Meet Kiki, an Excg New Gay Bar Replacg a Pair of Shuttered Shaw Div - Eater DC

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• D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.
• LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
• ESQUIRE NAM TRA ONE OF AMERI’S BT GAY BARS FOR SEND YEAR
• D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
• NEW GAY BAR G TO FORMER FORMER COMMODORE (VERANDA) SPACE LOGAN TO BE LLED THE LTLE GAY PUB
• MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV
• THE LTLE GAY PUB - 03-08-2023 - ORR
• 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.

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

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

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

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.

D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS

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. Licht Café is a reference to the spiratn om his go-to gay spot Mannheim, but also reflects his ial zy space.

“I love art and sign, ” Hurd says, “and I wanted to make the bar unapologetilly gay. “I want the to be a bid edgy—this is a part of gay culture. The U Street NW strip’s gay bar scene is on the up as of late.

NEW GAY BAR G TO FORMER FORMER COMMODORE (VERANDA) SPACE LOGAN TO BE LLED THE LTLE GAY PUB

Kiki owner Keaton Fedak, the former general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose, will expand Kiki to the next-door space that formerly hoed dive Dodge Cy. “We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw, ” he told Eater last month.

Meet Kiki, an Excg New Gay Bar Replacg a Pair of Shuttered Shaw Div.

MEET KIKI, AN EXCG NEW GAY BAR REPLACG A PAIR OF SHUTTERED SHAW DIV

Val Dupont Gay Bar Cobalt Is Closg After Two Des. “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.

“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.

THE LTLE GAY PUB - 03-08-2023 - ORR

The Ltle Gay Pub is aimg for a soft openg around March 1, pendg on how quickly a liquor license n be obtaed. 's evolvg gayborhood has shifted towards Logan Circle and U Street. In Febary 2016, the Washgton Bla noted an "unual flurry of activy" wh the openg of four new gay bars, the majory of which land the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area.

Those spots and more sports bars, dance clubs, and cktail havens are all clud Eater's round up of the District's gay-iendlit bars and hangouts. New gay dive bar Tra opened last year, urty of the team behd Town Danceboutique and Number Ne. New to the Shaw/U Street gay bar scene is Uproar, which buted last year.

The new project om Keaton Fedak, the outgog general manager at nearby gay bar Dirty Goose.

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

’s Gay Flag Football League). “We’re hopg to make a gayborhood Shaw.

Across the street om Kiki and Dirty Goose, unaffiliated gay tablishment Nellie’s Sports Bar ma negative headl this June after a secury guard asslted a Black woman.

Asslt Agast a Black Woman at Nellie’s Could Lead the Gay Bar to Lose Its Liquor License [EDC]. 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.