GAY BOGOTÁ TRAVEL: COLOMBIA’S GAY-FRIENDLY CAPITAL - QUEER TRAVEL PORTAL

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• GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE
• THE BEST COLUMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLUMBIA
• WHAT HAPPENED TO COLUMBIA’S GAY CLUBS?
• THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA
• THE CAPAL CLUBSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"THE CAPAL CLUB","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"1002 GERVAIS ST ","ADDRSLOLY":"COLUMBIA","ADDRSREGN":"SOUTH CAROLA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"29201-3130"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.5","REVIEWCOUNT":7},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F06\U002FFB\U002F61\U002FAE\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOTHE CAPAL CLUB4.57 REVIEWS#9 OF 26 NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIAGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLEMAILWRE A REVIEWABOUTSOUTH CAROLA'S OLST AND MOST DIGNIFIED PRIVATE GAY BAR, THE CAPAL CLUB HAS BEEN AN TABLISHED AND TEGRAL PART OF OUR MUNY FOR OVER 34 YEARS. ONE OF THE OLST GAY BARS THE SOUTHEAST, AND THE OLST COLUMBIA, THE LAID-BACK AND IENDLY CAPAL CLUB IS RIGHT AROUND THE RNER OM PT'S 1109 AND A BLOCK OM THE STATE POL BUILDG - 'S ALONG A STRETCH OF GERVAIS THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CY'S RECENT GENTRIFITN, AND YOU'LL FD SEVERAL NOTABLE RTRANTS AND MIXED BARS ALONG THIS BLOCK AND NTUG SOUTH FOR A FEW MORE. THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO MGLE AT THE BAR AND CHAT WH LOLS - THERE'S A LONG BAR ON THE LEFT AS YOU ENTER, AND PLENTY OF ZY SPOTS TO S AND CHATREAD MORESUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (16)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSSVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE COLUMBIA BY ZOMBIE SVENGERS1FUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)COLUMBIA CY SVENGER HUNT EXCURSN BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTRI AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE FOR A HISTORIL TOUR AIKEN31REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BIKE TOURSOM $41.03 PER ADULTCELEBRATE WH A HOLIDAY SVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA WH HOLLY JOLLY HUNTFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)COLUMBIA SC CSA SVENGER HUNTFUN & GAMOM $27.00 PER ADULTCOLUMBIA'S CIVIL WAR & STREET ART: A SELF-GUID AUD TOURAUD GUISOM $11.99 PER ADULTCOLUMBIA SVENGER HUNT: CAPAL CULTURE1FUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTADVENTURO SVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA BY WACKY WALKSFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTSVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA BY CRAZY DASHFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTFISHG CHARTERJET BOAT RENTALSOM $525.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 2)AUGTA SVENGER HUNT: BEYOND THE GREENFUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTOVERNIGHT AT RIVERSI PLATFORM CAMPSE5CAMPGOM $25.65 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)AUGTA JET SKI TOURS1ON THE WATEROM $325.00 PER ADULTADVENTURO SVENGER HUNT AUGTA BY ZOMBIE SVENGERSFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10) FUN SVENGER HUNT AUGTA BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS1002 GERVAIS ST, COLUMBIA, SC 29201-3130FULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS349 WH 3 COLA'S RTRANT557515 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSMOTOR SUPPLY CO. BISTRO1,074291 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • INTERNATNAL • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYBOURBON3440.