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Contents:

• GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO
• GAY HSAR RTRANT DCH OLD-TIME SPICY GOSSIP FOR MORN SOHO VIBE
• LONDON’S GAY HSAR REOPENS AFTER TWO YEARS UNR A NEW NAME
• NEW ITALIAN RTRANT THE HEART OF GAY SOHO
• LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO
• LONDON GAY RTRANTS
• THE GAY HSAR
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• MOSW GAY BARS
• LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• THE GAY HSAR

GAY BARS AND CLUBS SOHO

You will feel right at home this gay iendly paradise! Goulash is once aga on the menu, but this time bbg shoulrs wh fe French and English-style okg rather than meat-heavy Hungarian classics – and paired wh some of the world’s ft than two years sce the legendary Gay Hsar London closed s doors, a new rtrant is openg on the se on 18 Septembenr new owners and wh a bold, ntemporary style that is more than jt a nod to s precsor’s illtr s heyday the Hungarian rtrant the centre of Soho was a hotbed of polil plottg, backstabbg, al-makg and gossip, when s fame rted not so much on the qualy of s menu – barely changed years – but on s reputatn as the beatg heart of polil openg 1953, the jewel-loured rooms adorned wh thick draped velvet curtas have played host to generatns of policians, many om the left, cludg Anr Bevan, Michael Foot, Tom Driberg, Ian Mikardo and Barbara Castle.

The shelv which groaned wh polil tom are now lan wh okery books cludg Esffier’s Le Gui Culaire and guis to the world’s ft first-floor dg room is beg renamed The Rowson Sue to honour the role of polil rtoonist Mart Rowson as an enthiastic supporter of the Gay Hsar and an acerbic and irreverent chronicler of the changg face of Soho and polil famo gallery of 60-pl rtoons of the polil ele’s great and not-so-good – officially “on loan” – were hung wall-to-wall the downstairs dg room for many years, but have been languishg storage sce the rtrant’s closure June, who retas pyright, and prev owner Cos Hotels are unrstood to have recently agreed to donate the llectn to the Natnal Portra Gallery as an “absolute gift” new rtrant will stead display two dramatic new “triptych” patgs by Rowson. On one si Gay Hsar stalwarts Labour lear Michael Foot and Barbara Castle are pictured leavg the rtrant, while the morn-day versn chefs cludg Angela Hartt and Nigella Lawson are shown on Greek Street alongsi Amy Wehoe and, bizarrely, journalist Rod Liddle drag.

GAY HSAR RTRANT DCH OLD-TIME SPICY GOSSIP FOR MORN SOHO VIBE

Wrg about the rtrant’s new rnatn a recent issue of Noble Rot magaze, Guardian lumnist Suzanne Moore said: “I hope the sndals and plottg and affairs and appropriate behavur that characterised the old Gay Hsar will ntue. The legendary Gay Hsar rtrant of SoHo, which featured thentic Hungarian dish, closed 2018, 65 years after s openg.

LONDON’S GAY HSAR REOPENS AFTER TWO YEARS UNR A NEW NAME

Gay Hsar was opened 1953, wh a dark yet charmg terr, and two private rooms, which were the perfect spots for plottg, and the place quickly beme favoured by the lears of the Labour Party, as well as left-wg journalists and tellectuals. The rtrant was not named after a gay valry soldier, but after Imre Kálmán’s world-famo operetta, tled The Gay Hsars English (Tatárjárás), which premiered Budapt 1908. At the time, gay meant happy and cheerful.

Gay Hsar was closed 2018. A new Italian rtrant wh a retro New York theme clarg self “proudly gay-owned” opened the heart of Soho’s ‘gay village’ this week, cidg wh the annual LGBTQ+ Pri celebratns.

NEW ITALIAN RTRANT THE HEART OF GAY SOHO

He said, “Dpe their close proximy, they’re very much their own rtrants wh their own personali – 40 is the olr gay brother who’s been around for a while and knows where the party’s at, while 64 is the ol lbian sister who’s new on the scene but tends to make her prence felt. Its unique style, smopolan populatn, unbridled artistic culture, and gay neighborhoods like Vxhall, Dalston and Soho make London a worldwi gay pal. Vxhall is more eccentric and unrground, while the more ncentrated London gay scene n be found Soho.

In the center, Old Compton Street is where all the gay actn happens.

