Gay Eats 9 LGBTQ Rtrants Phoenix You Have to Vis

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• 10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX
• FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE
•  ARIZONA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• 10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX
• GAY EATS: 9 LGBTQ RTRANTS SERVG UP DELECTABLE CULARY DELIGHTS PHOENIX, ARIZONA
• WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA
• PAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOONPHOENIXMENUHOTELSGAY BARSDANCE CLUBSSNASGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPPAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOON
• THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

10 BT GAY BARS PHOENIX

Lote your favore pair of dancg sho and get your sgl ready, bee your gui to metro Phoenix's bt gay bars is here. From the Melrose District to Old Town Sttsdale, here are 10 of the bt gay bars the Valley. The qutsential gay night club the Valley, Charlie’s Phoenix has all: go-go boys, dance lsons, nightly DJs, karaoke battl, and r drag shows like High Heels & Halos and Saturday Unr the Stars.

This new gay nightclub is open om 4 p. This classic central Phoenix gay club has been around sce 1977, and is open daily om 6 a. Read on for more of Phoenix's bt gay nightlife spots.

FOR PRI MONTH AND BEYOND, HERE ARE 10 SENTIAL GAY BARS PHOENIX AND STTSDALE

The one thg all the spots on this list have mon: They ve ctomers to e as they 's somethg for everyone at the 10 sential metro Phoenix gay bars. 602-248-8559, 'It's about feelg weled':How gay youth fd belongg Phoenix's ballroom sceneAnvilAnvil, a bar loted on Thomas Road east of 24th Street, dubs self a "Leather and Levi" bar and wel those who want to don their gear and those who don't, jt the same. 602-264-5307, Towne SaloonKnown as the olst gay bar metro Phoenix, Nu Towne Saloon fds s home across the street om the stacked layers of the Tovrea Castle.

 ARIZONA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

BarMidtown Phoenix neighborhood the Melrose District may be packed wh gay bars, but they don't all ter to the dus. But if you are on the lookout for some of metro Phoenix's bt gay and lbian bars, keep readg. 602-266-9001 Far om the leather bars, rabow-flagged snas and diva-filled disthequ elsewhere, Bar 1 is sual gay nightlife that still knows how to have fun.

(Historilly, 's been more of a gay male crowd, but everyone’s ved, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty. 602-265-0224 Charlie’s is a slice of Phoenix gay bar history that has huddled along Camelback Road jt wt of Seventh Avenue sce s but 1984. In those days, the “lil bty ol’ pissant untry place” and dance hall opened by John Kg (-founr of the Internatnal Gay Roo Associatn) was aimed at gay urban wboys and untry mic fans.

10 BT GAY BARS METRO PHOENIX

602-254-0231 The expansive, lorfully-l dance floor at this gay dance club is almost always packed wh bodi, whether 's boys dancg wh boys, gals gettg down wh other gals, or var other batns.

602-264-5307 The current Kobalt is the send lotn of this Park Central gay bar. Click to enlarge Nu Towne Saloon is the olst gay bar Phoenix.

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

602-267-9959 Open sce 1971, Nu Towne Saloon has earned landmark stat as the Valley’s olst gay bar still operatn. 602-200-9154 Pat O’s puts the “G” the Melrose District’s LGBTQ+ scene — s clientele is largely gay men, many of whom are unabashedly members or fans of the bear or leathermen subcultur.

Former owner and namake Pat Olivo (a fixture the lol gay scene for s) died March 2022, but this bar ntu his legacy. Wh s roomy terr (’s a former home nverted s ago), a large bar, var tabl and untertops, relics om now-funct lol gay bars and plenty of playful banter and flickerg lghter are wag.

Whether you're gay, straight, lbian, or transgenr, the Valley has a growg number of plac for drag queens to shake , karaoke lovers to sg , and soakg wet go-go dancers to, well, show . Here are our 10 favore gay bars metro Phoenix. This zy ltle gay bar is jam-packed wh weekly events cludg ee poker on Mondays, Wednday night karaoke, Thursday unrwear parti, Friday night go-go dancers, and alternatg Saturday performanc by queens Olivia Garns and Maraya Jordan (wh 50-cent beer refills).

WELE TO THE GAY IENDLY PHOENIX METROPOLAN AREA

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.

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.

PAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOONPHOENIXMENUHOTELSGAY BARSDANCE CLUBSSNASGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPPAT O'S BUNKHOE SALOON

Esquire jt published s list of the untry's 32 bt gay bars om Alaska to Washgton, D.C. And a bar downtown Phoenix ma the cut.Contributors om across the untry helped Esquire put together the lp of bars that clud classics and newers alike, om Oasis  San Francis, an 8,000 square-foot bathhoe turned baret that has hosted nttants om RuPl's Drag Race to The Boatslip Provcetown, famo for s three-hour Tea Dance, and New York Cy's olst gay bar, Juli.

“Can we, like, have fun?" Esquire's Market Edor Alfonso Fernanz Navas suggted when the team set out to make the list.Brett Burke, a ntributg edor at Esquire, GQ, The New York Tim and Travel & Leisure, selected Valley Bar Phoenix as his pick.While Valley Bar is an LGBTQ+ iendly bar, and a fabulo staple of downtown nightlife, a gay bar is not.Gaymers to RuPl:10 inic events that shaped Arizona's LGBTQ+ munyWhat is Valley Bar?Compared to the other bars on the list, most of which were tablished the '50s and '60s, this bar is a baby.

The Rose Room cktail lounge is a speakeasy lounge where you'll fd an extensive menu of beer, w by the glass and bottle, spirs and signature cktails named after famo policians, like a Hobbs sour, Garcia Old fashned, Ground Control to Capta Kelly and That's a Ducey.And then there's a secret area that remds you of someone's apartment.It may not be Juli old, but acrdg to Esquire, "It’s like one of those dreams where you fd a new room your hoe, but ’s filled wh a random assortment of lightful weirdos."It's a ol spot and clive (you may have seen the rabow flag hangg over the entrance durg pri), but 's not a gay bar.

THIS PHOENIX SPOT IS ONE OF THE BT GAY BARS THE US — EVEN THOUGH 'S NOT A GAY BAR

So, s cln on this list is a b puzzlg, pecially nsirg there are plenty of historic LGBTQ+ spots the Valley worth celebratg.Meet the neighbors:This rtrant is movg to historic Teeter Hoe downtownValley Bar is ol, but a weird choice for bt gay barPhoenix has s fair share of gay bars and drag clubs, many the Melrose District along Seventh Avenue. So, while we're always hyped when our cy gets natnal regnn, when to celebratg our LGBTQ+ nightlife, we'll stick to spots like Nu Towne Saloon, one of the olst gay bars Phoenix, open sce 1971. It's a welg, kschy spot on 50th and Van Buren streets, known for over the top Christmas ratns that seem to stay up almost year round and bartenrs who know most of the patrons by name.Or there's Cis' 7th, a gay and trans-iendly bar that opened  1977 on Roosevelt as Cis' Central.