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • CAJUN & CREOLE • BARBLUE MARL1,5260.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYPEARLZ OYSTER BAR372162 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • SEAFOODCANTA 76 MA STREET2000.2 MI$ • MEXIN • SOUTHWTERN • BARMENKOI RAMEN HOE10685 FT$ • JAPANE • ASIAN • SOUPSLIBERTY TAP ROOM7900.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBJASON'S DELI1480.1 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • DELIRUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOE432504 FT$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSSEE ALLATTRACTNS98 WH 6 SOUTH CAROLA STATE HOE6590.1 MIHISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSTHE SENATE COLUMBIA210.1 MITHEATERSTHE SENATE30.1 MITHEATERSCOLUMBIA REGNAL VISORS CENTER80.1 MIVISOR CENTERSSTROM THURMOND MONUMENT20.2 MIMONUMENTS & STATUCOLUMBIA METROPOLAN CONVENTN CENTER560.2 MICONVENTN CENTERSADLUH FLOUR MILL90.2 MIHISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSAIN AMERIN HISTORY MONUMENT430.2 MIMONUMENTS & STATUCOLUMBIA MM OF ART2850.4 MIART MMSSODA CY MARKET950.4 MIFLEA & STREET MARKETSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.4.57 REVIEWSEXCELLENT4VERY GOOD2AVERAGE0POOR1TERRIBLE0NEIL JATLANTA, GA20 NTRIBUTNS2CONVENIENT GAY BAR TO DOWNTOWNJAN 2019 • COUPLBARTENRS ARE NICE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. WE WENT ON A SUNDAY BEFORE MLK AND WAS PROBABLY A LTLE CLIQUISH BEE NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE ROOM FOR AT THE BAR. BUT, I GET . SUNDAY NIGHT AND YOU JT WANT TO SEE YOUR IENDS BEE MLK IS TOMORROW AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 21, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MREEN DCOLUMBIA, SC35 NTRIBUTNS0DISAPPOTGDEC 2017 • BSOUR OFFICE HOLIDAY "DROP " WAS HELD HERE. BEER/WE WH LIGHT HORS D'OVR DURG THE CKTAIL HOUR. THERE WAS A LOVELY CHEE TRAY. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT SURE HOW TO CUT THE BRIE AS TONGS WERE THE ONLY IMPLEMENT. ALSO, THERE WERE NO CRACKERS ON WHICH TO PLACE THE CHEE. THERE WERE CUTE MI SHRIMP CKTAILS SHOOTER CUPS, BUT THE SHRIMP WAS HARD AND FLAVORLS. THERE WERE MI CHICKEN CSTIS THAT WERE SOGGY.THE SERVICE AT THE BAR WAS ALSO LACKG. IT TAK 2 SENDS TO POUR A GLASS OF WE, BUT HAD TO WA WHILE THE TWO STAFF PERSONS TALKED ABOUT A JOB ONE PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE.I ATTEND A CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE BACK 2002. THE FOOD AND SERVICE WERE WONRFUL THEN. THE FOOD AND SERVICE HAS STEADILY CLED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR OVERPRICED, SUBSTANDARD FOOD, THIS IS YOUR PLACE.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 21, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ALAN HCOLUMBIA, SC268 NTRIBUTNS0BIRTHDAY DNER AND FIRST EXPERIENCE HEREDEC 2017 • COUPLMY WIFE RECENTLY JOED THE CAPOL CY CLUB AND WE ME HERE WHOUT RERVATNS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 6:00 PM. WE TEND TO HAVE DRKS AND POSSIBLY HAVE DNER. WE ASKED THE RECEPTNIST TO SEE IF THEY HAD AN OPENG THE DG ROOM FOR DNER AND WE HEAD TO THE BAR. THE VIEW OM THIS 25TH FLOOR WAS FANTASTIC AND WAS A CLEAR NIGHT ALL L UP BELOW .THE DG ROOM CAPTA APPROACHED WHILE WE WERE THE BAR AND DITED THEY HAD A EE TABLE AND THAT THEY WOULD ACMODATE RIGHT AWAY. THE DG ROOM WAS VERY ORNATE AND QUE ELEGANT. WE HAD A GLASS OF WE, MY WIFE ORRED THE SURF & TURF AND I ORRED A "TNK FISH" THAT WAS ON THEIR EVENG SPECIAL LIST. MY FISH WAS OVEROKED, MY WIFE'S LOBSTER TAIL WAS TOO SMOKED AND NEHER OF LIKED THE LOBSTER. HER STEAK THOUGH WAS OKED PERFECTLY AND JT THE BATN OF SPIC MA HER STEAK PERFECT. WE TRIED THE SMALL TFFLE FOR A SIMPLE SSERT AND LEFT FOR THE EVENG. IT WAS PROFSNAL, QUIET AND WE WILL RETURN.