Behold: A Map Of San Francis's Lost Gay Bars: SFist

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• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS
• GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• 5 HISTORIC SAN FRANCIS GAY BARS WE WISH STILL EXISTED
• BT GAY CLUBS SAN FRANCIS
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• BEHOLD: A MAP OF SAN FRANCIS'S LOST GAY BARS
• BADLANDSSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"BADLANDS","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","STREETADDRS":"4121 18TH ST ","ADDRSLOLY":"SAN FRANCIS","ADDRSREGN":"CALIFORNIA","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"UNED STAT","POSTALCO":"94114-2407"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"4.0","REVIEWCOUNT":31},"OPENGHOURS":"MO-SU 15:00-02:00","IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F08\U002F0B\U002F10\U002F\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOBADLANDS431 REVIEWS#54 OF 334 NIGHTLIFE SAN FRANCISGAY BARSOPEN NOW3:00 PM - 2:00 AMMONDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMTUDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMWEDNDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMTHURSDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMFRIDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMSATURDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMSUNDAY3:00 PM - 2:00 AMVIS WEBSECALLWRE A REVIEWABOUTDANCE BAR LOTED THE CASTRO.READ MORESUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGFULL VIEWALL PHOTOS (3)TOP WAYS TO EXPERIENCE NEARBY ATTRACTNSLIKELY TO SELL OUT*SAN FRANCIS LGBTQ WALKG TOUR WH LOL GUI454REMEND99% 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.HISTORIL TOURSOM $30.96 PER ADULTSPECIAL OFFERMUIR WOODS & SSALO HALF-DAY TOUR (RETURN BY B OR FERRY OM SSALO)1,002BOAT TOURSOM $96.00 $79.68 PER ADULTLTLE ITALY AND NORTH BEACH WALKG TOUR SAN FRANCIS410REMEND97% 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.CY TOURSOM $78.60 PER ADULTALTRAZ WH MUIR WOODS AND SSALO TOUR286AUD GUISOM $159.00 PER ADULTLOL FLAVORS: AN INSIR'S TOUR OF SAN FRANCIS'S HIDN GEMS7HISTORIL TOURSOM $99.00 PER ADULTPATED LADI SAN FRANCIS CY TOUR727REMEND98% 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.B TOURSOM $79.00 PER ADULTCHATOWN AND NORTH BEACH WALKG TOUR270REMEND95% 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.CY TOURSOM $84.90 PER ADULTSMALL GROUP TOUR: SAN FRANCIS, MUIR WOODS, SSALO WH OPTIONAL ALTRAZ298REMEND97% 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.AUD GUISOM $129.00 PER ADULT2023 MUIR WOODS, SSALO, SF, ALL ONE DAY! ADD (ALCATRAZ OPTION)289REMEND99% 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.B TOURSOM $109.00 PER ADULTTHE ORIGAL CY LOOP ELECTRIC BICYCLE TOUR90REMEND98% 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.E-BIKE TOURSOM $139.00 PER ADULTSMALL GROUP TOUR: SAN FRANCIS AND MUIR WOODS WH LUNCH SSALO 480REMEND99% 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.HISTORIL TOURSOM $129.00 PER ADULTFULL-DAY SAN FRANCIS TOUR BY CABLE CAR & FOOT18CABLE CAR TOURSOM $135.00 PER ADULTALTRAZ INSI WH FISHERMAN'S WHARF LUNCH CRED 24AUD GUISOM $103.99 PER ADULTSAN FRANCIS LOVE TOUR971REMEND97% 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.HISTORIL TOURSOM $85.00 PER ADULTBIG B SAN FRANCIS NIGHT TOUR199AUD GUISOM $44.10 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS4121 18TH ST, SAN FRANCIS, CA 94114-2407NEIGHBORHOOD: THE CASTROA FLOURISHG MERCIAL AREA THAT ACTS AS SAN FRANCIS'S LGBT MUNY CENTER AND CULTURAL HEART, THE CASTRO IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WELE TO EVERYONE. AS ONE OF THE FIRST PREDOMANTLY LGBT NEIGHBORHOODS THE UNED STAT AND CURRENTLY S LARGT, REMAS ONE OF THE EPICENTERS OF ACTIVISM THE NATN. GRAND