In March of 1963, "The Pirate's Nook" nightclub on the corner of Elm & Carroll, in East Dallas opened and became the most popular show club in Dallas. The Pirates Nook offered great food, generous adult beverages, a wide-variety of musical talent featuring prominent local bands and various forms of entertainment from caricature artists to the excitement of Go-Go dance beauties, which were, back then, UNHEARD OF !

Patrons provided an interesting mix of older Dallas wealth along-side the hip younger beat of the radically changing 60‚s. An interesting time to say the least! Now, just a warm nostalgic memory from the past. Or, is it ?

Owner and operator, local Dallas businessman, William Ware, an expert in the entertainment talent field and the art of show business, has investigated the general marketplace, with interesting facts coming to the surface.

"Folks love to remember yesterday and those great days were full of good times", Ware states. "People worked hard back then and would party just as hard!" The result was fabulous fun for everyone. At the Pirate's Nook we simply provided the venue!

The original formula was simple. The concept positive. The experience fun filled. Thus, the popularity of the famous Pirate's Nook

KNOWN FOR IT'S LIVE BANDS, BEAUTIFUL GO-GO DANCERS, PLATFORMS LOCATED AT EACH CORNER OF THE STAGE, THE HIGH RISE PLATFORM, AND OF COURSE.... MUSICAL GROUPS, THAT IN TIME, BECAME THE TOP GROUPS IN DALLAS TEXAS! WITH THE IN HOUSE BOOKING AGENCY THESE GREAT PREFORMERS BECAME LEGENDS! ROCK GROUPS LIKE "JUST US FIVE", "THE ALLUSIONS", "THE SOUL BRATS", THE FIVE AMERICANS, DARREL HOWARD AND THE "CHANTS" THE WARLOCKS, (NOW KNOWN AS) "ZZ TOP", "THE PENTHOUSE FIVE", "THE WINTER BROTHERS" (JOHN AND EGAR), "MOUSE AND THE TRAPS‚, "JON AND ROBIN AND THE IN CROWD", "DALE SMITH AND CAST OF THOUSANDS" WERE JUST A FEW.

Today, something old, but something new is on the horizon.

The NEW Pirate's Nook Cabaret Bar & Grill...!!!

Designed and built under the guidance of its original founder, entrepreneur William "Bill" Ware is bringing back all the excitement that once made the old Pirate's Nook a unique landmark in Texas!

Ware will include all the original elements while developing up-to-date environmental and state-of-the-art production values, which where not in existence many years ago.

"The sound and lighting production is by far superior to anything we had back in those days. In fact, everytime we would turn the sound up for the band, the lighting would start to catch fire!" joked, Ware.

All we can say is "BRING IT ON"!!!!!!!!

Articles About the Pirates' Nook
"JUST US FIVE" Biography by M. Pierce/Daily