Licht Café, D.C.’s Newt Gay Bar, Is a Cozy, Art-Filled U Street Hiaway  - Eater DC

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• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• WASHGTON DC GAY DISTRICT: DUPONT CIRCLE
• 'KEEP KEY WT GAY!'
• THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA
• THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA
• WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

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

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.

“I love art and sign, ” Hurd says, “and I wanted to make the bar unapologetilly gay.

WASHGTON DC GAY DISTRICT: DUPONT CIRCLE

“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.

'KEEP KEY WT GAY!'

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.

THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

“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. Rawls, a dited philanthropist, donat a portn of the tour fee to the Gay Men’s Chos of Washgton, DC. DC’s first gay sports bar opens for bs at 3 p.

THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

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WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

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