Pufferbellies in Hyannis, Mass., was one of those Cape Cod legends that felt less like a nightclub and more like a rite of passage—a converted railroad roundhouse where the sound of trains gave way to the thump of bass and John Morgan’s Happy Hours. On summer nights the parking lot off Route 28 filled with sandy cars and sunburned twenty-somethings still smelling of salt air, all funneled toward that big black-and-red sign glowing over the door. Inside, under the high brick ceiling, you’d lose track of time between the packed dance floor, the bars that seemed to stretch forever, and the roar of a crowd that was half locals, half vacationers who’d tell stories about “that night at Pufferbellies” for years afterward. It was noisy, a little chaotic, and absolutely pure Hyannis—part of the golden age when Cape nights felt endless and anything seemed possible once you walked through those doors.
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