THEATERS AND GLZY SHOPS NOW PETE WH BARS AND FASHNABLE EATERI FOR ATTENTN, DRAWG VISORS OM AROUND THE WORLD TO THE BRIGHT RABOW FLAG ACTG AS S BEAN.READ MOREHOW TO GET THERECASTRO ST • 3 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS4,248 WH 3 ANCHOR OYSTER BAR649414 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • SOUPSFRANC3350.2 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSORPHAN ANDY'S3630.1 MI$ • AMERIN • CAFE • DERIKE'S LOVE & SANDWICH4180.4 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • FAST FOODPOIA OSTERIA ITALIANA204327 FT$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSHOT COOKIE174512 FT$ • BAKERI • AMERINHARVEY'S368117 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYKCHEN STORY3350.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • FN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYL'ARDOISE BISTRO2500.4 MI$$ - $$$ • FRENCH • EUROPEAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYCATCH2700.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYSEE ALLATTRACTNS796 WH 6 GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY MM8729 FTSPECIALY MMS • HISTORY MMSSPARK ARTS1360 FTART GALLERIPK TRIANGL MEMORIAL PARK10.1 MIMONUMENTS & STATUHARVEY MILK PLAZA280.1 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSPATH OF GOLD LIGHT STANDARDS10.2 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • HISTORIC WALKG AREASMISSN DOLOR PARK8880.5 MIPARKSART HOE SF10.2 MIART GALLERITHE CASTRO9720.4 MINEIGHBORHOODSMISSN DOLOR3430.5 MIHISTORIC S • MISSNSVULN STEPS50.2 MIHISTORIC WALKG AREASSEE 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.4.031 REVIEWSEXCELLENT14VERY GOOD11AVERAGE3POOR0TERRIBLE3MIKEJC1981LONDON, UK44 NTRIBUTNS2GREAT FOR DANCGJUL 2019 • COUPLWE HAD ONE OF OUR MOST FUN NIGHTS OUT AT THIS CLUB. THE VIO DJ PLAYED A GREAT MIX OF MIC WHICH HAD ME DANCG AWAY FOR A LONG TIME. READ MOREWRTEN JULY 29, 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.ANDREYVRBELO HORIZONTE, MG112 NTRIBUTNS0CUNNG BARTENRS FEB 2019 • FRIENDSMY PARTNER, A IEND AND I ME TO THIS PLACE BY CHANCE. SOMEWHAT GOOD MIC, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE, ONE OF THE BARTENRS WAS ALRIGHT. HAD A UPLE ROUNDS OF DRKS. ON THE LAST ROUND I ORRED THE DRKS FOR A DIFFERENT BARTENR, HE WATERED DOWN OUR DRKS WH SODA WHEN I WASN’T LOOKG. TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, HE DIDN’T RE. TRIED THE FIRST BARTENR, NOT EVEN TO GET NEW DRKS BUT JT TO WARN HIM OF THE SUATN, HE ULDN’T RE LS. JT TOO BAD THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY OUT AND OF YOU BY BEG CUNNG. READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 25, 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.NATISAN FRANCIS, CA4 NTRIBUTNS2NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF LORDEC 2018 • FRIENDSLAST NIGHT I EXPERIENCED RACISM BY FELLOW CLUBGOERS . I ALERTED THE SECURY AND SEVERAL STAFF REGARDG THE CINT AND THEY DID NOTHG!! LATER ON THE SAME NIGHT A BLACK MAN AS ACCED OF PICKPOCKETG WH OUT ANY MER. THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF LOR! THE CASTRO SHOULD BE SAFEHAVEN FOR ALL PEOPLE!!!READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 17, 2018THIS 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.ROSS GEDBURGH, UK426 NTRIBUTNS0TASTE OF SAN FRANCIS NIGHT LIFEDEC 2018 • COUPLTHIS BAR/CLUB IS THE HEART OF THE GAY AREA.WELG AND IENDLY.PAY FOR ENTRY ON A SATURDAY.POP MIC SO EASY LISTENG.DRKS AVERAGE PRICE.