Decades, the`80s-and-`90s-themed dance bar that replaced Big Bang Dueling Piano Bar, opened last weekend. The party officially kicked off on March 1st.
In January, owner Bryan Dall shut down the Flats East Bank lounge, which he purchased in 2023, saying that the club had run its course.
“When I first got it, it wasn't doing what I expected it to be doing – especially from what the owner said it was doing,” Dall explained. “There were a lot of improvements to be made, a lot of changes to be made, so we did a lot of that. We were hoping that the volume would come back to what it was before Covid, but it just never did. It just seemed it was time, that the concept had run its course.”
Instead, Dall set his sights on the future -- or, rather, the past. After shuttering the dueling piano bar, he set about converting the space to Decades, a throwback to the 1980s and 1990s.
“There used to be a real popular `80s bar in the Flats called the Basement," he said. "I'm actually surprised no one's done an `80s bar.”
There's a new dance floor. New lighting and decor. And DJs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. spinning the best hits from those decades. But, Dall added, the piano playing won’t completely stop.
“The only people that are really being hurt by this are the musicians, so I wanted to try and keep doing an early piano show,” he says. “We do have a good early crowd for the piano show. We just can't keep a late one.”
Going forward, the piano players will jam from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. -- but will stick to the `80s and `90s theme.
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