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 4, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.PIGWALLERCOLUMBIA, SC25 NTRIBUTNS0BEST MARTINI IN COLUMBIANOV 2017 • FRIENDSTHIS IS A FABULO CLUB FOR THE LBGT MUNY. THE BARTENRS ARE ALWAYS LIGHTFUL AND QUE SKILLFUL. LERALLY, HOWEVER, THE BT MARTIS I HAVE FOUND COLUMBIA-NSISTENTLY!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 9, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.RON BAIKEN, SC277 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT VIEW AND GREAT FOODAPR 2016VISED THE CAPAL CY CLUB FOR DNER. THE SHE CRAB SOUP IS EXCELLENT, THE SEARED SLLOPS ARE FANTASTIC. A NICE SELECTN OF ENTRE.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 9, 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DUANE HGRAY COURT, SOUTH CAROLA, UNED STAT21 NTRIBUTNS5ONE OF THE BT CLUBS COLUMBIANOV 2011 • SOLOI VISED THE CAPOL CLUB LAST NIGHT AND AS AN OUT OF TOWN VISOR, I WAS VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FEEL SO WELE HERE! VERY IENDLY DIVERSE CROWD AND TRACY AND BERTHA REALLY MA ME FEEL SOOOO WELE AND AT HOME. THANK YOU FOR MAKG MY NIGHT WONRFUL!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 5, 2011THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.BMP0266COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA472 NTRIBUTNS7MY FAVORE BAR OF ALLSEP 2011 • FRIENDSI'M SORRY THE OTHER REVIEWER WAS NOT ABLE TO GET , BUT THE CLUB'S WEBSE CLEARLY STAT THAT IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER YOU MT LL AHEAD. SOUTH CAROLA STILL HAS SOME STRANGE LAWS REGARDG PRIVATE CLUBS, BUT BEG PRIVATE ALLOWS TO STAY OPEN LATER AND SERVE ON SUNDAYS WHOUT A SPECIAL LICENSE. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF CAPAL CLUB FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY GUTS OM OUT OF TOWN HAVE LLED AHEAD AND THEY'VE BEEN ADMTED WH NO PROBLEMS. BUT IF YOU JT WALK THE DOOR WH TONS OF ATTU, THEN THE MANAGEMENT/BAR STAFF WILL NOT BE VERY WELG TO YOU.THE CLUB ALSO HAS A VERY WELG CROWD, AND SOME NIGHTS ARE BIER THAN OTHERS. HAPPY HOUR IS 5:00 TO 8:00 EVERY NIGHT, AND THE BAR REMAS OPEN UNTIL 2:00 AM. SUNDAYS AND WEDNDAYS HAVE GREAT DRK SPECIALS, AND WEDNDAYS IS EE POOL ALL NIGHT. SOMETIM YOU MAY FD A FOOTBALL GAME ON THE LARGE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISN, AND OTHER NIGHTS THE CLUB MIGHT BE FULL OF THE THEATRE CROWD CELEBRATG A SUCCSFUL SHOW.I'VE TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND NEVER HAVE I FOUND A GAY BAR THAT I LIKE MORE THAN THE CAPAL CLUB.READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 24, 2011THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SIDNEYCOLUMBIA, SCIS THERE A VER CHARGE ADD A REPLYCARALYNE WIS IT 18 AND OVER?ADD A REPLYLFOWENS1SPARTANBURG, SCWHERE N YOU PARK, IF YOU ATTENDG AN EVENT AT THE CAPAL CY CLUB?ADD A REPLYVIEW ALLALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALLTHE VLT MARTI BAR14BARS & CLUBSCRAFT AND DRAFT9BARS & CLUBSWORLD OF BEER - THE VISTA21BARS & CLUBSSTUD CELLAR9BARS & CLUBSTHE COMEDY HOE23COMEDY CLUBSJAKE'S ON DEVE5BARS & CLUBSWET WILLIE'S COLUMBIA, SC16BARS & CLUBSGERVAIS & VE13BARS & CLUBSTHE PUBLICK HOE COLUMBIA4BARS & CLUBSROOFTOP LOUNGE15BARS & CLUBSIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGTHE CAPAL CLUB (COLUMBIA) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
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GAY NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLA: BT BARS, CLUBS, & MORE

