Wt Hollywood’s Historic Gay Nightclub the Abbey Is Up for Sale - Eater LA

Contents:

• THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA
• PASANA’S ONLY GAY BAR LNCH CROWDFUNDG CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $50,000
• WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE
• PASANA’S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG
• GAY BAR IN LOS ANGEL
• GAY BARS THE FRENCH QUARTER
• ALBUQUERQUE GAY BARS
• PASANA'S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG
• THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA

THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA

“We ed to sneak the back door, ” he said, “bee those days you looked around to see who was watchg you go to a gay bar. “I wanted to work the gay muny, ” said Terradot, who moved to Los Angel om Hacienda Heights the late 1970s.

“Beg able to work wh gay people and have a gay fay, meant everythg. Over the years the Boulevard beme a safe haven for the gay muny the area and an alternative to the Wt Hollywood bar scene.

Ctomers Mark Chou, left, and his partner Mark Lanza, right, flank owner Steve Terradot si the Boulevard gay bar Pasana.

PASANA’S ONLY GAY BAR LNCH CROWDFUNDG CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $50,000

Steve Terradot plac rabow flags their holrs above the ont entrance to his Pasana gay bar, the Boulevard.

“Thgs have changed for gay bars, and maybe some younger people don’t feel that need for them like my generatn did, but for a lot of people this is their safe place to e and not be judged, ” he said.

WT HOLLYWOOD’S HISTORIC GAY NIGHTCLUB THE ABBEY IS UP FOR SALE

Fans wept when Roosterfish, the Wtsi’s olst gay bar, closed 2016. Micky’s WeHo has long been a staple on Wt Hollywood’s strip of gay nightclubs and bars on Santa Moni Boulevard, known for s open-walled two-story buildg where passersby n see the party ragg om the street. The venue is the only Latx gay bar LA that explicly ters to a gay and Mexin dience every night, not jt as a theme once a week.

But ’s the perfect space to grab a workday bnch wh a lleague or for -workg ssns -hosted on Tudays wh Gay Asstrology. The origal Downtown gay bar, Jalis is a dive bar that ters to the Latx and Mexin LGBTQ muny.

Though Sweetwater isn’t officially known as a lbian bar, the humble tablishment has long been the go-to spot for queer women the lol gayborhood, which featur nearly half a dozen gay bars that le Broadway Long Beach. One of Long Beach’s few, if not only, three-level gay bars, Executive Sue boasts a karaoke bar, vio gam, pool tabl for rent, and regular drag shows.

PASANA’S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG

Dubbed by KCET as Montebello’s bt Lato gay bar, Chi is the sister to Club Cobra, servg as a groundg se for the queer Latx muny the suburbs of East LA. It’s the perfect place for gay men to meet on the Eastsi. The Boulevard is a gay bar that is sure to fill your night wh lively entertament and a welg safe space for LGBTQIA members.

Wh dive bars jt allowed to e back onle after nearly a year of not beg allowed to operate a meangful way, gay bars are tryg to garner support and stay afloat light of the panmic and s related shutdowns.

Late last year, supporters raised over $150, 000 to help save inic gay bar Akbar Silver Lake. This week, Pasana’s only gay bar Boulevard lnched a GoFundMe to raise $50, 000 to help the nearly 40-year-old bs to stay open. The Abbey, arguably the untry’s biggt and most famo gay bar Wt Hollywood, is officially on the market.

GAY BAR IN LOS ANGEL

Pasana’s only gay bar is back wh no ver, karaoke and drag Drag queen Ni Cervant, stage name “Bia Bloom, ” is back onstage at the Boulevard, Pasana’s only gay bar. After 15 months of beg closed bee of the ronavis outbreak and g close to gog out of bs, the Boulevard, the only gay bar Pasana, is open once aga, wh no social distancg and wh live entertament.

There’s also those people that are celebratg jt beg back their gay bar.

The two Marks refer to the Boulevard as the gay “Cheers” (referrg to the long-nng televisn seri) bee there are so many regular ctomers who know your name. It’s a gay bar, ’s a straight bar, ’s a trans bar, ’s a drag bar, ’s a karaoke bar, ’s a bar you n go to no matter who you are and feel fortable.

GAY BARS THE FRENCH QUARTER

The latt blow to Wt Hollywood’s Boystown gay nightlife district is the closg of Rage, the gay bar at the northwt rner of Santa Moni Boulevard and San Vicente.

ALBUQUERQUE GAY BARS

Jacqui Squatriglia and Chris Barn, owner of Flamg Saddl, the gay Country / Wtern bar at 8811 Santa Moni Boulevard at Larrabee, announced s closg on Aug.

Gym Bar, another popular gay bar, loted at 8737 Santa Moni Blvd., announced s permanent closg July, wh s owners sayg that the property owner, Elias Shokrian of Calex LLC Beverly Hill, had been unoperative negotiatg a way for them to pay their rent.

In 2014, Michel Thomas, who had worked as a promoter of events at Rage for 11 years, bought the bs om Maghame and Sattari, makg him the first gay man to own the gay bar. Thomas had lnched events such as GAMeboi, which tered to gay Asian men, and Rage also hosted special nights for other ethnic groups.

PASANA'S ONLY GAY BAR IS BACK WH NO VER, KARAOKE AND DRAG

Thomas boasted that his acquisn meant that Rage would be gay-owned and -operated. ” “I have a problem wh a straight tablishment tryg to make money off of gay people, ” he said an terview wh WEHOville.

Overstreet has many real tate holdgs Wt Hollywood, cludg the real tate at 8220 Santa Moni Blvd., home to the Out of the Closet thrift store and the Gold Coast bar on the rner of Santa Moni Boulevard and North La Jolla Avenue; 8246 Santa Moni Blvd., the lotn of La Jolla Jewelry; 8525 Santa Moni Blvd., where the Healthy Spot pet groomg bs is loted; 8861 Santa Moni Blvd., the lotn of the Chi Chi LaRue’s gay adult products bs; 8869 Santa Moni Blvd., home to Z Pizza; 8917 Santa Moni Blvd., home to the now-closed Halal Brothers, 9085 Santa Moni Blvd., the lotn of the Beverly Hills Karate Amy, and the parkg lot at 814 Larrabee St.

A top gay bar Pasana area that is iendly but a ltle small.

THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE ONLY GAY BAR PASANA

The Boulevard is the iendlit gay bar wh the bt karaoke anywhere. Gay Bar In Los AngelTHE ABBEY FOOD & BAR IS A TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE MTV LOGO BEST GAY BAR IN THE WORLD AWARD. After all, this is ground base for the entertament dtry, and ’s relatively mon to spot a "Drag Race" queen (out of drag, of urse) or Hollywood name (maybe openly gay, maybe more discreetly so) while imbibg a drk at a Wt Hollywood gay bar, soakg sun at a gay-iendly beach, takg a gay stand-up edy show, or wanrg around laid-back hipster hood, Silver Lake, or Beverly Hills.

(and y, spottg celebri like gay Olympic diver Tom Daley and his Osr-wng hband, Dt Lance Black). Jt north of the Santa Moni Beach borr Pacific Palisas, the approximately 3-e-long Will Rogers State Beach, fact once owned by the Hollywood legend but donated to California state after his ath, has a fabulo gay sectn dubbed “Gger Rogers Beach” wh volleyball urts and plenty of nearby f, rtrants, and cktail spots.