays to much Salsa for my taste. I supposed that it is natural that by the time people reach their mid to late 40's, the single and swinging population is quite a bit smaller due to people having families, careers, and other comittments that life piles up on all of us as we pass through this world.

I wish that there were more places to go to, but like you I am at loose ends in that regards. Believe me, finding myself single again after almost 25 years, this clubbing scene is quite a bit different than the carefree days of long ago.

Life does change my friend Carlos, and we deal with it if we still want to be part of the dance scene as we use to be, I can do the disco if they got it or the salsa if that is what is offered, lets just dance my friend, that is who we are dancers, we started the disco era and I also am part of the start of the salsa era in miami, I will never lose that dancing edge that I have.

Landy:

Dancing is great and fun, but I also enjoy the fellowship of people of our generation and tastes, in other words, I miss our "crowd". Let me explain: When I go to Christophers or even on my daily life, I do meet people in my age group, but many are from out of the area or out of the country and our experiences just do not add up. I have danced with more than one woman of around my age that do not have a clue of what a dance floor is. They will either shake like an Osterizer blender gone haywire, or else they resemble soldiers learning how to march and not having an easy time of it.

So, I just go out on the weekends and hope that I can at least find a woman that can more or less move at my tempo and I can take care of the rest. As for the rest, I do not really want to go back to the past(which in any case is totally impossible) but rather I would like to be able to enjoy myself with people who like the same things I do and who share more or less a background similar to mine, hence the need for a reunion so that we can all reconect even if we do not know each other personally. With our collective experiences and love of dancing we would go a long way.

In closing, I do not believe that I am the only one in the whole world that feels this way, and that there are many out there who would love to be with other like minded fellow dancers at least every so often.

Besides, I need to practice with someone who can actually dance, lest my dancing bones start rusting or whatever the medical condition or word is that defines when your bones are not up to snuff.

By the way I appreciate this site very much and I have bookmarked in my sites, and if I come across someone that I think would like this, I will pass the web address along.
:)
Carlos

I totally understand you y friend, about finding ladies that are our age or not that have no clue what is to synchronized with a man, or letting a man lead, times have changed so much and women do not allow to do much in the area of being in charge, they have become too liveral and there fore it is showing on the dance floor, they can go on it and do free style and go cracy, that is there way of unwinding,and dancing there way, with out being controled but when it comes to a man leading or taking charge, they do not know what that is or they do not remeber it, that is why when i go with my students or my dance partners, so that I do not make a full of my self on the floor with some one that does not know how to dance or wont do it our way, and I am having more fun dancing with younger ladies that want to dance or want to learn, then with the ladies our age, not many of them are in to it no more, between the marriage and the kids and the divorced if applicable, they just don't do it the same way that they use to, in my case, dancing is my career it is what i do for a living, soi have to look for the young ones to get my dance fix, and yes I love this site, and I am dying for a reunion, i was down there in miami 2 weeks ago, and I went to Mistique's and dance salsa all night and had most of them just sitting around watching me do my thing, and that made me feel great to have a group of young and older people, just stop dancing to watch me, it give me the strenght and the memories of before, when we use to do the circle and one couple would go on the center alone for a while with disco, it tells me to never stop dancing, but it is hard to find dancers our age now. i do not know anyone here that can hustle with me.

Landy:

Hear Hear!!!

You know what? We cannot change reality, we can only accept it. So, we will keep on doing what we do and get our fun when and where we can.

No matter what maybe, there are more Saturday's ahead for us to enjoy, so let us make the best of it. We are STILL young enough.