For a relatively small cy the nservative state of South Carola, Columbia has a surprisgly fervent gay nightlife scene.

A uple of the town's most popular LGBTQ+ bars are wh view of the stately pol buildg, and a few more mixed but gay-iendly bars and hangouts are the Five Pots retail and entertament neighborhood, not far om the Universy of South Carola. While Columbia isn't a gay mec, do rank among the more welg statns the state, and the cy hosts the annual South Carola Gay Pri celebratn.

Visors n enjoy some gay-iendly plac to drk, de, and tch live mic this iendly cy and hub of South Carola polics and tn. While there aren't many exclively-gay bars or clubs Columbia, there are some lively on full of karaoke, dancg, drag shows, and drk specials, among other fun activi.

THE BEST COLUMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLUMBIA

The Capal Club: One of the longt-nng gay bars the Southeast, and the olst Columbia, the laid-back and private Capal Club is a block om the pol buildg downtown. PT's 1109: In the shadows of the pol buildg, PT's 1109 is arguably the most popular gay bar and nightclub Columbia, wh a good-size dance floor and drk specials. The venue has drag shows, karaoke, and a variety of parti, pl events supportg Gay Pri and other muny anizatns.

Some of the bt, most novative food the cy n be found a short walk om both the Capol and the cy's gay bars. The mt-do event is the South Carola Gay Pri celebratn which has taken place Columbia sce 1989 and is one of the state's ma events.

WHAT HAPPENED TO COLUMBIA’S GAY CLUBS?

Columbia, SC Prime Timers is a group of olr gay or bisexual men (pl younger men 21 and up) that holds many activi: Check out their potlucks, piics, movi, plays, lol and out of town trips, and more. Conveniently loted  the heart of downtown Columbia, The Capal Club first opened s doors the 1980s and is the olst gay club the cy. He lik to tell younger people about The Capal Club’s early days, a very different — and ght — time to be a gay bar South Carola.

The Capal Club, or simply “Capal, ” as patrons ll , is the olst operatg gay bar Columbia, and acrdg to s webse, the Southeast.

Jt around the rner is PT’s 1109, the cy’s other gay bar, which opened 2000.

THE 10 BEST COLOMBIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOMBIA

Through discsns wh bar owners and patrons and analyzg rerds om Historic Columbia, The Carola News and Reporter unvered a strange statistic: Columbia, 2022, has only those two gay bars, the lowt number the cy sce 1960.

Like a lot of gay bars at the time, Rumors started as a private club wh a guard list of members. “I was still playg what was typilly lled ‘gay mic. A sign by the door said the membership clud gay, straight, Black and whe, and anyone who ed trouble would be asked to leave.

