The Armory was good for being young and hot and pickups. The ones I really miss are The Armory and The Cove in Atlanta.
There was also a guy named Monroe in Jax, FL who opened up lots of very nice bars, though they never stayed open for very long. The first one I regularly frequented was Stone Castle in Greenville, SC.
My brother died the day I got back home, so that trip is very entrenched in my memory. I could not believe there were that many gay guys in the world as I saw on that dance floor. My smalltown bf refused to dance with me because it looked odd to him.