The lost disco-land of Elan
I love to learn random pieces of history about Houston.
This week I went to hear Judge Eckels speak at Courtyard on St. James Place (1885 St. James Place) – a pretty interesting venue for a corporate luncheon meeting. The food was swell and the tall ivy-covered walls a very pretty touch.
Turns out that this modest, tucked-away restaurant used to be none other than the glorified disco palace Elan of John Travolta / Urban Cowboy fame. The top meeting room floor used to have a gigantor hole in it for disco bunnies to mingle around and check out potential dance partners.
Sadly (or was it sad?), a few months after Urban Cowboy was released the Houston club world started edging its way towards Western swing dancing… well, it is Texas…
Read more random end-of-the-disco-era-sadness here. I am so easily amused.
OMG, that is so funny. We go there all the time for lunch meetings. And people rent out the ball room for weddings, etc. It seems too elegant to be a former gold lame laden disco den.