THE CAPAL CLUBSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"THE CAPAL CLUB","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"1002 GERVAIS ST ","ADDRSLOLY":"COLUMBIA","ADDRSREGN":"SOUTH CAROLA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"29201-3130"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.5","REVIEWCOUNT":7},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F06\U002FFB\U002F61\U002FAE\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOTHE CAPAL CLUB4.57 REVIEWS#9 OF 26 NIGHTLIFE COLUMBIAGAY BARSREAD MOREVIS WEBSECALLEMAILWRE A REVIEWABOUTSOUTH CAROLA'S OLST AND MOST DIGNIFIED PRIVATE GAY BAR, THE CAPAL CLUB HAS BEEN AN TABLISHED AND TEGRAL PART OF OUR MUNY FOR OVER 34 YEARS. ONE OF THE OLST GAY BARS THE SOUTHEAST, AND THE OLST COLUMBIA, THE LAID-BACK AND IENDLY CAPAL CLUB IS RIGHT AROUND THE RNER OM PT'S 1109 AND A BLOCK OM THE STATE POL BUILDG - 'S ALONG A STRETCH OF GERVAIS THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF THE CY'S RECENT GENTRIFITN, AND YOU'LL FD SEVERAL NOTABLE RTRANTS AND MIXED BARS ALONG THIS BLOCK AND NTUG SOUTH FOR A FEW MORE. THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO MGLE AT THE BAR AND CHAT WH LOLS - THERE'S A LONG BAR ON THE LEFT AS YOU ENTER, AND PLENTY OF ZY SPOTS TO S AND CHATREAD MORESUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (16)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSSVENGER HUNT ADVENTURE COLUMBIA BY ZOMBIE SVENGERS1FUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)COLUMBIA CY SVENGER HUNT EXCURSN BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTRI AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE FOR A HISTORIL TOUR AIKEN31REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.BIKE TOURSOM $41.03 PER ADULTCELEBRATE WH A HOLIDAY SVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA WH HOLLY JOLLY HUNTFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10)COLUMBIA SC CSA SVENGER HUNTFUN & GAMOM $27.00 PER ADULTCOLUMBIA'S CIVIL WAR & STREET ART: A SELF-GUID AUD TOURAUD GUISOM $11.99 PER ADULTCOLUMBIA SVENGER HUNT: CAPAL CULTURE1FUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTADVENTURO SVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA BY WACKY WALKSFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTSVENGER HUNT COLUMBIA BY CRAZY DASHFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTFISHG CHARTERJET BOAT RENTALSOM $525.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 2)AUGTA SVENGER HUNT: BEYOND THE GREENFUN & GAMOM $12.31 PER ADULTOVERNIGHT AT RIVERSI PLATFORM CAMPSE5CAMPGOM $25.65 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)AUGTA JET SKI TOURS1ON THE WATEROM $325.00 PER ADULTADVENTURO SVENGER HUNT AUGTA BY ZOMBIE SVENGERSFUN & GAMOM $20.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 10) FUN SVENGER HUNT AUGTA BY OPERATN CY QUTFUN & GAMOM $10.00 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS1002 GERVAIS ST, COLUMBIA, SC 29201-3130FULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS349 WH 3 COLA'S RTRANT557515 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSMOTOR SUPPLY CO. BISTRO1,074291 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • INTERNATNAL • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYBOURBON3440.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • CAJUN & CREOLE • BARBLUE MARL1,5260.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYPEARLZ OYSTER BAR372162 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • SEAFOODCANTA 76 MA STREET2000.2 MI$ • MEXIN • SOUTHWTERN • BARMENKOI RAMEN HOE10685 FT$ • JAPANE • ASIAN • SOUPSLIBERTY TAP ROOM7900.