Current fav for me right now is the Lady Patricia in Stockholm. It used to be Queen Eliz's royal yacht before the Brittania, but now on Sundays it's a fab gay club with brilliant music, yummy Swedes, and a bubble party on the lower deck!
There are so many great bars and clubs...
ROXY and LIMELIGHT in New York, CATCH ONE in Los Angeles, BOOM BOOM ROOM in Laguna Beach...TWIST in South Beach, Miami...several in Chicago and Washington...
Last time I was in Rome, we ended up at this creepy, eerie, obscure little gay bar in Rome in the Trastevere area...NOT the brightly lit one on a main street, but an odd place that evokes Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas and has little orange lights and funky old furniture...
I have been trying to think of the name of my favourite bar all day today and keep drawing a blank. It is a pub, quite old, on Canal St. in Manchester. Been to it many times, usually left a bit tipsy - perhaps that is why I can't remember it. I remembered it is the Rembrandt.
Second place goes to one in SYD, but I was sooo drunk (it was Mardi-Gras), I can't for the life of me remember the name. Spent lots of time there over the week. It was near a corner, Oxford St. of course, the front of it was a long bar that you stood at and watched the butts go by on the street. There was an upstairs as well. (guess the memory is starting to go)
It was near a corner, Oxford St. of course, the front of it was a long bar that you stood at and watched the butts go by on the street. There was an upstairs as well. (guess the memory is starting to go)
Yeah lucky for me they figured this thing out after I turned 21.....there was one dreadful night when my friend got yanked out of the club.....good think I had a test and was studying that night....
Ah Big Chicks......what a great ex-dyke bar.....us boyz took over.....and is the Closet still around....great for afterhours drinks.....
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As much as I've traveled for some reason I haven't been out to the bars in very many cities. Probably two many trips with the bosses with long hours and no real chance to venture out on my own. So most of my experience has been local. But here are my favorites:
Harvey's in San Francisco, because it is the first gay bar I ever went to;
Meteor in Houston -- currently the favorite place to meet for drinks for my circle of friends -- great cocktails, nice atmosphere, some really cute bartenders;
South Beach in Houston -- when I'm in the mood to dance;
The Roundup in Dallas -- not much into country bars, but had a fun time when I was there with a friend last year (and they have the most strategically placed mirrors I've ever seen in a men's room ).
In New Orleans, I prefer Café Lafitte in Exile and lament the departure of Jewel's Tavern . In Atlanta, Woof's (not as much "character" but nice little gay sports bar full of bears.)
In New Orleans, I prefer Café Lafitte in Exile and lament the departure of Jewel's Tavern . In Atlanta, Woof's (not as much "character" but nice little gay sports bar full of bears.)
I have enjoyed Cafe' Lafitte in the past; however, the crowd and hustlers have gotten a little rough for my taste; plus, the activities going on on the pool table upstairs is a little over the top for me (especially with straight people videotaping guys having unprotected sex).
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Bars with "character"
. In Atlanta, Woof's (not as much "character" but nice little gay sports bar full of bears.)