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 5, 2018THIS 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.M TNEW ZEALAND106 NTRIBUTNS1SEEDY AND SEXYAUG 2017 • SOLOIT WAS A LOT TO TAKE FOR A LTLE KIWI BOY. THE BAR STAFF ARE VERY IENDLY AND I HAD MORE THAN ONE OFFER OF BEG SHOWN AROUND BY THE BARTENRS AFTER THEIR SHIFT END LOL. THERE WAS ONE LATO BAR TENR I WISH I'D GOT HIS NUMBER, HE SAW MY POLICE WARRANT AND WAS SO TO ME. LOLREAD MOREWRTEN JANUARY 27, 2018THIS 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.ERIC LATLANTA, GA81 NTRIBUTNS1WHERE IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR CROWD?AUG 2017 • FRIENDSWHERE IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR CROWD? IS DOWN BASED ON THE BAR TENR PLAG ABOUT HIS TIP OR JT A RULT CHANGG TAST? I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED G HERE WHEN TOWN. FUN, DIVERSE, NON-PRETENT CROWD. HAPPY VIO MIC. GOOD CHEAP DRKS. FRIENDS SAY THE CROWD PICKS UP AROUND 11PM NOW. STILL A FUN PLACE - JT NOT QUE THE PLACE TO GO FOR FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR ANYMORE.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 26, 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.HOOL OSAN JOSE, CA21 NTRIBUTNS0BT CLUB THE STRO! OCT 2016 • SOLOWH VIO MONORS PLAYG THE MIC VIOS AND ALL THEIR SEXY BARTENRS U ARE SURE GUARANTEED A GOOD TIME. JT BE REFUL LEAVG UR JACKET LAY ABOUT BEE UR PROBABLY NOT GONNA WALK OUT WH READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 18, 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.DB16NEW JERSEY219 NTRIBUTNS0SO MUCH FUNAUG 2016STOPPED HERE FOR SOME DRKS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AND GOT TWO FOR ON DURG HAPPY HOUR. GREAT DRKS AND GREAT SERVICE!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 2, 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.SFLEONCEMUNICH, GERMANY519 NTRIBUTNS0ALWAYS FUN SFJAN 2016WE ALWAYS E TO BADLANDS WHEN WE ARE SF, LOVE THE DRKS AND DANCG. MIC IS PLAYED BY A VJ AND CLUS SHOWTUN, POP AND ANYTHG ELSE ONE WOULD LIKE TO DANCE TO.THE PLACE GETS PACKED, SO E EARLY AND ENJOY. READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 6, 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.STEPHC0914 NTRIBUTNS0IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE SF, YOU WILL NOW.JAN 2015 • SOLOI WENT TO SAN FRANCIS BY MYSELF AND BASILLY STAYED THE STRO. I STUMBLED UPON BADLANDS BEE I MET A FEW PEOPLE AT THE Q. THEY SAID THAT BADLANDS WAS THE PLACE TO DANCE. THE LE WAS LONG BUT WENT QUICK. THE MIC IS CURRENT MIC, TOP 20, AND THERE IS A LARGE MIX OF PEOPLE. IT DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE BEE YOU WILL BE DANCG WH SOMEONE BY THE END OF THE NIGHT! FUN AND ENERGETIC, BUT MAY BE CROWD FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE THEIR OWN SPACE! IT F LEFT A MARK ON ME AND I WILL ALWAYS E BACK WHEN I'M THE AREA!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 15, 2015THIS 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.123SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 21NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023SAN FRANCIS MAGIC THEATER AT THE MARRAKECH1,365DNER THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSOPEN NOW • TENRLOTICKETS OM $55.002023CLUB FUGAZI176BARS & CLUBS • THEATERSLTLE ITALYSAN FRANCIS URBAN ADVENTUR296CY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSUNN SQUAREEDIBLE EXCURSNS220BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • CULTURAL TOURSST. MARY'S PARKOASIS436THEATERS • GAY BARSOPEN NOW • SOMABISCUS AND BLU267BLU BARSOPEN NOW • UNN SQUARECYSPE LOUNGE206BARS & CLUBSUNN SQUAREVUV CAFE289BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • CHATOWNPUB CRAWL SAN FRANCIS155BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSNORTH BEACHBAREBOTTLE BREWG COMPANY89BREWERI • COFFEEHOOPEN NOW • BERNAL HEIGHTSIS 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 LISTGBADLANDS - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO (WH PHOTOS)
• THE STUD, SAN FRANCIS'S OLST GAY BAR, IS CLOSG S DOORS DUE TO THE RONAVIS PANMIC

THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

Tripadvisor performs checks on historic venue, the first gay bar SF that had wdows so folks uld look om the street.

Tripadvisor performs checks on TSan Francis, CA354 ntributnsThe Pilsner is a tried and te sual gay bar that offers iendly service. San Francis gay bars are a popular statn for not only the cy’s gay men, but for straight men and women terted havg a “gay old time”.

The cy’s gay bars feature large, outdoor celebratns (not unlike a gay pri para) that attract people of all strip that wish to be entertaed by a group of eclectic and unique sgers and dancers. While not exclive any sense, some gay bars are signated for only certa typ of patrons (i.

THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS

At first was a bar for old gay hippi. But that tty-soundg nickname— was the first gay bar San Francis to have plate-glass wdows that let passersby see who’s si, and the patrons skew silver—is one the regulars willgly share.

) Whether ’s Cole Porter standards, a jazz night, or a te sg-along, this curtaed, Art De-accented bar is where tried-and-te Friends of Dorothy n be spac have been vanishg for a long time, but few subspeci are rarer than the neighborhood gay bar.

GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

A gay sports bar was practilly a ntradictn terms when Hi Tops opened the Castro nearly a ago, but no one should doubt the near-universal appeal of rn dogs and a pork-chop-on-a-stick. If you’ve hung out the Castro long enough, your jar has probably accumulated more than a few drk tokens om here, a gay bar? Well, ’s neher and both: a majory Irish-owned, majory LGBTQ-owned venue named for a gay Irish humanarian.

Sectn at a mic ftival, and a queer-iendly ambiance all nspire to make this Missn spot among the most hospable bars the Street has all but been annexed to the Mara, but once upon a time, there was a htler-filled gayborhood lled Polk Gulch—of which the Cch is the sole survivor. A rpeted dive narrow enough that you n touch the bar wh one hand and the oppose wall wh the other, ’s home to the Hot Boxxx Girls, a troupe of olr drag performers who, as well as the Tubteak Connectn, DJ B Statn John’s re-created dis and SF’s longt-nng gay party.

5 HISTORIC SAN FRANCIS GAY BARS WE WISH STILL EXISTED

As we s down this year to figure out where to dance the weekend away, let’s take a moment to remember the San Francis gay bars of yore — the foundatns on which our current venu were built, and the plac that went to battle wh the cy so future generatns wouldn’t have to. In s earlit days, the tavern garnered a reputatn for entertag naval men who were on leave and lookg for a good (and very gay!

BT GAY CLUBS SAN FRANCIS

— a hotbed of gay socializg.

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

Was, on a nightly basis, awash wh gay men lookg to party. The cisg and htlg that had been happeng the streets for at least a started movg si when the first gay bars — the College Inn and the Pirat’ Cave —arrived 1933 wh the end of prohibn. Dpe beg a relative lateer to the downtown gay scene (which was nicknamed “the Meat Rack, ” cintally), the Silver Rail was a notor dive om day one.

In 1952, a man named Jimmie Taranto succsfully extorted money om the bar manager exchange for not reportg the rampant homosexual activy takg place the jot. In the end, wasn’t legal scty that put an end to Fe-Be’s; was the toll of the AIDs epimic on San Francis’s gay muny. When Geist and Kissger first opened the bar, they hired artist Mike Caffee to make them a versn of Michaelangelo’s famo sculpture, transformed to a gay biker.

Once scribed by Allen Gsberg as the “greatt gay bar Ameri, ” the Black Cat Café started life 1933 as a hangout for bohemians, jt doors away om where the Transameri Pyramid currently stands.

BEHOLD: A MAP OF SAN FRANCIS'S LOST GAY BARS

In the early ’40s, when the venue was taken over by Sol Stouman, the Black Cat began fearlsly embracg all thgs gay. Gsberg once mented: “It was totally open … Everybody went there, heterosexual and homosexual … All the gay screamg queens would e, the heterosexual gray flannel su typ, longshoremen. ” When Stouman had his liquor license fely revoked 1949 bee “persons of known homosexual tennci patronized said premis and ed said premis as a meetg place, ” Stouman fought back — all the way to California’s Supreme Court.

A number of people were arrted [at the Black Cat], some for vagrancy and some bee they ‘monstrated homosexual actns, ’ but there was no showg that any of those arrted were nvicted.

