BUDDY'S | Hoton Gay Bar

Contents:

• VOTED BEST HOUSTON GAY BAR
• THE 10 BEST TEXAS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TEXAS
• GAYS FEAR TEXAS SLAYING REFLECTS TREND
• THE 10 BEST TEXAS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TEXAS
• GAY BARS WERE H HARD BY COVID, BUT MOST HAVE MA IT BACK AHEAD OF PRI WEEKEND

VOTED BEST HOUSTON GAY BAR

For more than a century, even before Pri Month’s orig 1969, gay bars have persevered around the world as a way for the LGBTQ muny to nnect and celebrate. Hoton’s gay bars, particular, have been a place where people n nvene regardls of their inty and have played a key role Montrose velopg s reputatn as the cy’s “gayborhood.

THE 10 BEST TEXAS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TEXAS

” While more safe spac exist, gay bars are still a rnerstone the muny, while also beg a prime place to enjoy a happy hour cktail, a drag show, or a night of dancg. And fortunate for Bayou Cy, Hoton’s diversy, even among the LGBT muny, means there’s no shortage of gay hangouts. Grab a beer and relax wh iends at Robert’s Lafte Galvton, the olst gay bar Texas, or h up the newly reopened South Beach Montrose for a long night of drks and dancg.

Whether you intify as LGBTQ or if you’re jt an ally for a good time, the 18 sential Hoton gay bars are sure to be your new favore neighborhood bar year-round.

Crocker Bar is a dark, loud, but vg ltle bar that serv as the perfect place to grab a drk before venturg out to the rt of the gayborhood. The self-scribed olst leather bar Texas, Riprd has been a fixture of Hoton’s gay bar scene sce 1982. Take the stairse up to Eagle’s Phoenix room and gaze at a timele of major historil gay events on the wall.

GAYS FEAR TEXAS SLAYING REFLECTS TREND

After four long years of renovatns, Montrose’s rnerstone gay club re-opened July 2022 for drkg, dancg and partyg. VOTED BEST HOUSTON GAY BAR.

12 plac sorted by traveler favorGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissGay Bars • Dance Clubs & DissWhat travelers are saygShawn HWashgton DC, DC367 ntributnsWe went to Bonham Exchange on a Friday night and s a huge space wh multiple dance floors and bars and a number of levels. Rich's is known for their hottt DJs and large turn-outs on Thursday nights and sce is no longer a gay club, many teens and olr people e out for a fun time.

Montrose is the unofficial “gayborhood” of Hoton, and has been at the nex of queer culture Hoton, as well as the state at large, sce the ’60s.

THE 10 BEST TEXAS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TEXAS

JR's Bar & GrillMontroseEveryone remembers their first gay-bar experience, and if you live Hoton, was likely at JR’s. RIPCORDMontroseIf Tom of Fland is your sired gay-bar athetic, then look no further than RIPCORD.

GAY BARS WERE H HARD BY COVID, BUT MOST HAVE MA IT BACK AHEAD OF PRI WEEKEND

Tony's Corner PocketFourth WardTony’s Corner Pocket is the Hoton gay-bar equivalent of Lola’s Depot, an analogy that should make perfect sense to anyone who lik their bars on the dive-y si. Crocker Bar’s nvenient lotn the heart of the cy’s gayborhood also provis patrons wh easy accs to several of the area’s other great LGBTQ+ bars. Gee Country Sports BarMontroseEvery cy needs a gay wboy bar, and Hoton is fortunate enough to have Gee Country Sports Bar.

Gee’s rabow flag-adorned vered pat is also one of the bt plac the neighborhood to people-watch sce borrs Fairview, which serv as the ma pestrian thoroughfare for the gayborhood. Your gui to the gay si of the Bayou Cy.

Other central Hoton neighborhoods, cludg gay-popular Montrose and up-and-g Midtown, have also seen big chang for the better, helpg turn the natn's fourth-largt cy to a lively and downright stylish getaway. And the cy's Holot Mm has changg exhibs (which sometim touch on the persecutn of gays and lbians) as well as a permanent display that clus personal effects revered om a Polish ncentratn mp.