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- THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
- TWO NEW BARS THE GAYBORHOOD ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF LOR, MARKG A MAJOR SHIFT
- TOP GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
- RACISM NS EP PHILALPHIA’S GAYBORHOOD
- PHILALPHIA GAY SNAS
- PHILALPHIA GAY DANCE CLUBS
THE 7 BT GAY BARS PHILALPHIA
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The Bike Stop – Open sce 1982, Philalphia’s lone gay leather bar ss on a quiet si street, jt far enough away om the htle and btle of the Gayborhood. Bob & Barbara’s – One of Philly’s most legendary dive bars is not gay, per say (nor is the Gayborhood), but Bob & Barbara’s is home to the cy’s longt-nng drag show, which tak place every Thursday night.
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Knock Rtrant and Bar – Gay baby boomers ngregate around Knock’s bright bar for nversatn and well-ma cktails. Guts the adjog dg room are treated to piano tun and a menu of new Amerin fare, and, durg warmer months, patrons populate tabl outsi for weekend bnch and some of the bt people watchg the Gayborhood.
Stir – Center Cy’s only LGBTQ-specific bar outsi the Gayborhood manag to be both sleek and laid back. Tabu – Philalphia’s origal gay sports bar recently upgrad to a brand-new space one block south of s origal lotn. Tavern on Camac – Tucked along zy Camac Street is the Gayborhood’s three--one special, featurg a handsome first-floor piano bar, a haven for songbirds who gather nightly for show-tune sg-alongs; the upstairs Ascend lounge for weekend dancg, karaoke and ocsnal drag shows; and a basement-level rtrant featurg upsle Amerin fare available until 1 a.
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U Bar – The Gayborhood’s most “Cheers”-like lole serv as a no-nonsense drkers’ refuge. Woody’s – Seems anyone who’s club-hopped Philly has been to Woody’s, the cy’s bt-known gay bar wh one of the bit weekend scen: Gents squeeze on Friday and Saturday nights to dance and mgle a sea of mcle shirts; the upstairs dance floor wh dis balls, strobe lights and Top 40 tun blarg om the DJ booth; downstairs, patrons revolve around the central bar for beer, cktails and heavy flirtg. Nomad Roman – Club-goers often start their nights at this timate spot near the Gayborhood bars.
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Woodys is an LGBTQ bar & dance club that has proudly served the gay muny Philalphia for over 40 years on 13th St. the heart of the Gayborhood. * club philly gay *
Nightly, the Gayborhood’s go-to for oenophil is a stic French bistro pourg more than 60 w by the glass and flight optns that allow guts to sample multiple varietals. Zavo – Artisan pizzas are the star of the show at this btlg tersectn the heart of the Gayborhood.
Pizzeria Cappelli – Conveniently loted across the street om Woody’s and around the rner om after-hours club Voyr, this spot is popularly regnized as the late-night p stop that serv “Gay Pizza.
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Two bars opened recently the Gayborhood that are owned and operated by people of lor, markg a big culture shift for the LGBTQ enclave Center Cy, where racism has been documented for years. Racism has been scribed as prevalent Philly’s gay nightlife sce at least the 1980s.
Philly drag queen Ta Montgomery has felt the unrcurrent of racism the Gayborhood for her entire reer. The Gayborhood is further gentrifyg now — ’s often lled Midtown Village, and wel jt as many straight bachelorette parti as queer ctomers. ” She hop this is jt the start of a diversifyg Gayborhood.
“Everybody says 13th Street is not gay anymore, ” said Cockatoo owner Krishnan.
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