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THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $30.96 PER ADULTSPECIAL OFFERMUIR WOODS & SSALO HALF-DAY TOUR (RETURN BY B OR FERRY OM SSALO)1,002BOAT TOURSOM $96.00 $79.68 PER ADULTLTLE ITALY AND NORTH BEACH WALKG TOUR SAN FRANCIS410REMEND97% 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.CY TOURSOM $78.60 PER ADULTALTRAZ WH MUIR WOODS AND SSALO TOUR286AUD GUISOM $159.00 PER ADULTLOL FLAVORS: AN INSIR'S TOUR OF SAN FRANCIS'S HIDN GEMS7HISTORIL TOURSOM $99.00 PER ADULTPATED LADI SAN FRANCIS CY TOUR727REMEND98% 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.B TOURSOM $79.00 PER ADULTCHATOWN AND NORTH BEACH WALKG TOUR270REMEND95% 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.CY TOURSOM $84.90 PER ADULTSMALL GROUP TOUR: SAN FRANCIS, MUIR WOODS, SSALO WH OPTIONAL ALTRAZ298REMEND97% 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.AUD GUISOM $129.00 PER ADULT2023 MUIR WOODS, SSALO, SF, ALL ONE DAY! ADD (ALCATRAZ OPTION)289REMEND99% 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.B TOURSOM $109.00 PER ADULTTHE ORIGAL CY LOOP ELECTRIC BICYCLE TOUR90REMEND98% 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.E-BIKE TOURSOM $139.00 PER ADULTSMALL GROUP TOUR: SAN FRANCIS AND MUIR WOODS WH LUNCH SSALO 480REMEND99% 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.HISTORIL TOURSOM $129.00 PER ADULTFULL-DAY SAN FRANCIS TOUR BY CABLE CAR & FOOT18CABLE CAR TOURSOM $135.00 PER ADULTALTRAZ INSI WH FISHERMAN'S WHARF LUNCH CRED 24AUD GUISOM $103.99 PER ADULTSAN FRANCIS LOVE TOUR971REMEND97% 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.HISTORIL TOURSOM $85.00 PER ADULTBIG B SAN FRANCIS NIGHT TOUR199AUD GUISOM $44.10 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS4121 18TH ST, SAN FRANCIS, CA 94114-2407NEIGHBORHOOD: THE CASTROA FLOURISHG MERCIAL AREA THAT ACTS AS SAN FRANCIS'S LGBT MUNY CENTER AND CULTURAL HEART, THE CASTRO IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WELE TO EVERYONE. AS ONE OF THE FIRST PREDOMANTLY LGBT NEIGHBORHOODS THE UNED STAT AND CURRENTLY S LARGT, REMAS ONE OF THE EPICENTERS OF ACTIVISM THE NATN. GRAND THEATERS AND GLZY SHOPS NOW PETE WH BARS AND FASHNABLE EATERI FOR ATTENTN, DRAWG VISORS OM AROUND THE WORLD TO THE BRIGHT RABOW FLAG ACTG AS S BEAN.READ MOREHOW TO GET THERECASTRO ST • 3 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS4,248 WH 3 ANCHOR OYSTER BAR649414 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • SOUPSFRANC3350.2 MI$$$$ • AMERIN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSORPHAN ANDY'S3630.1 MI$ • AMERIN • CAFE • DERIKE'S LOVE & SANDWICH4180.4 MI$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • FAST FOODPOIA OSTERIA ITALIANA204327 FT$$ - $$$ • ITALIAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSHOT COOKIE174512 FT$ • BAKERI • AMERINHARVEY'S368117 FT$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYKCHEN STORY3350.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • FN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYL'ARDOISE BISTRO2500.4 MI$$ - $$$ • FRENCH • EUROPEAN • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYCATCH2700.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • SEAFOOD • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYSEE ALLATTRACTNS796 WH 6 GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY MM8729 FTSPECIALY MMS • HISTORY MMSSPARK ARTS1360 FTART GALLERIPK TRIANGL MEMORIAL PARK10.1 MIMONUMENTS & STATUHARVEY MILK PLAZA280.1 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSPATH OF GOLD LIGHT STANDARDS10.2 MIPOTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKS • HISTORIC WALKG AREASMISSN DOLOR PARK8880.5 MIPARKSART HOE SF10.2 MIART GALLERITHE CASTRO9720.4 MINEIGHBORHOODSMISSN DOLOR3430.5 MIHISTORIC S • MISSNSVULN STEPS50.2 MIHISTORIC WALKG