Club Oz presents the new Fort Lauderdale Saturday Night Gay Dance Club: Cozmos Lounge

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BY BOB KECSKEMETY

After working 14 years for other people in their South Florida clubs mostly on South Beach, Anthony Diaz decided to open his own establishment.

Club Oz and Cozmos Lounge, 2674 E. Oakland Park Blvd., are the culmination of years of preparation and training. Having worked at Twist, Cactus, Score, Frankie and Johnny’s and others on South Beach and the Boardwalk in Fort Lauderdale, Diaz is now ready to make his own mark on South Florida’s nightlife.
Diaz is offering a unique concept of two separate clubs in one. He also stresses that he wants the club to be 100 percent drug-free.

“I want to keep the establishment clean; the neighborhood clean,” Diaz said.

He has also been very busy. Diaz just obtained the club in January and started work last month and has already had a soft opening while technicians are installing the new state-of-the-art lighting system. The clubs have a full kitchen and will be offering food service and there will be valet parking available.

Club Oz will be a dance club with a gay night on Saturdays. “Though it’s going to be mostly straight,” said Diaz, “everyone who comes to the door is welcome.” He explains that the music format will be open with a mix of dance, house, some hip-hop, Latin and reggae.

The Cozmos Lounge will be a piano bar from 5 to 9 p.m. After 9, Cozmos turns into a male dance bar but he stresses that while other stripper bars might have 25 or more different dancers a night, he plans to feature eight to 10 dancers to provide better entertainment to the patrons of the lounge. Also, instead of featuring all local talent, he plans to have a couple of regular house dancers but will bring in the majority of the dancers from other areas of the country. He feels that importing dancers weekly will help keep the entertainment fresh but any dancer that becomes particularly popular with the customers will be brought back on a regular basis. A variety of different events are being planned and there will be nightly drink specials.

Diaz mostly credits Score nightclub in Miami Beach’s owner Billy Kemp and Fabricio with giving him the necessary experience, training, confidence and knowledge to be able to open his own venue. “I’ve learned so much from them in the four years I was at Score. It’s because of them I‘ve been successful in this field. They took me under their wings and showed me the ropes.”

Club Oz and the Cozmos Lounge will have its grand opening on March 18.

Club Oz

2674 E. Oakland PK. Blvd.

Oakland PK Fl 33306

(954) 616-8239