:)))

Carlos

Hear Hear my friend, lets just get it on and keep on dancing
bring on the new year and the reunion.
QUEDAMOS POCOS

If I can volunteer my sister she would love to dance with a guy who can lead. She was really the Hustle dancer in my family. Sad to say I never acquired the coordination to partner dance although I loved trying. She is single with one daughter. She loves going out dancing so if you are ever in Davie/ Ft. Lauderdale area just drop a note on this site. I get the updates on my e-mail. She always went to a place called Boomers in Davie and had a really good dance group. They were always doing the circle thing and cutting in and out. It was amazing to watch them. I also listen to a local Spanish station here, WCMQ 92.3 FM. From 5 to 6:30 it’s totally Disco..

Keep Dancing!
Andrea

that is so cool Andrea, is your sister in our age group, because those circles did not go on for ever, those were the days when you either had it to be able to go in to the circle and stay in or you would be taken out as soon as you got in in., I still remember those nights of none stop dancing, if you go to the limelight page from this place you will see there from page of the tracks magazine of a circle at the limelight, that was tommy and cindy , I am one of the ones on the center of the picture watching them dance, because this was not open for others to cut in, they were doing an excibition for a tv show or something, but go there and see it, i have that magazine, i published that picture

hey there mr. web site site host, what is the deal with the time of the message postings, i just posted a message at 5 45 pm central time and it is showing 11 38 am

She would kill me to say but her age is 49......... She wants to have a Disco Party for her 50th. It has always been her dream.

I remember the original Limelight. It was originally called Rumbottoms. I can still hear the advertisement on Y-100. The night of my High School graduation in 1977 we all went to Rumbottoms. Most of us got in except for one or 2 in the group. That was really the first New-York club to come to town. I remember seeing The Tramps at there.

When that club finally closed they opened a limelight on Hollywood Beach. I know it was not as nice as the one near the Hollywood Dog Track but it was fun just the same.

Keep on Dancing
Andrea

the limelight and rum bottoms was the same place, and the limelight had more lights then any club in florida and the stainless steel dance floor, plus 50 thousand watts of power, to the point that the drinks would fall of the tables, i believe the limelight had 8 turn tables which was more than rum bottoms had, you mean the little limelight of hollywod beach, i went there after the original was burned down, never like the original one.

Andrea:

I am not "the greatest dancer", but I can more or less hold my own on the floor. I am local here in Miami and not presently engaged to anyone. If your sister is interested, feel free to let me know. I work Friday and Saturday, but I get off early in the evening.

Keep boogieing..

Carlos

Hi Disco friends... My sister Andrea told me about this site. Sounds very cool. "Hi Carlos" It was fun reading all the posts and it sure does bring back wonderful memories of friendships and clean good fun. Pete and Lenny's was alot of fun, I loved the idea of having different rooms. I spent lots of time there, along with Mr. Pips, Studio 51, the limelight on the beach and finally as the disco era started to wind down for me Boomers in Davie.

Hi Disco friends... My sister Andrea told me about this site. Sounds very cool. "Hi Carlos" It was fun reading all the posts and it sure does bring back wonderful memories of friendships and clean good fun. Pete and Lenny's was alot of fun, I loved the idea of having different rooms. I spent lots of time there, along with Mr. Pips, Studio 51, the limelight on the beach and finally as the disco era started to wind down for me Boomers in Davie

HI Pam:

Glad you came over to talk to us, and hope all is well with you. If you ever need a partner (specially a sight unseen one like yours truly), let me know. I would like to find someone who actually LIKES to Dance and that is at least halfway decent on the floor (that means she will not step on my toes more than 3x's a minute).

Any that is the short and long of it. Regardless, I hope you have fun the next time you dance with whomever the lucky guy might be.

a big John Travolta boogie to you!

:)

Carlos

Carlos:

Thanks for responding.. I LOVE to dance, I suppose thats why many many years ago when I first got my computer, Andrea gave me the screen name pammydance :).. When I go to the local club "Gaby's" in Pembroke Pines, there are a few couples that still hussle. I think to myself "hey I can do that" and I start thinking of my days on the dance floor when the dance floor would open up for me and my partners..(I think I still have some kind of follwing skills left.. lol) My free style dancing skills are pretty darn good and my disco skills, well might need a little brushing up, but with the right partner I could be a "disco queen" ...care to connect... my email is pammiedance@yahoo.com

Boogie on down,
Pam

Pam:

I sent you an email this morning before I left for work. It should be in your inbox.

