Some top places to check out:
Best Over-30s Singles Scene 2008
Blue Label Lounge: 4500 Washington Ave. - Absolutely love it! It’s tres chic! Definitely trendy, upscale with great music and a mature crowd!
Drake Lounge: 1802 Washington Ave….One of Houston’s hottest clubs, definitely looks like a club that would belong in Miami or NYC, the music is poppin, and the crowd is nothing but beautiful…(hint: get there before 10:30pm or you absolutely won’t get in)
Club 26Ten- 2610 Sage- They did a great job with the interior design. The club has a dancefloor, wine bar, individual rooms, beds, an over all swank place! I loved it!!
The Manor- 4819 Washington- Awesome lounge and Patio….the place is very p0sh!
NOX-4701 Nett Street @ Parker -Behind Molina’s On Washington- With one of the biggest dance floors I’ve seen in a long time, this club is straight out of NYC!
Pandora Lounge- 1815 Washington- Upscale loungey swank place…good music
Rare Bar - 700 Durham Dr- Awesome DJ’s, Great Food, and wonderful atmosphere…Tuesday nights are Phat Tuesdays!!
Tasting Room- Uptown park….Thursday nights
Belvedere -1131 Uptown Park Blvd -If your in the mood for latin music, Thursdays are good…older more mature professional crowd
Citizen- 4606 Washington – Nice intimate lounge with good music and a nice patio. Mature classy crowd…
Ei8ht -5102 Washington- Owned by the same guys of Pub Fiction, this place has a dancefloor and 2 patios. Good place to go and have fun with friends!
Pub Fiction- 2303 Smith St. – Neighborhood bar, fun times, good people, great place to watch any sporting event.
Byzantios-403 West Gray – Best on Thursday nights…makes you feel like your somewhere in the Mediterranean…everybody is laid back and relaxed. Bellydancers dance at 10:30pm and allure all of the crowd with their hott moves!! DJ Diva D does a fabulous job of entertaining the crowd!
Houston’s top date spots
Here are your City’s Best winners.
- Cork Screw
Location: Houston
This quirky space, a former Model T warehouse in the historic sixth ward, is enormous but surprisingly cozy. Funky antiques hint at the building’s …
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - Sammy’s PlaceLocation: Houston
Charismatic Sammy Relford gained a cult-like following for his soulful act at a local bar called The Gallant Knight, and now he draws a crowd as we…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - Marfreless VenturesLocation: Houston
With only an inconspicuous blue door to signify its entrance, this unmarked hideaway can be difficult to find. For the uninitiated, that coul…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - La CarafeLocation: Houston
The oldest haunt in Houston, La Carafe wine bar is less a ghost than a piece of living history, a timeless challenge to the contemporary nightclub …
Read More | Rate & Write a Review 
Brasil
Location: Houston
A popular haunt for local college students and artists, Brasil cultivates a relaxingly hip atmosphere in which to enjoy a great cup of coffee and c…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review- Cova Hand Selected WinesLocation: Houston
As one of only 130 Certified Wine Educators in the world, Cova’s proprietor, Monsterville Horton, IV, is a local legend in Houston oenophile circle…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - Boom Boom RoomLocation: Houston
Behind the shocking green exterior wall, the Boom Boom Room is a mild-mannered neighborhood cafe, complete with coffee, gourmet snacks, and a fully…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - Absinthe Restaurant LoungeLocation: Houston
Theres nothing especially French on the menu at Absinthe, and you won’t find any of the potent green liquor behind the bar. The name instead signif…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - DavenportLocation: Houston
An iron martini glass door fixture and the crucial phrase “Quality Lounging,” which sums it all up, accentuate the incognito look of The Davenport’…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review - Byzantio Cafe BarLocation: Houston
Like any authentic Greek cafe, the atmosphere is usually lively at this exotic little coffeeshop-cum-bar. Patrons sit in the cozy dining room or jo…
Read More | Rate & Write a Review
oh wow, ive been to most of these…
They definitely dont call you Houston Social Butterfly for nothing! You know where all the hot spots are and always got VIP wherever you go. You definitely make my life look so boring.
PS. I love your blogs. You have alittle bit of everything on it. Very informational and entertaining at the same time!
I’ve read a ton of negative info on Drake & them being picky & racist at the door. I’ve also read it’s owned by the same guys that run Red Door. I used to frequent Red Door & never had a problem there. Although I can’t stand clubs that let riff raff in, I doubt I’ll waste any time or money there, much less get any of my friends to meet me there. Although most of my friends are also white, I do have friends of several other ethnic backgrounds that go out with us as well…and I do not have the temperament to deal with jerk door men/promoters that would treat my friends as second class citizens. I’d probably get mad, snap and get arrested for teaching the door man a lesson in humility.
If you’ve been to The Drake lately you will notice there is a lot more ethnic diversity than ever before, so this negative info you’ve heard must be wrong(or quickly answered).
Civil rights laws have virtually stripped private property owners of their…civil rights. The government removed private property owners from deciding who gets to patronize their place of business. The intention may be good, but in the grand scheme of things it has not improved race relations but instead made them worse in recent years.
While it may not sound good to many on the surface, allowing a bar or club to cater only to blacks, whites, or whatever race would ultimately be a good thing, as our society would, without interference from the government, learn to get along with each other and reject those who choose to be bigoted.
And sadly, in the United States, the government no longer represents the people…
Kudos on Blue Label, Kobain, and 26Ten. I agree 100%.
Can you tell me the best nights for these spots?
Specifically:
Club 2610
Blue Label
Pandora Lounge
Kobain
The Social
Zeppelin Lounge
Thanks!
WHere is there to go on a Friday night?
Best nights for Blue Label are Fri and Sat..I hear thursdays are starting to hit too.
know any good latin night kind of places for a Saturday night?
My boyfriend and I went into “Eight” on Washington, on Saturday night….and it was so nice! It has only been open for a couple of weeks. Tons of VIP tables and areas, great deco, bottle service, friendly staff, medium sized dance floor, and great music! We already had plans so we just walked in and stayed for 10 minutes just to see what it was like and we are already planning our next night out there! It has the same owners as Pub Fiction.
the doormen at NOX are the biggest douches in the world.
they make you wait in a line with no intention of ever letting you in.
i can get into any club in midtown and the heights but apparently I’m not cool enough to get into this place. we’ll c how this place holds up in a few months when it’s not the new place to be.
Well..I’ve been to Drake, but I don’t really like it. It feels like the riff-raff are starting to get in. Ei8ht is nice, but not all that. I went on opening night and again the following week, and there were alot of 50 year old guys inside, while the hot young guys were outside! There is an unrealistic line outside, and you’re lucky if you get in at all. Tip tip tip, is all I can say. However, I got a flyer to go to Cafe Europe on Sundays- for an outdoor patio event. We checked it out; and to my surprise, the place has changed! Best of all, the DJ was great! I am not into mainstream house music; I want to hear something NEW, upbeat and underground (Just got back from Amsterdam). My girlfriends and I had a great time, and the DJ was hot, too. We had fun and we didn’t have to wait in any lines or go too far from home. Just a thought.