The Gay Garner’s Club has served the muny for 60 years - Columbia Star

Contents:

• EDUARDO CORDOVA GROWS THE GARN TO GAY NIGHTLIFE HOT SPOT
• THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI
• GAY GARN CLUBS AROUND THE GLOBE
• A NEW GAY BAR PROMIS BNCH AND MORE THE ARTS DISTRICT
• CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI
• CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
• THE BEST CHIGO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHIGO
• THE GAY GARNER’S CLUB HAS SERVED THE MUNY FOR 60 YEARS
• THE 10 BEST LONDON GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS LONDON

EDUARDO CORDOVA GROWS THE GARN TO GAY NIGHTLIFE HOT SPOT

Sce openg a year ago the Arts District, The Garn Las Vegas has bee one of the hottt gay bars the cy — Cher has even dropped by. “We’re seeg lol people g out who are not necsarily a part of the gay muny, ” says Co Montre, a veteran drag queen, former Miss Gay Ameri and “RuPl’s DragRace” nttant who performs at The Garn.

THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI

“For me, ’s creatg a gayborhood wh the neighborhood, ” he explas. For s, Las Vegas’ gay nightlife scene has largely been synonymo wh a grty stretch of Paradise Avenue and Napl Drive lloquially known as the “F Loop, ” a qutnably tled mi-district checkered wh semal clubs of the past and prent like FreeZone, Piranha Nightclub and Gipsy. While those spots have played an important, endurg role the cy’s gay muny — even if, like Gipsy, they no longer exist — Cordova has aspired for somethg different, somethg a b more mastream.

Sce relotg to Vegas om his native Arizona 2008 and immersg himself the lol gay scene, he sought to brg gay nightlife to the Strip and then other parts of town where had ltle prence prevly. “I felt like we need a space that’s the middle and center of everythg, ” he explas, “bee the old gay ncepts were the dark and hidn om the mastream.

GAY GARN CLUBS AROUND THE GLOBE

And so Cordova lnched the “Closet Sundays” gay night at Cathoe at Luxor over a ago, the first of s kd on the Strip, before beg reced by Light Group to do the same at Revolutn at The Mirage. From there, he’d work wh Bare Pool, Share Nightclub and Victor Drai’s Liaison Nightclub at Bally’s, the first gay nightclub a so on the Strip.

“After I left Victor Drai’s Liaison, I said, ‘I’m never gog to do anythg gay until there’s an actual need and I fd the right place wh the right spot, ’ ” he says.

A NEW GAY BAR PROMIS BNCH AND MORE THE ARTS DISTRICT

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Wh the COVID-19 shutdown ongog last sprg, The Garn was one of the few gay bars able to open bee had a kchen.

“I felt so bad for all the other gay bars that uldn’t open, so I was offerg p tabl and dtry tabl, ” he rells.

CHIGO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI: DOWNTOWN & SOUTH SI

“I was the first gay bar volvg and workg wh every other gay bar town.

The Garn, the new gay bar om Eduardo Cordova the Arts District, planned to open on March 20. • A New Gay Bar Promis Bnch and More the Arts District [ELV]. A new gay bar wh food and a bnch plans to open the Arts District March.

Although Chigo has among the greatt selectn of gay nightspots the untry, the majory of the hangouts - om bars and diss to LGBT-popular rtrants - are popular mixed rintial-mercial neighborhoods on the north si of the cy. You n fd extensive lists of tablishments the Chigo Lakeview Gay Nightlife Gui and the Chigo Anrsonville Gay Nightlife Gui. Fortunately, there are a uple of very fun gay nightspots right the heart of downtown, not to mentn an almost endls supply of terrific rtrants, many of them wh mixed gay/straight followgs.

CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS

Addnally, on the cy's South Si, you'll fd a pair of gay bars that ter predomantly to Ain-Amerin patrons, Club Espe and Jeffery Pub. It's also a b of a distance to reach the bars, but they're both legendary nightspots that are well-worth checkg out, pecially given that many of the natn's gay Ain-Amerin hangouts have steadily disappeared over the years. Here's a more -pth look at the Downtown and South Si Chigo gay social tablishments.

Also take a look at the Chigo Gay Bathhoe and Sex Club Gui, which has plenty of advice on where to meet guys lookg to hookup around Chigo. Club Espe, South Si - gay bar. 75th St., 773-667-6454) is one of two long-nng gay bars on Chigo's Southsi, terg largely to the cy's sizable Ain-Amerin GLBT crowd (the other is the Jefey Pub).

Jeffery Pub, South Si - gay bar. One of the most historic gay bars Chigo, Jeffery Pub (7041 S. Jeffery Blvd., 773-363-8555) opened on this cy's South Shore more than 40 years ago and has been ground zero for the cy's Ain-Amerin gay muny ever sce.

THE BEST CHIGO GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS CHIGO

Baton Show Lounge, Downtown - gay bar. One of the longt-nng gay clubs the Midwt, the que fabulo Baton Show Lounge is also one of the untry's most illtr female impersonatn barets. It's also one of only a few Chigo gay tablishments downtown ( the Near North neighborhood, at 436 N.

Our gay and lbian bars have a ltle b of somethg for everyone, wh late-night loung, dance clubs, burlque and drag shows, and long-standg neighborhood waterg hol almost every rner of the cy. And each wh their own unique history and out some of the bt gay bars and clubs to experience Chigo’s LGBTQ+ nightlife scene.

THE GAY GARNER’S CLUB HAS SERVED THE MUNY FOR 60 YEARS

Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn. The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars. Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown).

Come for happy hour, Sunday afternoon mimosas, or late StoryLookg for a gay bar near downtown Chigo? Gay bar me directly to md and this place was remend by someone at my hotel.

Gay Garners Club began April of 1951 at the home of Lally (Mrs. Richard) Keenan when 18 iends met through their mutual sire to “lve to the secrets of horticulture and flower arrangg” acrdg to a tenth anniversary memoratn booklet wrten by charter member Gretchen Gayn Dawson.

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