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.

WASHGTON DC GAY DISTRICT: DUPONT CIRCLE

“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.

“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.

'KEEP KEY WT GAY!'

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THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

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THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

Most gay life, however, n be found around 17th Street Dupont Circle, and U Street Logan Circle.

WASHGTON DC GAY BARS

DCs gayt street is 17th Street, and here you will fd a host of gay spots ready to open their doors.

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