Celebrate Pri at New Orleans’s Gay Bars, LGBTQ-Owned Rtrants, and Queer-Friendly Spac - Eater New Orleans

Contents:

• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• PHOENIX GAY CY GUI: A SUNNY SOUTHWTERN CY WH SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE

GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Jo as we explore the excg dg scene one of the most gay-iendly ci the USA.

It’s part gay bar and part rtrant.

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA

Charlie’s is one of Pheonix’s most popular gay bars.

Indtry PHX don’t nsir self a gay bar, stead, they ll themselv a “queer space” that’s open and welg of everyone. From a generatnal standpot, this is an equal opportuny gayborhood too.

Bliss/ReBAR is part of a group of dividually operated, gay-owned rtrants — unofficially lled "The Collectn" — which clus FEZ Rtrant & Bar and Swch Rtrant & We Bar. Google “Gay Denny’s, ” and you’ll see the first few hs are about the Denny’s on the rner of Seventh Street and Camelback Road Phoenix.

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

Hula’s Morn Tiki is a member of the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber and owner Dana Mule has long supported lol LGBTQ anizatns cludg One N Ten. Breakfast-and-bnch fay der Melrose Kchen shar s stretch of Seventh Avenue wh several gay bars and LGBTQ-owned bs the historil Melrose District, makg a great stop along an antique shop stroll followed by a drag show or a game of pool.

(The Posto Hoton’s Montrose District even displays a mural honorg the area’s gay history. The Greater Phoenix Gay & Lbian Chamber holds s monthly luncheon at The Gladly, an airy and spac New Amerin rtrant loted across om the Biltmore Fashn Park, which mak a popular nosh-and-shop optn.

Step up to the wdow of Portland’s Red Sce Pizza and you’ll be greeted by a sg staff member wearg a “Gay Pizza” shirt. This gay-owned rtrant and bar picked up the 2022 LGBTQ Venue of the Year by Bar and Rtrant Expo and is dited to creatg a safe space for the LGBTQ+ muny and iends to enjoy year round.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Chef Marcie Blae Turney and Valerie Saan n this Gayborhood rtrant, servg fort food and cktails to Philly’s LGBTQ+ muny and beyond. A gui to New Orleans’s bt gay bars, LGBTQ-iendly spac, and Pri month celebratns.

Early Sprg is for the Gay Easter Para the Quarter, Southern Dence clos out summer, Saturdays are for pool scen, Sundays are for drag bnch and tea danc, and late nights are for dancg away at Oz. The bar also serv as the kickoff pot for the annual Gay Pri Para, held that Saturday, followed by all night long celebratns upstairs at the bar — which might jt be the highlight of the whole day. Amerin Townhoe is a new gay-owned bar and rtrant om the folks behd the legendary 700 Club — if you know, you know.

The Country Club the Bywater has long been an anchor of the gay scene, even if no longer pegs self as a gay bar sce the rtrant’s renovatn and new pool clothg regulatn — meang, ’s no longer optnal.

PHOENIX GAY CY GUI: A SUNNY SOUTHWTERN CY WH SOMETHG FOR EVERYONE

A proud anchor of Bourbon Street’s “F Loop, ” Café Lafte Exile’s claim to fame is that is the olst ntuoly operatg gay bar the untry, wh the ghosts of past patrons ocsnally visg. Good Friends is the Cheers of the New Orleans gay bar scene, where everybody lerally knows your name — if not, they will by the end of the night. Crossg Bar, which lls self “the bt gay straight food servg bar  New Orleans, ” has been a prev host for Grrlspot dance parti as well as for regular RuPl’s Drag Race viewg parti, Sats game watch parti, and pop-ups.

For as many gay and LGBTQ-iendly venu that are New Orleans, there are as few girl-only clubs.