Licht Café, D.C.’s Newt Gay Bar, Is a Cozy, Art-Filled U Street Hiaway  - Eater DC

Contents:

• THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA
• BUNKER “PROUD TO BE DC’S NEWT GAY BAR AND NIGHTCLUB!”
• MAN WHO MENACED GAY BAR WH GUN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

THE U STREET CORRIDOR FALLY HAS A GAY CLUB AGA

BUNKER is DC's unrground gay bar and club wh nightly entertament, live DJs, and transportive r. Bunker, a subterranean gay club, opened s massive doors to live DJ sets on Thursday, Febary 23.

In the past three years, all of the cy’s siar clubs have closed, cludg Cobalt, Secrets, DC Eagle, and the largt gay dance club D.

While Bunker is the first bona fi gay club D. The days, seems that gay rom s are as prevalent as right-wg relig fanatics prottg said movi. There is even a preponrance of gay Christmas movi.

BUNKER “PROUD TO BE DC’S NEWT GAY BAR AND NIGHTCLUB!”

Based on the popular novel by queer wrer Casey McQuiston, “Red, Whe & Royal Blue” isn’t jt notable for s storyle volvg the buddg romance between Alex, the bisexual First Son of the first female POTUS, and gay Brish Prce Henry. “Red, Whe & Royal Blue” marks the directorial but by Tony and GLAAD Media Award-wng gay playwright Matthew López (“The Inherance” and “Some Like It Hot”). BLADE: Wh actors such as Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galze the lead rol of First Son Alex and Prce Henry, “Red, Whe & Royal Blue” will have no trouble drawg gay men.

In recent years, the UK has begun takg actns such as the posthumo pardong of thoands of gay men for gross cency, and such, as well as Prime Mister Sunak’s recent apology to LGBT members of the ary. “We’ve been throwg events now for que a few years, and the District, after the closure of really every gay nightclub — both before COVID and then durg COVID — has really been lackg a te dance floor, ” says Zach Renovát, one of the Bunker -owners. The Ltle Gay Pub – Photo: Do Sevilla.

The other new addn, The Ltle Gay Pub, is the brachild of three longtime rtrant and bar dtry fixtur — Do Sevilla, Dty Martez, and Ben Ganr. The -owners, who have a bed experience of 37 years the bar and rtrant dtry, have a shared visn of The Ltle Gay Pub as a “gift” to the muny, providg an LGBTQ space for people the Logan Circle/Shaw neighborhood where one currently do not exist, and where there’s a arth of drkg or eatg tablishments that n rival those near the Walter E.

MAN WHO MENACED GAY BAR WH GUN SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS

“It looks like an old hotel vibe, a very W Anrson-y take on quirk, where pomp and circumstance have been shelved and taken over by three quirky gays who cid to overrate to s next eratn.

The Ltle Gay Pub has a kchen that the owners plan to utilize, begng wh about a dozen food ems that one uld classify as “elevated pub food, ” meang more than your typil ied pub fare.

LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY

While the liquor license and fal settlement agreements are still beg procsed, the tr behd The Ltle Gay Pub note that their spotls rerds, as far as ABRA vlatns, and their longstandg reputatns appear to have aid them openg whout much phback om the cy, scribg the procs of applyg for var licens and perms as “drama-ee. The Ltle Gay Pub is aimg for a soft openg around March 1, pendg on how quickly a liquor license n be obtaed. ’s Gay Nightlife.

Owner Spencer Hurd moled Licht after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany. His dream: lnchg a cktail bar moled after his favore gay fé Mannheim, Germany.

“The goal is to foc on the classic cktails, rather than jt vodka-sodas and rose Kennedys, as you may get at other gay bars, ” he says.