Comments on: Then & Now: Sparkles https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/ Influential Toronto nightclubs from the 1970s through 2000s. The stories of Then & Now explore both Toronto after dark and the ways in which social spaces tend to foreshadow gentrification trends. Tue, 13 May 2025 20:01:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Gord M https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-308014 Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:47:59 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-308014 I went to school in late 80’s early 90’s with Steve Bolton aka Z. He had a regular set to DJ up at Sparkles one weeknight each week. Good times in an iconic club up in the sky.

]]> By: brennan https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-275363 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 01:37:23 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-275363 I worked there as a nighttime bartender assistant in 91 I think. Marwan was a manager. No DJ, the music was a CD and the same top 40 type tracks every single night. I grew to hate some of those songs lol…….a la la la la labamba:)

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]]> By: Lou https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-51645 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:42:04 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-51645 Excellent pieces.

]]> By: Royvia https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-44164 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:02:50 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-44164 Great post.

]]> By: Suzanne Sagar https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-34588 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:57:39 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-34588 Hi Susi. I definitely remember you as well. Thing I remember most about you was how young looking you always looked. Didn’t we all in hind sight? lol Fabulous days to be sure! Add me on facebook if you’re on there. Lovely to chat with you again. :)

]]> By: Susi Roncali https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-18931 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:08:10 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-18931 Hi Suzanne, I also worked there and remember you. I was the coat check girl, then went to top cash and then got promoted to head cash downstairs. What a great time we had.

]]> By: Suzanne https://thenandnowtoronto.com/2014/11/then-now-sparkles/#comment-15289 Sun, 23 Jul 2017 23:50:16 +0000 http://thenandnowtoronto.com/?p=1235#comment-15289 I can’t believe I stumbled on this site. What fun it was to reminisce along side the storyline! That’s me and Paul Cohen back in the day (In the picture I mean). Those were the days my friends… in fact, we thought they’d never end. Talk about strolling down memory lane.

P.S Small correction however, Pepi Berenyi was a manager, no middle name Margaret. But Margaret Green was also one of the managers. The english guy was actually Irish and his name was Fred.

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