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBJASON'S DELI1480.1 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • DELIRUTH'S CHRIS STEAK HOE432504 FT$$$$ • AMERIN • STEAKHOE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSSEE ALLATTRACTNS98 WH 6 SOUTH CAROLA STATE HOE6590.1 MIHISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSTHE SENATE COLUMBIA210.1 MITHEATERSTHE SENATE30.1 MITHEATERSCOLUMBIA REGNAL VISORS CENTER80.1 MIVISOR CENTERSSTROM THURMOND MONUMENT20.2 MIMONUMENTS & STATUCOLUMBIA METROPOLAN CONVENTN CENTER560.2 MICONVENTN CENTERSADLUH FLOUR MILL90.2 MIHISTORIC S • ARCHECTURAL BUILDGSAIN AMERIN HISTORY MONUMENT430.2 MIMONUMENTS & STATUCOLUMBIA MM OF ART2850.4 MIART MMSSODA CY MARKET950.4 MIFLEA & STREET MARKETSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.4.57 REVIEWSEXCELLENT4VERY GOOD2AVERAGE0POOR1TERRIBLE0NEIL JATLANTA, GA20 NTRIBUTNS2CONVENIENT GAY BAR TO DOWNTOWNJAN 2019 • COUPLBARTENRS ARE NICE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. WE WENT ON A SUNDAY BEFORE MLK AND WAS PROBABLY A LTLE CLIQUISH BEE NO ONE WANTED TO MAKE ROOM FOR AT THE BAR. BUT, I GET . SUNDAY NIGHT AND YOU JT WANT TO SEE YOUR IENDS BEE MLK IS TOMORROW AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 21, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MREEN DCOLUMBIA, SC35 NTRIBUTNS0DISAPPOTGDEC 2017 • BSOUR OFFICE HOLIDAY "DROP " WAS HELD HERE. BEER/WE WH LIGHT HORS D'OVR DURG THE CKTAIL HOUR. THERE WAS A LOVELY CHEE TRAY. HOWEVER, I WAS NOT SURE HOW TO CUT THE BRIE AS TONGS WERE THE ONLY IMPLEMENT. ALSO, THERE WERE NO CRACKERS ON WHICH TO PLACE THE CHEE. THERE WERE CUTE MI SHRIMP CKTAILS SHOOTER CUPS, BUT THE SHRIMP WAS HARD AND FLAVORLS. THERE WERE MI CHICKEN CSTIS THAT WERE SOGGY.THE SERVICE AT THE BAR WAS ALSO LACKG. IT TAK 2 SENDS TO POUR A GLASS OF WE, BUT HAD TO WA WHILE THE TWO STAFF PERSONS TALKED ABOUT A JOB ONE PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE.I ATTEND A CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE BACK 2002. THE FOOD AND SERVICE WERE WONRFUL THEN. THE FOOD AND SERVICE HAS STEADILY CLED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. IF YOU'RE LOOKG FOR OVERPRICED, SUBSTANDARD FOOD, THIS IS YOUR PLACE.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 21, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ALAN HCOLUMBIA, SC268 NTRIBUTNS0BIRTHDAY DNER AND FIRST EXPERIENCE HEREDEC 2017 • COUPLMY WIFE RECENTLY JOED THE CAPOL CY CLUB AND WE ME HERE WHOUT RERVATNS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT ABOUT 6:00 PM. WE TEND TO HAVE DRKS AND POSSIBLY HAVE DNER. WE ASKED THE RECEPTNIST TO SEE IF THEY HAD AN OPENG THE DG ROOM FOR DNER AND WE HEAD TO THE BAR. THE VIEW OM THIS 25TH FLOOR WAS FANTASTIC AND WAS A CLEAR NIGHT ALL L UP BELOW .THE DG ROOM CAPTA APPROACHED WHILE WE WERE THE BAR AND DITED THEY HAD A EE TABLE AND THAT THEY WOULD ACMODATE RIGHT AWAY. THE DG ROOM WAS VERY ORNATE AND QUE ELEGANT. WE HAD A GLASS OF WE, MY WIFE ORRED THE SURF & TURF AND I ORRED A "TNK FISH" THAT WAS ON THEIR EVENG SPECIAL LIST. MY FISH WAS OVEROKED, MY WIFE'S LOBSTER TAIL WAS TOO SMOKED AND NEHER OF LIKED THE LOBSTER. HER STEAK THOUGH WAS OKED PERFECTLY AND JT THE BATN OF SPIC MA HER STEAK PERFECT. WE TRIED THE SMALL TFFLE FOR A SIMPLE SSERT AND LEFT FOR THE EVENG. IT WAS PROFSNAL, QUIET AND WE WILL RETURN.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 4, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.PIGWALLERCOLUMBIA, SC25 NTRIBUTNS0BEST MARTINI IN COLUMBIANOV 2017 • FRIENDSTHIS IS A FABULO CLUB FOR THE LBGT MUNY. THE BARTENRS ARE ALWAYS LIGHTFUL AND QUE SKILLFUL. LERALLY, HOWEVER, THE BT MARTIS I HAVE FOUND COLUMBIA-NSISTENTLY!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 9, 2017THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.RON BAIKEN, SC277 NTRIBUTNS0GREAT VIEW AND GREAT FOODAPR 2016VISED THE CAPAL CY CLUB FOR DNER. THE SHE CRAB SOUP IS EXCELLENT, THE SEARED SLLOPS ARE FANTASTIC. A NICE SELECTN OF ENTRE.READ MOREWRTEN MAY 9, 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. 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A DIVISION OF THE RAINBOW — GAY CLUBS SELF-SEGREGATE. On Two Notch Road, The Candy Shop was known as Columbia’s only Black gay bar. “That was the only Black gay club for around, ” she said.

