New Balboa - Gay Bar San Luis Obispo

Contents:

• SAN LUIS OBISPO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI
• THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 
• GAY CISG SAN LUIS OBISPO
• IS THERE ANY GAY NIGHTLIFE ALONG THE CENTRAL AST? - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN LUIS OBISPO
• GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM
• GAY/DRAG CLUBS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

SAN LUIS OBISPO GAY NIGHTLIFE GUI

Although the Central California Coast cy of San Luis Obispo hasn't had a specific gay bar for some time, this attractive cy of about 45, 000 (wh about 270, 000 the entire unty) that's home to Cal Poly State Universy, a btlg downtown, and a burgeong we untry do have a good-size LGBT populatn. This is pecially the se durg the week San Luis Obispo Gay Pri, which is held July.

THE CENTRAL COAST HAS A THRIVG LGBTQ MUNY, SO WHERE ARE ALL THE GAY BARS? 

If you're lookg for particularly gay-welg plac that are popular for dancg, or that have notable settgs or food and drk, you'll fd a handful of excellent optns right the heart of downtown SLO. Also earng lots of kudos among ale aficnados are Central Coast Brewg (which has been a sponsor of SLO Gay Pri over the years) and Liberte Brewg downtown San Luis Obispo, and BarrelHoe Brewg and Beer Garn, also Paso Robl.

The team behd gay-popular Novo Rtrant (see below) also operate the terrific nearby rtrant Luna Red (1023 Chorro St. ) is arguably the clost tablishment to a gay bar the unty.

Novo also has been a huge supporter of San Luis Obispo Gay Pri for years as well. As a teen, Rory Uribe fantasized about gog to a gay bar or club and fally beg able to be unabashedly gay public.

GAY CISG SAN LUIS OBISPO

Click to enlarge Photo Courty Of Matthew Lalanne GAY CLUB ALCHEMISTS Daniel Gomez (left) and Frank Domguez (right) are known for turng typil bars to hugely succsful, LGBTQ-clive parti. So Uribe always thought the gay bars Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo unti would provi that much-need and missg support system and work. "I've dreamed of gog to a gay bar sce I was like, 16, " Uribe told New Tim.

The lack of LGBTQ-specific nightlife on the Central Coast is an issue much of the lol gay and trans muny is forced to work around. Santa Barbara's once thrivg gay club scene dwdled, and eventually pletely disappeared, as varyg sexual orientatns and genr inti beme more wily accepted and datg apps beme more readily available.

IS THERE ANY GAY NIGHTLIFE ALONG THE CENTRAL AST? - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

But 's left the Central Coast whout a gay bar reach—the neart (acrdg to mor and Google) are Ventura, Frno, and San Jose—and many lols say the safety gay bars and clubs provi is still very much need, pecially the more nservative portns of the state. Uribe, who is now a stunt at Allan Hanck College, fally ma their gay bar dream e te this sprg while visg a iend San Francis. Like so many other LGBTQ rints the area and across the natn, Uribe helped start an anizatn dited to givg gay, trans, and queer dividuals a safe space to meet up and build support systems.

Uribe and other Hanck stunts revalized the school's long idle Queers and Alli Club last year, and the group regularly hosts meetgs, ffee meetups, and parti, which Uribe dubbed "gay bash.

GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

He wanted to spice thgs up by startg a group that would make easier for lol LGBTQ dividuals to meet, and was mullg over the ia one day when he walked to the now closed Metro Brewg Company San Luis Obispo and jt happened to spot two gay upl si. "And I was like, 'Oh my god, is this a gay bar?

One bar owner told SLOQueerdos that he didn't want his tablishment to be known as a gay bar, Domguez said.

Still, Domguez and his partner— bs and life—Daniel Gomez, who also -owns SLOQueerdos, agree that openg a gay bar on the Central Coast would be challengg. Rent is stly, liquor licens are hard to e by, and they qutned whether a gay bar SLO would have enough nsistent bs to stay open.

GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

While gay bars do provi LGBTQ muni wh sential social opportuni, Gomez said 's easier than ever to lk up through readily accsible onle datg apps like Tr and Grdr. I thk [onle datg] has a huge impact on the gay club scene.

"We jt make clubs to gay clubs.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN LUIS OBISPO

Chufar and Johns are married, and they're both board members at Santa Barbara's Gay and Lbian Bs Associatn, a nonprof that funds scholarships awards each year to llege-bound and votnal stunts across the unty.

GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

The anizatn was ianally created the '80s to support gay- and lbian-owned bs the area. As gayns gradually beme more wily accepted, so did gay bs, and that arm of the nonprof eventually halted s work. The same thg happened wh Santa Barbara's gay nightlife, Chufar and Johns said.

Johns has lived Santa Barbara sce the '70s, and said there were about six gay bars Santa Barbara alone at one time. The Wildt Lounge hosts "gay nights" every Sunday, but Johns said, "who wants to go out on a Sunday?

GAY BARS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

Younger generatns are g datg apps to fd other gays town now rather than gay bars, and Chufar and Johns said that's OK.

GAY/DRAG CLUBS - SAN LUIS OBISPO FOM

But that's not necsarily te other, more nservative swaths of the Central Coast, acrdg to reprentativ of the Hoe of Pri and Equaly (HOPE), a Santa Maria-based anizatn dited to creatg safe spac for the lol gay and trans muny.

Cee Chavez works wh HOPE, and said that while she might ocsnaly see openly gay upl North County, 's not as predomate or accepted as South County.