THE BEST Washgton DC Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• WASHGTON DC GAY BARS
• THE BEST WASHGTON DC GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS WASHGTON DC
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• THE BT GAY BARS WASHGTON, D.C.
• ESQUIRE NAM TRA ONE OF AMERI’S BT GAY BARS FOR SEND YEAR

WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

Larry’s Lounge is a gay neighborhood pub, wh always-affordable drks, solid happy hour specials, mouth-waterg pub fare (see: sweet potato tots) and one of the cy’s iendlit pats (you n brg your dog, too! Suated right the heart of Adams Man’s btlg 18th Street is Pchers, a gay sports bar, and A League of Her Own, the adjacent bar for lbian and queer women. In Febary 2016, the Washgton Bla noted an "unual flurry of activy" wh the openg of four new gay bars, the majory of which land the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area.

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C is a global polil powerhoe, and wh thoands of over-worked polis seekg chanc to unwd, 's not suprisng that the cy is also home to a fantastic and tablished gay scene. Neart statn: Dupont CircleWeekday: 4pm - 2amWeekend: 1pm - 3amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Larry's LoungeGay bar DC and a popular hangout amongst lols and tourists.

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Weekday: 4pm - 2amWeekend: 4pm - 3amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Freddie's Beach Bar & Rtrant555 23rd St S, Arlgton, Washgton DC, USAShow on mapLively and lourful gay bar and rtrant Arlgton, Virgia. Featur:BarMicRtrantWeekday: 4pm - 11pmWeekend: 4pm - 11pmLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023DIK BarToday: Karaoke - Every SaturdayDIK (Dupont Italian Kchen) gay bar & rtrant serv h Italian food and hosts karaoke nights the heart of Washgton DC's Dupont Circle area. Weekday: 4pm - 2amWeekend: 4pm - 3amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Shaw's TavernTomorrow: Dner-n-Drag - Every SundayShaw's Tavern isn't a gay venue but hosts gay events, such as Dner-n-Drag every Sunday.

30amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023TraTra is an unpretent gay bar servg typil drks that turn gigantic durg their daily happy hour.

45amWeekend: Sat-Sun 2pm - lateLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023The Dirty GooseThis chic gay hangout has a rooftop overlookg Washgton DC whilst you n enjoy their craft cktails and signature martis. Featur:BarCocktailsDJ nightsMicWeekday: Mon-Thu 5pm - 11pm, Fri 4pm - 12amWeekend: Sat 12pm - 12am, Sun 12pm - 11amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Pchers DCPchers DC is a lively, sports-themed gay bar featurg pub gb, themed event nights & a pat area. Weekday: Wed 5pm - 10pm, Thu 5pm - 12amWeekend: Fri-Sat 3pm - 3am, Sun 3pm - 10pmLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Uproar Lounge & RtrantStretched across three levels, Uproar Lounge & Rtrant is a lively gay bar offerg small plat and drks a relaxed atmosphere.

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Featur:BarDrksFoodRtrantSpecial EventsThemed nightsWeekday: Wed-Thu 5pm - 12am, Fri 5pm - 3amWeekend: Sat 3pm - 3am, Sun 3pm - 12amLast updated on: 8 Aug 2023Last updated on: 8-Aug-2023Red Bear Brewg CoThis gay-owned microbrewery is loted the Noma district of Washgton DC, near the Unn Market. 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Kiki owner Keaton Fedak, the former general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose, will expand Kiki to the next-door space that formerly hoed dive Dodge Cy. ” As an epicenter, gay drkers n fd no shortage of optns, om sports bars to cktail bars to dance clubs, many of which are ncentrated near Dupont Circle and 17th Street, where gay bar-hoppg is prime.

Perhaps the most unr-the-radar gay bar to outsirs, as well as the most polil of Washgton's gay bars, the Der is home to high-profile Democratic and Republin operativ who regularly put asi polics when they arrive for the party.

Grab a Lemon Squeeze (the bar's mastay cktail), a pile of tater tots and ntle to a booth to see and be INFO →KNOWN FORfull menucheap datebar foodCobaltCobalt has long been a mastay on the District's gay-centric 17th Street Corridor.

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In keepg, beware: It n get INFO →KNOWN FORcraft beeroutdoor / patbar foodDo's Bar at FlorianaIn the basement of an Italian rtrant off the very-gay 17th Street, Dupont Circle, is Do’s Bar. He's been servg drks and hostg at the ty hiaway for a now, and is beloved by the gay and straight crowds INFO →KNOWN FORcheap datefull menuJR's Bar & Grill The “grill” part of JR's Bar & Grill is mostly absent. For years, the bar banned dancg but fally relented after a of prsure by patrons—not that there's much room to dance; between trivia nights and happy hour, n be packed cheek-to-cheek most of the INFO →KNOWN FORcheap datedancglive micLarry's LoungeYou won’t fd Larry’s Lounge listed on any gay bar map of Washgton, D.

They’ll merely check on you om time-to-time to make sure you’re still alive and to brg you ee INFO →KNOWN FORcheap datebar foodoutdoor / patNellie's Sports BarWhen Nellie's first opened 2007 at the rner of 9th & U Street, NW, some wonred if a gay bar uld thrive a lotn so far removed om the center of Washgton’s gay nightlife scene. But, as the cy’s gay muny has moved east, Nellie's (named for the owner's grandmothers—y, multiple grandmothers) now the most popular gay bar all of D. Though 's billed as a sports bar—and ser sports fans fely e here to tch a game—the TVs rarely factor on DJ nights when crowds pack Nellie's rooftop INFO →KNOWN FORsportscheap datelive micdancgfull menuNumber 9When the owners of the wildly popular gay nightclub Town Danceboutiqe set out to open a cktail bar, they named honor of their nth venture together.

The above map and s acpanyg history tell the story of the bars, bookstor, group hom, clics, and church that have played sential rol DC's gay muny for the past half century.

Durg the 60s and 70s, as LGBT activism moved more to the public foreont, the number of gay bars grew throughout the District; also emergg this time were Guild Prs, which published gay travel guis, fictn, and a newspaper lled Gay Fom, as well as the Washgton Free Clic, which provid STD unselg to gay men. The growth of gay spac slowed down the 1980s, she says, but at the same time the clud DC's first gural High Heel Drag Queen Race, which has now bee an stutn. The slowed growth ntued the 90s and 2000s, but 's very possible that's bee time has passed, there's been ls of a need for gay people to hi pla sight.