Carlos

does gaby's play disco music?i'm real close to that place. thx tommy

Hi Tommy...

Unfortuntley not very much, .... they play a vaiety of music. The band is relatively new and they play some 80's during the night, but it is a mix of everything. It seems that you can pick out a few good songs and hussle anyways :)

Pam

Well I just got done watching Saturday Night Fever. That has to be the best movie ever!

Happy Holidays to all and I hope the new year brings you joy and happiness....and the long awaited for reunion.

Merry Christmas to you all, yes please remember it is Christmas and a very happy new year's to all of you Disco ducks out there, I hope to see you all on the dance floor real soon

hope u all have a merry xmas and a happy & healthy new year. see u all at the reunion

Bob,
I do remember your uncle, Lenny Boyer. I worked for him in Ft. Lauderdale in the Fall of 1978 at P&L's. He also bought and sold the Paddock in Ocean City, Md, I think four times. He was one helluva PR man.
I worked for Pete at the Gazebo during the summers of 1978, 79 and 1980. I think I remember you.
Anyway, those were great days and cannot be duplicated.
Have a Happy New Year!
Greg

I still talk to Jimmy C. one of the DJ's from Pete & Lenny's.Jimmy also worked in Studio 51 and Joesphs. I got into spinning by lisyening to his tapes when I worked in a small Italian rest.I worked for Blue Martini In West Palm and then in FT.Lauderdale for 4 1/2 years.I now live in Port St Lucie Fl. I am also working with a new club being built off of 95 and exit 121. very nice apscale ( NO KIDS AND HIP HOP!!) I would love to do a real disco night there.If people are interested please reply . Randy my email is RL1200@COMCAST.NET

sorry for the misspelled words. I did not check it before I posted

Greg, Just read your post,you're right,Lenny did sell the Paddock nite club a number of times,he kept getting it back when the new buyer couldn't make the payment (It's funny that you knew that, I thought that was a family secret) What do you do now, where do you live? I am still in the Catering business in Baltimore, I have worked at Martin's Caterers for 30 years now, in fact I still see some members of the old Ocean City bands ( I will see Doug Lewis tomorrow night, he used to play in the INNER CYRKLE, do you remember them?) Take care and it was great talking to you, it's always fun talking to someone that remembers Ocean City from the 70's and 80's. Robert Lazarus

What everyone on this forum forgets, is that Pete & Lenny's was around before them. In the mid-seventies, it had a TV show filmed there and aired nationally. It's DJ was Billboard reporter Rick Alonso. He was an old school mixmaster who blended with the best of them. The tourist factor made the local crowd irreverent. Always a steady club, that featured some of Ft. Lauderdale's prettiest faces. Poor sound and lights weren't important factors to its success.On my scale from 1 to 10, a strong 9.

I forgot to mention that Rick (BILLY BOB) Alonso went on to be one of the big player for PANTERA records and was very influential in the creation and development of groups like SEQUEL and EXPOSE. When I last saw Rick in 1996, it was on Alton Road in Miami Beach. From Pete and Lenn's he went to Coconut Grove and the ultra-exclusive and ultra-chic CATS.

hey there vyniljunkie, I am not sure if you read all of the postings on this forum, but I do remember and I was one of the dancers of this tv show that was on national tv from P&L back then, and the other dj that was part of pantera productions, do you know his name.

While there were other deejays who played there, you must be talking about Rick Alonso's partner FRANK DIAZ. While Frank wasn't in Rick's league as a mixer, he did a good job and was the driving force, along with Lewis Martinee(HA HA) at PANTARA Productions.

