Contents:
- NO MONKEYG AROUND – THIS 'FROTHY' RTRANT IS OPEN ON GAY STREET WH FFEE AND BOOZE
- "FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC
- A COFFEE SHOP TALK WH ROSS GAY
NO MONKEYG AROUND – THIS 'FROTHY' RTRANT IS OPEN ON GAY STREET WH FFEE AND BOOZE
Gay St., is as "othy" as gets, wh a newly renovated space plete wh an add door mezzane and a 40-seat street-si pat for ctomers to enjoy ffee, cktails and a full day's worth of food om the Nashville-based bs.
:Get the ee weekly Urban Knoxville newsletterDowntown mailbag:Massive riversi project nixed; Gay Street buildg gets new lifeA taste of Frothy Monkey's menu Don't expect a standard ffee shop menu wh drip drks and pastri. " New Knoxville rtrants:Our gui helps you pick somethg fancy, h or fieryShaq attack:Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken rtrant g to KnoxvilleGrowg Knoxville's cultural hubThe experience starts before walkg the doors, as a partially vered pat ontg Gay Street acmodat one-quarter of Frothy Monkey's roughly 160 seats.
"FOR THE MORNG GAYS": THE IMPORTANCE OF LGBTQ-OWNED F AS SOBER, QUEER SPAC
Near the bar area, a large wdow provis a view of the graffied Strong Alley between Gay Street and Market Square. More:We taste tted Fat Tuday daiquiris, now open on Gay StreetFrothy Monkey's downtown Nashville lotn cintally is loted wh a Krs buildg, as well. We're jt for the morng gays.
A COFFEE SHOP TALK WH ROSS GAY
"When people thk of gay spac or queer spac, they immediately thk of a nightclub or bar — maybe a ltle hole the wall, " he said. Gay bars hold a eply important place the history of LGBTQ rights and visibily the Uned Stat. For s and s, jt visg a gay bar was a high-risk activy.
For young members of the LGBTQ muny, gog out to a gay or lbian bar was almost like a re of passage. Growg up as a queer, Black women Louisville, Kentucky, Arielle Clark said that she felt like there were certa "ton" she wanted to meet to feel at home the muny: She wanted to attend Kentucky Pri and meet other LGBTQ people, and then she wanted to get to some kd of gay bar or nightclub bee that's where everyone spent time on the weekends. And yet queer culture here is more vibrant than Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, wh a patchwork of gay bars, clubs, and f around town and a history datg back nearly a century.