The first brothel the cy opened s doors Soho, and the area has mataed s sexual reputatn wh sex shops such as Prowler (5-7 Brewer St), the biggt gay sex shop the Uned Kgdom. The English aren’t exactly known for their culary skills, but Balans Soho Society (60 Old Compton Street) is a gay rtrant that satisfi everyone wh an ternatnal menu. Most gay bars and clubs london are open every day of the week, and there is ually some event or theme each night.

LONDON GAY DISTRICT: SOHO

Loted jt behd Trafalgar Square, this inic club almost exclively attracts a gay crowd, and offers an atmosphere that is always alive!

In terms of the bt gay snas London, you should make a bee-le for south London burrough, Vxhall. Of urse, beg an LGBT pal means that gay London has many eateri which – though not exclively gay – are very homo-iendly. Naturally, Soho, the queert enclave of all, boasts the Soho Society is the most popular gay rtrant London and has actually expand to a cha wh var branch across the pal.

LONDON GAY RTRANTS

Gay Soho’s Old Compton Street is home to the origal, perfect for people-watchg while enjoyg s great bnch or a cheeky ’ sister fé further up the same street is open 24-hours, which mak for a very lively snack and ffee bar!

Then try long-nng gay hangout Mildreds for great food at great pric. Headg out of Soho, Bistrotheque is the gayt rtrant the East End, loted hip-but-real Bethnal Green. The hnt of gays, fashnistas and arty sirs, s weekend bnch menu is to-die-for, and will probably be backed up be a live show om London’s latt drag or mil talent.

:-)UUp4foodLondonDed on May 4, 2018overall5food5service5ambience5Had another lovely meal at the Gay Hsar, great fun - the owner is such a character and all the food and we was lovely. I have been gog to Gay Hsar regularly sce at least the 1980s, possibly longer, I'm too old to remember.

THE GAY HSAR

:)CSCarlySDed on March 9, 2018overall5food5service5ambience5My parents have been wantg to e to The Gay Hsar sce theyoved to London 6 months ago.

RreluctantreviewerOxfordDed on Febary 24, 2018overall4food4service5ambience3Yet another very enjoyable lunch enunter wh the Gay Hsar.

WwellfordNew York AreavipDed on November 17, 2017overall5food5service5ambience5very welg host wh a menu and food that is well prepared and do not disappotLLucyLondonDed on November 10, 2017overall5food5service5ambience5Super iendly service and fun atmosphere, lovely for a group celebratnKKath61LondonvipDed on November 4, 2017overall5food5service5ambience4Another fab meal at The Gay Hsar. The Gay Hsar is a very iendly, small, warm and welg rtrant the heart of Soho wh fantastic food.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

This baret and avant gar performance club, scribed as ‘a place given up to gaiety’, was for all tents and purpos the first ‘gay bar’, as we would unrstand today.

It didn’t take long before this gentlemen-only tablishment beme a renowned spot for homosexual liaisons, although had a mixed crowd, terg to civil servants and queer men alike. "Police scribed as a 'renzvo for homosexual perverts'". Letters sent to police at the time scribe the space as a ‘renzvo for homosexual perverts’, wh terracial mglg and relatnships siarly chastised.

MOSW GAY BARS

Jim MacSweeney, manager at Soho's Gay's The Word, London's only LGBTQ+ bookshop.

In 1986, a pub lled the Swiss Tavern, which had a reputatn for beg popular wh gay men, beme an explicly queer venue, Comptons. Queer pub Molly Moggs also closed, only to re-open briefly as a gay cktail bar. The Glory pris self beg one of east London’s bt gay bars, drag hotho, LGBTQ+ performance venu, nightclubs, and curators of London shows, ftivals, ntts and battl.

Comptons of Soho Photo:, Shutterstock Comprisg of two bars and a quieter lounge area, Soho’s Comptons pub has been a staple the cy’s gay scene sce 1986.

LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE

Halfway To Heaven, Trafalgar Square Loted between Charg Cross Statn and Trafalgar Square, Halfway To Heaven is a tradnal gay pub and baret show bar wh a laid-back ground floor and club-like basement area.

Kgs Arms, Soho Loted on Soho’s Poland Street and open sce the 1700’s, the iendly Kgs Arms was one of the first spots Soho to serve the gay muny, billg self as a ‘gentlemen’s bar’ the 1970’s.

Officially a gay bar sce 1981, ’s now a firm favoure wh the LGBTQ+ muny – ‘bears’ particular – om London and around the world.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

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THE GAY HSAR

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