While there were other deejays that worked there, you must be talking about FRANK DIAZ who was the driving force behind PABTERA or maybe the fabulous Lewis Martinez, sorry, MARTINEE .

Lewis Martinee was a close friend of mine, he was the man behind the lime lights turntables also, besides being part of PANTERA prod.

Actually LANDY, Lewis Martinee is my friend as well, and he was the deejay at The LIMELIGHT only after BOBBY LOMBARDI left for San Fransisco. By the time Lewis was there, the club was on a steady decline, headed for an appointment with JEWISH LIGHTING. Lewis has worked at so many places I couldn't attempt to write about all of them. I can tell you, that he used to drive a 69 or 71 Chevy Impala, then the next day he had a PORSHE that he totaled near DADELAND. From rags to riches, thanks to EXPOSE and Pantera records signing with ARISTA. I don't have a negative thing to say about him and those days, on the contrary, I give him much praise as one of the guiding lights of the MIAMI SOUND. After all, he won GRAMMY'S for being a producer, who else can make that claim down here?

Yes sir I am aware of the limelight and when Lewis took over, and rumor had it that the reason that the limelight had its dramatic exit, is because the city of hallandale did not want to renew their licence to open until 6 am anymore, and a limelight closing at 3 or 4 am was not what we wanted, so it met it's doom. there will never be another time like the one we had back then, what an experience.

Hi Landy:

It is now late February 2k8 and I was wondering if there is anything new on the reuning yet.

Curious Carlos.

:)

I seem to remember there was a female Deejay that DJed at P&L, this was I believe before Rick Alonso took over.

During the years 82/83 I was Deejaying on weekends mainly on P&L's "teen" side, and covering for my old friend Rick Alonso other nights in the main room in between the great house band.

The teen side used to get wild with the "break-dancers" and it was a joy to spin in this room, the sound system here was so loud that my ears are still ringing to this day :).

But a few times the nights will end early (teen side) due to heavy duty gang fighting, one night they even shot Pete outside during a brawl, no one notify me as they kept me spining inside, I didn't hear the "news" until the end of the night :( The perpetrators were later convicted.

I don't even remember how much longer P&L stayed opened after this, as soon after this incident I left P&L for a full time residency at "Bennets Disco" inside the Marco Polo hotel in Miami Beach,--mostly a tourist spot-- my DJ friend Jimmy E was leaving this club to concentrate on opening his Mega club "Infinity" in Miami Springs.

Infinity started right after the new wave era started to slow down, I had a lot of great memories spinning there, being there and dancing there, including the times that the cop's would stop on the way late at night after closing to harass me about something or other.

hi mix machine, i used to work at the marco polo, worked the front door sometimes at bennet's disco, then worked security after it closed, that was an awesome spot , didn't the owner's also opened up the trade wind's night club also? t.c tommy

Tommy, if you were there at Bennet's in 1984, then we probably met, sometimes when the nights were really slow I played a tape and hung out by the hallway waiting for costumers, I left there in December to open Infinity, Bennett's main Bartender (I believe his name is Rick?) came along with us to Miami Springs.

OYE MACHADO, if I remember you correctly, you put on a lot of tapes, and did a lot of hanging out!! I remember you at CHERRY'S and at CATS, you loved to hang out!!

Viniljunkie,I use to hand out at P&L and Limelight alot, also at 747 in Hialeah. My last name is Machado whats your name...

Sorry EDDIE, you are not the MACHADO I was referring to. that MACHADO was a very good disc jockey in the seventies and eighties at various clubs. On slow nights, he would hang out. You wouldn't know me, I didn't hang out anywhere, I too was a deejay. But EDDIE, those were some good places to hang out in. I celebrate with you memories of those fantastic clubs, hope you enjoyed yourself! My name is Pete A.K.A. THE VYNIL JUNKIE.

