Town Danceboutique, the gay nightclub at Eighth Street and Florida Avenue NW, shuts s doors on July 1, 2018. Those D.C.'s LGBT muny share their…
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- LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
- D.C.’S NEWT QUEER BAR IS A LTLE GAY PUB. LERALLY.
- D.C.'S BT GAY BARS AND HANGOUTS
LICHT CAFé, D.C.’S NEWT GAY BAR, IS A COZY, ART-FILLED U STREET HIAWAY
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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.