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747 Club of Rochester
2525 W. Henrietta Road, Rochester NY 14623
Owner: Bob Adams, others
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I made a mistake in my earlier post. Please change Bob Adams to "DJ"
Owner: Jim Constantino
Thanks!
I worked as a cocktail waitress at the Rochester 747 for about 6 months in 1978. I’m 46 now and to this day I’ll run into people, mostly men, that still recognize me from the place. I suppose I should consider that a compliment.
Some of my memories of that time are….
Some of the waitresses, myself included, raised some eyebrows when we showed up at the Greece Mall in our uniforms to have our pictures taken with Santa. Some of the moms in line looked less than thrilled.
The weekly dance contests. There was a brother and sister team that won most of the time, if not them, the cop and his wife.
The weird guy that would stand in the corner and tip $5 for a glass of water. God he was strange! In fact we called him the water man.
Sam, the manager. He was probably as old as my father so I used to wonder when he was actually going to get a “real”.
Some fat guy named Gino. Never really knew what he did, but he was great to make fun of. Then there was Cindy. She slept with Gino, so she was made an assistant manager. We had fun ripping on her too.
Then there Jimmy C. Whoa! He’d show up once in a while with his entourage including his wife or girlfriend. Whatever. Anyway, Annette, Jannette, Nannette. Nobody could ever really figure out what her name was. Didn’t matter, just more people to make fun of. Sorry Jimmy, but the minute you walked out……..
Ahhhhh, but it was a total blast working there. Almost felt like a local celeb. Wouldn’t trade the experience for anything. Growing up and getting the “adult” job has pretty much sucked ever since.
Thanks!
The Agingdiscoqueen
a.k.a. The Brat
Hi 747 Alumni!
The Brother and Sister Team was Kathy and Jimmy Perfetta. Kathy was also a "Lancer Dancer" for the Rochester Lancers Soccer Team. The Couple was Fred and Lucy Van Orden, who used to dance at the VIP2001 Club as well. Gino the Fat Guy was Gino Vitagliano, who was Jimmy C's VP of Operations at the Executive Inn in Buffalo. The Executive Inn was also Home of the Zeigfeld Room and then the Playboy Club in Buffalo - A Great Last Call Trip! I found this site just surfing the Net and thought I would add a couple of quick comments. When I have time, I will add some more!
-Bob Adams
Hey 747DJ!
Kathy and Jimmy Perfetta and Fred and Lucy Van Orden! OMG! That's right!
I just stumbled upon this site too. I had no idea it was here. I'm still in touch with some of the people that worked there and we were talking about the 747 so I Googled it and here we are!
It was such a fun place to work and yet, looking back it was so odd. The whole "mafia" connection now seems almost laughable.
Too bad we had to grow up.
ADQ
Hey, agingdiscoqueen...I think we worked together at the 747. I remember that Santa pic at the mall..Cindy, Gino, etc. remember Ricky and Jimmy the bartenders? Those were good old days! Feel free to drop me a line and reminesce!
Hi everyone. First off let me say that it was really cool reading everyones comments. I stumbled on this sight because my father, used to come in from Toronto (with a few of his friends) to the 747/Playboy clubs very often. He would always tell me and my friends of what the clubs where like then. He could keep us entertained for hours. He recently passed away. So even though i am 24 and have never been to the club, i cant help but feel that I in some way experienced it. Take care, Jerome
I still have the dance fever applications when Denny Terio and Motion came to 747(the future Mrs. Wayne Gretzky was one of the dancers!) And drinking from the Calder Cup and having the whole team there with us was great! Who could forget the Bill Levy era-thats when the "Jet" really took off! Spike and Nadia manning the bar-the point on different nights. The biggest security in Rochester(Glickman, Silver, and Tom Patric). We had the best VIP Parties (who wouldnt show up for 2 hour open bar!) And who could forget all the Amerks who came through our doors. Some only knew a little bit of English-Kai & Kari-"Michelob Light", Val James, and our sweetheart-Yvon Lambert. I have some pics to scan and will post here on the sight too! Those were the days!
I was a cocktail waitress at 747 just before and after the remodeling in....1984 or 85. (or was it 86? lol)
It was myself and Karen Kosta. We had such a great time with Jim who did service bar and James Delancey who was the bar back. Spike, Nadia, Rita and Lisa where the bartenders. Tom was one of the managers and...oh wow, let's see if I can remember any of the DJ's. There was Slammer? (I think that was his name) and Mike.
Such great memories before they remodeled and ruined the place.
Hey Lorisap! I remember you! I was the Brat!
Dang Suzyg20, I didn't even know the 747 was still open in 84, 85 or 86. I guess I was "old" by then. In fact, I was probably pregnant!
My son would never admit this, but whenever there's a disco tune on the radio, I catch him tapping his foot.
:)
what a great time at the 747 it was like you really were in a jet.
it was in the same building as "record theater", another place i'd stop by and of course "rochester one stop" in the back. you only knew about that if you were a dj, which i became on the side.
i worked at ch 13 at the time just up the street and would always stop by after work.
I'm now a DJ at taylor's disco on monroe ave and have always loved the stuff even though my buddies hate it, women love it!
i remember the brighton cops got me for a bad muffler on my b day after it fell off my vega in the parking lot!
i've been to disco fest in buffalo ny and have seen kc twice now!
www.kcandthesunshineband.com
see www.taylorsdisco.com
also
www.jamnstam.com
have a great day and disco on!
Lol. Omg. I love all the posts. my mom used to work at the 747. she has always told me stories. I just called her and she
knows all the names and situations. Would everyone please keep me informed if someone posts pictures. I would love to see that.
Ok-lets clarify here-there was never a manager named Sam. It was Bill with assistant manager Jim Panzarella. The guy who sat in the corner with his $5 water-Maury-or as we called him "Maury the Hut". Cindy was never assistant manager. Trust me-I was there from the day the doors opened so I know who did what to whom. Gino also managed the Playboy club in Buffalo besides helping in Rochester. DJ was Slammer and Pete Wilson along with Bill Levy. Who can forget the Miami Vice Party with one of the original MTV VeeJays-Mark Goodman. RayBan sponsored-we had Lamborghini and ferraris in the front with Limos. And what about those crazy Halloween parties or beach parties. The list of good times can go on forever! Dont forget Sunday night when the men would come to drool because it was Bunny Night...stay tuned-there may be a Playboy club coming this way soon!
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