D.C.’s Newt Queer Bar is a Ltle Gay Pub. Lerally. | District Fray

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• D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.
• THE LTLE GAY PUB - 03-08-2023 - ORR
• NEW GAY BAR G TO FORMER FORMER COMMODORE (VERANDA) SPACE LOGAN TO BE LLED THE LTLE GAY PUB
• D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV
• WASHGTON DC GAY BARS
• THE BT GAY BARS WASHGTON, D.C.
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV
• GAY WASHGTON DC

D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.

The Ltle Gay Pub founrs.

“We’re like, ‘It’s jt a cute Ltle Gay Pub!

That’s how Ganr and -owners Do Sevilla and Dty Martez me up wh the name for The Ltle Gay Pub — on track to open this March Logan Circle. ’s gay scene.

THE LTLE GAY PUB - 03-08-2023 - ORR

Addnally, The Ltle Gay Pub will be ls foced on clubbg and more as a muny gatherg spot, even late at night. And signs pot to the excement for The Ltle Gay Pub’s openg.

Sevilla says they chose to work together on openg The Ltle Gay Pub together bee they “would have hired each other. When asked about how he feels about The Ltle Gay Pub nearg the fish le, Sevilla says they’re “very grateful” for all the support. The Ltle Gay Pub: 1100 P St.

NW, DC; // @theltlegaypub. ’s newt LGBTQ+ venue March, the tr sought to create a space clive of the diverse people who make up the, about two months after The Ltle Gay Pub opened s doors, the tablishment has quickly bee a popular statn for lols and the great lotn, iendly staff, great atmosphere, and fortg ambiance, many who e to LGP go straight to the bathroom for a selfie.

NEW GAY BAR G TO FORMER FORMER COMMODORE (VERANDA) SPACE LOGAN TO BE LLED THE LTLE GAY PUB

It’s bee so much of a thg that the acunt Royal_Fih_LGP on Instagram is dited to pturg and documentg the gogs on the pub’s ltle gay bathrooms. And as a child beg a gay boy, I was like, ‘This is fabulo.

Runng low on money, the team ially nsired overhead lightg, Sevilla explas, but me to md that “oh no girl, the gays need lights their face, ” so the flatterg illumatn beme one more vtment to the pub’s atmosphere.

“We’ve been throwg events now for que a few years, and the District, after the closure of really every gay nightclub — both before COVID and then durg COVID — has really been lackg a te dance floor,” says Zach Renovát, one of the Bunker -owners. The Ltle Gay Pub – Photo: Do Sevilla.

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The other new addn, The Ltle Gay Pub, is the brachild of three longtime rtrant and bar dtry fixtur — Do Sevilla, Dty Martez, and Ben Ganr. The -owners, who have a bed experience of 37 years the bar and rtrant dtry, have a shared visn of The Ltle Gay Pub as a “gift” to the muny, providg an LGBTQ space for people the Logan Circle/Shaw neighborhood where one currently do not exist, and where there’s a arth of drkg or eatg tablishments that n rival those near the Walter E. “It looks like an old hotel vibe, a very W Anrson-y take on quirk, where pomp and circumstance have been shelved and taken over by three quirky gays who cid to overrate to s next eratn.”.

The Ltle Gay Pub has a kchen that the owners plan to utilize, begng wh about a dozen food ems that one uld classify as “elevated pub food,” meang more than your typil ied pub fare. While the liquor license and fal settlement agreements are still beg procsed, the tr behd The Ltle Gay Pub note that their spotls rerds, as far as ABRA vlatns, and their longstandg reputatns appear to have aid them openg whout much phback om the cy, scribg the procs of applyg for var licens and perms as “drama-ee.”.

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The Ltle Gay Pub is aimg for a soft openg around March 1, pendg on how quickly a liquor license n be obtaed. Owner Spencer Hurd moled Licht after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany.

His dream: lnchg a cktail bar moled after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany. “The goal is to foc on the classic cktails, rather than jt vodka-sodas and rose Kennedys, as you may get at other gay bars,” he says.

Licht Café is a reference to the spiratn om his go-to gay spot Mannheim, but also reflects his ial zy space.

MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV

“I love art and sign,” Hurd says, “and I wanted to make the bar unapologetilly gay. “I want the to be a bid edgy—this is a part of gay culture.

The U Street NW strip’s gay bar scene is on the up as of late. 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. “We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw,” he told Eater last month.

Meet Kiki, an Excg New Gay Bar Replacg a Pair of Shuttered Shaw Div. Val Dupont Gay Bar Cobalt Is Closg After Two Des. The natn's pal is home to a lively LGBTQ+ nightlife scene wh plenty of gay and lbian bars jt wag for you to jo on the fun.

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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! Number Ne to the btlg Logan Circle urty of -founr Ed Bailey, who helped DC’s gay nightlife scene to grow durg his days as a DJ.

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. “Why don’t they have more gay villas, ” Whe said, “I liked wrg Ernte.

Whe, who liv New York, was a -founr of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and of the 1980s queer wrers group The Vlet Quill.

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“Whether ’s evotive pictn of gay life durg the tumultuo 1980s, pastakgly rearched bgraphy or elegant memoir, Whe’s work stands out across s as s ronance … for a multu of voted rears. ) Whe has been lled the “godfather of gay Amerin lerature, ” Prceton Alumni Weekly has reported.

“I’m workg now on a sex memoir about the lov of my life, ” Whe, who 1977 -wrote wh Charl Silverste, “The Joy of Gay Sex, ” said. Beg gay was sful and illegal. In that era, “the three most heo thgs Ameri were hero, munism and homosexualy, ” Whe wrote an say.

“Or they would try to get passn for gays and prent as sick sad stori, ” Whe said.

LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

's evolvg gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street.

MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV

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. Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cktail havens are all clud Eater's round up of the District's gay-iendlit bars and hangouts. New gay dive bar Tra opened last year, urty of the team behd Town Danceboutique and Number Ne.

New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year. The new project om Keaton Fedak, the outgog general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose. ’s Gay Flag Football League).

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“We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw.