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SEATTLE GAY BAR SCENE: RPLACE REVIV FROM THE DEAD AS “THE COMEBACK” OPENG THIS WEEKEND
Is he ncerned about beg loted outsi of Seattle’s nomal gayborhood?
The Comeback was a succsor to the popular Capol Hill based gay bar, RPlace which was forced to shut down durg the Covid-19 epimic when s landlords refed to renew the bar’s lease. Nightlife do exist that area but is largely cltered around the stadiums or nsists of more night club/dis oriented statn spots like Supernova, the LGBTQ+ iendly night club and The Monkey Loft, a popular EDM venue that is also gay posive. As the Edorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways wr, eds and do about a ln other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most vised LGBTQ news, arts and entertament webse now celebratg s 14th year as a media outlet.
The Comeback was started by Floyd Lovelady (wh partners) who was the longtime manager at beloved Capol Hill gay bar R Place which closed durg the Covid shutdown after the owners of the buildg chose not to renew their lease. While fans of R Place and their staff, many of whom moved to The Comeback, were exced about their favore gay bar rurrectg, others speculated if the new bar uld make . Afterall, R Place was a neighborhood gay bar that had been loted a nsely populated part of Seatte that was home to many LGBTQ+ people.