A gay-owned Virgia rtrant is a dispute wh s neighbors - Washgton Post

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• D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.
• ESQUIRE NAM TRA ONE OF AMERI’S BT GAY BARS FOR SEND YEAR
• LTLE GAY BOOKSTORE IS G TO THE SHORT NORTH
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.

The Ltle Gay Pub founrs.

“We’re like, ‘It’s jt a cute Ltle Gay Pub! That’s how Ganr and -owners Do Sevilla and Dty Martez me up wh the name for The Ltle Gay Pub — on track to open this March Logan Circle. ’s gay scene.

Addnally, The Ltle Gay Pub will be ls foced on clubbg and more as a muny gatherg spot, even late at night.

ESQUIRE NAM TRA ONE OF AMERI’S BT GAY BARS FOR SEND YEAR

And signs pot to the excement for The Ltle Gay Pub’s openg.

Sevilla says they chose to work together on openg The Ltle Gay Pub together bee they “would have hired each other. When asked about how he feels about The Ltle Gay Pub nearg the fish le, Sevilla says they’re “very grateful” for all the support. The Ltle Gay Pub: 1100 P St.

NW, DC; // @theltlegaypub. “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.

LTLE GAY BOOKSTORE IS G TO THE SHORT NORTH

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. “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.

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.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The Ltle Gay Pub is aimg for a soft openg around March 1, pendg on how quickly a liquor license n be obtaed. A nonprof, LGBTQIA-owned bookstore and ffee shop is on s way to the Short Gay Bookstore, which will operate as a non-prof, alongsi a for-prof ffee shop lled Queer Beans, are set to open later this year.

The person workg there said there should be a gay bookstore bee of the amount of requts they got, and we jokgly said we would jt do , ” Steer told 614Now.

”In addn to offerg a wi variety of queer lerature, Ltle Gay Bookstore plans to offer “a safe space for all queer people to exist. The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.