Used to work for Pete at Ship's Cafe Marina in Ocean City, Md back in the 70's. Been to Pete and Lenny's too. Awesome memories

Hi all,

LTNS....
Hope all is well with everyone. I am wondering if anyone ever got the reunion together I hope I did not miss it.....

Well in the meantime check out my MYSPACE page because there is a song that totally reminds me of the Disco Nights and all the fun we had dancing ..... Even if I did not "hustle" the music was the best ever....

Keep dancing...
Andrea



everyonhttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28050655

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28050655

sorry for the bad link this should work....

Hi all:

Check out this link to youtube, I do not recall ever hearing this song back in the day. I found it by happenstance.

I think it is nice and if you like Eurodisco, this is right up your alley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvvU8NC_fsY&feature=related

Hi all:

Here is another song from back in the day, Manhattan Transfer's signature song "Twilight Zone"....Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnvYiEsN6Q

We have to have a reunion. It's a must.

Keep dreamin! Maybe one day it will actually happen. It has occurred before at other clubs!

It's been two years since I visited this site and in 2006 there were only ten posts. All you need to do is GOOGLE Pete & Lenny's and here you are. Andrea - Ecstacy split up after 17 years in 1991 and we've had two reunions. 17 of the 32 members showed up to my birthday party in 2001.
I actually know a couple of the people who have posted here recently.
I past by the Pete & Lenny's location last weekend 06/14/2008 and the area has changed. STAN's is long closed and the surrounding eatery's have changed names. P&L's changed and it's a bank now. The bridge to the Banna Boat is gone, as well as the boat.
06/20/2008 it's good to see everyone's still around.
P.S. UPTOWN is now the CULTURE ROOM and SEPTEMBERS is a flat lot.

Hi everyone. My husband always heard me talk about the old days and the fun times I had at P & L's back in the 70's and 80's so he did a search and came across this website. I was so happy that he found this. It was great to read everyone's comments. I started going to Pete & Lenny's when I was 15 years old. It’s hard to believe 30 years have passed. I remember my parents wouldn’t allow me to go unless my brother took me, so he would sneak me in. We danced on the show Disco Magic. (My brother actually danced on the show Disco 77 which was filmed before Disco Magic at the Cricket Club in Miami). I remember I used to skip school to dance on the show. We had to bring 3 different outfits for the taping. Evelyn Champagne King actually treated us to lunch next door in the Banana Boat. I still have all the P & L napkins with all the disco star's autographs. My husband tried to purchase the footage on historicfilms.com but they won't sell it to individuals. That would be great to see again. I wish Steve Marcus would do a "disco reunion" show and use the footage from Disco Magic.

After that, I practically lived there for years. I was born and raised in South Florida so I have seen so many changes over time. It’s kind of sad to drive past the old site and see a bank where the best place to have fun used to exist. (The Village movie theater which used to be across Commercial Blvd near Denny’s is now a bank too). I used to go to Mr. Pips, Studio 51, Fantasy Island (then it became Josephs) and even the Village Zoo off of A1A and Sunrise Blvd. My wallet was full of courtesy cards to all these places. We were crazy but it was so much fun.

Thanks for bringing back all the great memories. Maybe we will all meet again one day.

Have fun and keep dancing.

It is so good to hear from so many of you that are still out there and still remember the good old days of P&L.

Andrea,
Hey there. I used to spin at Boomers in Davie, FL. That place was really jumping during Friday/Saturday nights. I used to spin with this other DJ whom I can't remmember his name and also heard he passed away quite some time ago. If you came to the DJ Booth to request a song I was the one with the tan skin and black hair muscular. The other DJ had a mustache I didn't. Wow, what memories of that place. It was really hot and the dance floor was always packed. Hope you remember me.
AL

I was doing a search for Septembers and found this site. Spent many nights entertaining various Motorola engineers there. Really liked the house band and a singer named Wanda Williams, what ever happened to her and the rest of the band? Sure do miss the 80's. Wasn't there a Banana Boat in Boynton Beach too?

Bob