Grand Central, longtime Mount Vernon gay club, to permanently close after ronavis vlatn

Contents:

• GRAND CENTRAL, POSSIBLY BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUB, TO CLOSE UNR NEW OWNERS
• THERE GO THE GAYBORHOOD
• ONE OF BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUBS SOLD, TO CLOSE
• GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• GRAND CENTRAL, LONGTIME MOUNT VERNON GAY CLUB, TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE AFTER RONAVIS VLATN
• 'WHERE DO WE GO?' BALTIMORE'S GAY NIGHTLIFE TAK A H WH GRAND CENTRAL'S IMPENDG CLOSURE
• ONE OF BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUBS SOLD, TO CLOSE
• MAPPG THE CLOSG OF GAY BARS IN BALTIMORE

GRAND CENTRAL, POSSIBLY BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUB, TO CLOSE UNR NEW OWNERS

Central markets self as an LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and others)-affirmg dance and night club that wel everyone.

Baltimore will lose s largt gay nightclub when new owners start nvertg Grand Central at 1001-1003 N. Gay St.

Along wh the Hippo, was an anchor for Baltimore’s gayborhood and served as a backdrop for the annual Baltimore Pri Block Party and other events. Davis has argued there is ls of a market for gay bars and nightclubs nowadays, bee gay people are now wele more plac than before. In recent years, he has creasgly promoted Grand Central as an “alternative” club, rather than a gay club.

THERE GO THE GAYBORHOOD

“Everyone is wele everywhere–the need for a specific gay tablishment/bar is not as necsary any longer, and after an amazg 30 years, ’s time to turn the page.

ONE OF BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUBS SOLD, TO CLOSE

The sale  three years after another large gay nightspot, Club Hippo, closed when longtime owner Chuck Bowers retired.

It also jt as the Baltimore Eagle, a gay leather bar on Charl Street, is preparg to reopen unr new management. Other gay bars still open clu Leon’s and the Drkery Mount Vernon and the Gallery Statn North. Grand Central, possibly Baltimore’s largt gay nightclub, has been owner Don Davis nfirmed the sale of the 15, 000-square-foot property at 1001-1003 N.

Prevly, he owned another gay club, Allegro, which he opened clubs and bars, once a staple the gay scene, have been renred ls relevant recent years, acrdg to Davis, who believ that the bs mol fac an uphill battle throughout the untry.

GAY NIGHTLIFE BALTIMORE: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

“Gays are now fortable hangg out wh their straight iends, ” he said.

Wh gay bars closg Baltimore, brgs up the evable qutns: Can we expla this? “Years ago, gay bars were safe zon when gays were fear of beg beat up, ” says Don Davis, who owned Grand Central for nearly 30 years until new owners took over earlier this year. Beyond matchmakg webs and LGBTQ-iendly datg apps, the movement to legalize same-sex marriage 2015 also played a part curtailg gay-bar bs.

GRAND CENTRAL, LONGTIME MOUNT VERNON GAY CLUB, TO PERMANENTLY CLOSE AFTER RONAVIS VLATN

“Most of the owners of the bs were olr, whe gay men that entered to their goln years, ” says Shele Greene of the Pri Center of Maryland. “I’m not sayg there’s no more gay-bashg, but certaly people are more cent now than they were.

“Whether was Grdr or gentrifitn that killed gay bars, ’s our job to explore new optns, ” Keens says. BALTIMORE (AP) -- One of Baltimore's largt gay nightclubs is closg. Ne months after the gay-iendly Grand Central nightclub closed Mount Vernon, a new gay club lled Central is openg several blocks away.

“Bee we are central, between Leon’s and The Drkery, ” two other gay bars Mount Vernon, he said. And even though he’s llg a gay bar, he said, “I don’t see genr or race anybody. ” He scrib himself as genr fluid and Yordanov as an ally of the gay muny.

'WHERE DO WE GO?' BALTIMORE'S GAY NIGHTLIFE TAK A H WH GRAND CENTRAL'S IMPENDG CLOSURE

Even though many gay bars have closed around the untry durg the panmic, cludg Gallery One on Maryland Avenue, Hay said he believ there’s a market for another one Baltimore. C., is a powerhoe of the gay nightlife scene on the East Coast, s unassumg and quirky next-door neighbor promis gay travelers an equally good time.

It's the hometown of inic gay filmmaker John Waters and his drag queen me, Dive, and the Mount Vernon neighborhood is one of the longt-tablished gay districts the untry. If you're on the lookout for somethg different om the stereotypil gay bars, then this cy will likely appeal to you.

Some of Baltimore's gay bars have been around for s, and ntue to attract patrons both young and old. Mount Vernon is the gay neighborhood Baltimore, and many of the bars are ncentrated around that central area. However, other LGBT spots are sttered throughout the cy and even if you don't go to an explicly gay place, the majory of bars Baltimore nsir themselv gay-iendly.

ONE OF BALTIMORE'S LARGT GAY NIGHTCLUBS SOLD, TO CLOSE

The Drkery: One of Baltimore's olst gay bars, The Drkery has a laid-back pub feel wh daily drk specials and weekend drag shows. The Rowan Tree: A sual neighborhood bar South Baltimore, The Rowan Tree ters to a diverse crowd but leans toward gay ctomers on the weekends. Leon's of Baltimore: A leather bar that's been servg the gay muny Baltimore sce 1957.

MAPPG THE CLOSG OF GAY BARS IN BALTIMORE

In the early years, ctomers were asked if they were a "iend of Dorothy" before enterg, a reference to Judy Garland's "The Wizard of Oz" character and mon lgo om the era to furtively ask if someone is gay. Mastream gay dance clubs are glargly absent the Baltimore area, wh the largt one shut down early 2020.

Factory 17: Prevly known—and still sometim referred to—as Club 1722, Factory 17 is the after-hours gay dance club Baltimore.