You had gays there, straights there, you had everybody at The Candy Shop.

It was also a place to get away om racism at other gay clubs, cludg for Snrs, a Black trans woman.

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Lane remembers Traxx as a rary even among the few gay bars town, beg targeted towards women. Even today, lbian bars are ls mon than male gay bars. Many of them were straight wh gay iends, but some were closeted, Skipper, the print, said.

Before he me to Columbia, someone shot through the wdows of a gay bar Wilmgton, N. Straight people “me (to The Candy Shop) bee their iends were gay and they were jt hangg out, ” she said.

A GAY MAN’S DISEASE. In 1983, Tony Price, a regular patron of the clubs and a gay rights activist on USC’s mp, was a play at the school’s Longstreet Theater.

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The first s were seen California and New York 1981, acrdg to In 1982, South Carola’s first se of what was dubbed the “gay ncer, ” bee disproportnately affected gay men, was diagnosed Charlton. The cy’s gay clubs soon were on the ont l of the epimic.

He said young men who had been diagnosed wh the disease would e to him the bathrooms of gay bars cryg and askg for help.

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After the ial wave of fear and silence, natnal AIDS activists forced discsn of the disease – and other issu the gay muny – to the mastream. Columbia hadn’t had a gay rights movement the 1970s like bigger ci, so the activism that spng om the clubs durg the AIDS movement was the first time gay liberatn had e to the cy and state. In 1990, the first “gay pri” march the state was anized Columbia.

WHERE DID THE GAY CLUBS GO? Snipers never attacked the pri march, and the AIDS crisis didn’t kill off gay bars, but many who are still around om that perd say there was a noted change the culture of the clubs.

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Addnally, gay acceptance creased the 1990s, changg the mographics of bars. Fally, the rise of the ter paralleled a drop the number of gay-only clubs, natnally and lolly. Other clubs opened the same buildg — at first they remaed predomantly gay clubs, Berler said, but each new eratn of the club beme more llege oriented and ls gay oriented.

Other LGBTQ bars opened throughout the ’90s, but Historic Columbia’s rerds show a sharp cle the number of gay clubs startg the early 2000s. Supreme Court, and 2014, gay marriage the state was legalized.

Some who are still around om Columbia’s gay bar heyday thk there is ls mand for LGBTQ clubs bee members of the muny are more accepted society. “We have gay policians, out gay people bankg and real tate and the medil field — everywhere, ” Berler said.

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DO WE STILL NEED GAY BARS? Capal Club and PT’s are the only remag dited gay clubs the cy. A third bar, Art Bar, which opened 1992, is a popular “gay-iendly” club, Price said.

“Straight people might not want to go to a gay bar, but when you put their element, they’ll appreciate a show, ” Snrs said. “I don’t thk there’s anythg as exclive as a gay bar anymore, ” he said. The ont entrance to The Capal Club, the longt ntuoly operatg gay bar Columbia (Photo by Caleb Bozard).