AREASSEE 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.4.031 REVIEWSEXCELLENT14VERY GOOD11AVERAGE3POOR0TERRIBLE3MIKEJC1981LONDON, UK44 NTRIBUTNS2GREAT FOR DANCGJUL 2019 • COUPLWE HAD ONE OF OUR MOST FUN NIGHTS OUT AT THIS CLUB. THE VIO DJ PLAYED A GREAT MIX OF MIC WHICH HAD ME DANCG AWAY FOR A LONG TIME. READ MOREWRTEN JULY 29, 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.ANDREYVRBELO HORIZONTE, MG112 NTRIBUTNS0CUNNG BARTENRS FEB 2019 • FRIENDSMY PARTNER, A IEND AND I ME TO THIS PLACE BY CHANCE. SOMEWHAT GOOD MIC, IENDLY ATMOSPHERE, ONE OF THE BARTENRS WAS ALRIGHT. HAD A UPLE ROUNDS OF DRKS. ON THE LAST ROUND I ORRED THE DRKS FOR A DIFFERENT BARTENR, HE WATERED DOWN OUR DRKS WH SODA WHEN I WASN’T LOOKG. TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, HE DIDN’T RE. TRIED THE FIRST BARTENR, NOT EVEN TO GET NEW DRKS BUT JT TO WARN HIM OF THE SUATN, HE ULDN’T RE LS. JT TOO BAD THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY OUT AND OF YOU BY BEG CUNNG. READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 25, 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.NATISAN FRANCIS, CA4 NTRIBUTNS2NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF LORDEC 2018 • FRIENDSLAST NIGHT I EXPERIENCED RACISM BY FELLOW CLUBGOERS . I ALERTED THE SECURY AND SEVERAL STAFF REGARDG THE CINT AND THEY DID NOTHG!! LATER ON THE SAME NIGHT A BLACK MAN AS ACCED OF PICKPOCKETG WH OUT ANY MER. THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE OF LOR! THE CASTRO SHOULD BE SAFEHAVEN FOR ALL PEOPLE!!!READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 17, 2018THIS 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.ROSS GEDBURGH, UK426 NTRIBUTNS0TASTE OF SAN FRANCIS NIGHT LIFEDEC 2018 • COUPLTHIS BAR/CLUB IS THE HEART OF THE GAY AREA.WELG AND IENDLY.PAY FOR ENTRY ON A SATURDAY.POP MIC SO EASY LISTENG.DRKS AVERAGE PRICE.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 5, 2018THIS 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.M TNEW ZEALAND106 NTRIBUTNS1SEEDY AND SEXYAUG 2017 • SOLOIT WAS A LOT TO TAKE FOR A LTLE KIWI BOY. THE BAR STAFF ARE VERY IENDLY AND I HAD MORE THAN ONE OFFER OF BEG SHOWN AROUND BY THE BARTENRS AFTER THEIR SHIFT END LOL. THERE WAS ONE LATO BAR TENR I WISH I'D GOT HIS NUMBER, HE SAW MY POLICE WARRANT AND WAS SO TO ME. LOLREAD MOREWRTEN JANUARY 27, 2018THIS 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.ERIC LATLANTA, GA81 NTRIBUTNS1WHERE IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR CROWD?AUG 2017 • FRIENDSWHERE IS THE FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR CROWD? IS DOWN BASED ON THE BAR TENR PLAG ABOUT HIS TIP OR JT A RULT CHANGG TAST? I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED G HERE WHEN TOWN. FUN, DIVERSE, NON-PRETENT CROWD. HAPPY VIO MIC. GOOD CHEAP DRKS. FRIENDS SAY THE CROWD PICKS UP AROUND 11PM NOW. STILL A FUN PLACE - JT NOT QUE THE PLACE TO GO FOR FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR ANYMORE.READ MOREWRTEN AUGT 26, 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.HOOL OSAN JOSE, CA21 NTRIBUTNS0BT CLUB THE STRO! OCT 2016 • SOLOWH VIO MONORS PLAYG THE MIC VIOS AND ALL THEIR SEXY BARTENRS U ARE SURE GUARANTEED A GOOD TIME. JT BE REFUL LEAVG UR JACKET LAY ABOUT BEE UR PROBABLY NOT GONNA WALK OUT WH READ MOREWRTEN JUNE 18, 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.DB16NEW JERSEY219 NTRIBUTNS0SO MUCH FUNAUG 2016STOPPED HERE FOR SOME DRKS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT AND GOT TWO FOR ON DURG HAPPY HOUR. GREAT DRKS AND GREAT SERVICE!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 2, 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.SFLEONCEMUNICH, GERMANY519 NTRIBUTNS0ALWAYS FUN SFJAN 2016WE ALWAYS E TO BADLANDS WHEN WE ARE SF, LOVE THE DRKS AND DANCG. MIC IS PLAYED BY A VJ AND CLUS SHOWTUN, POP AND ANYTHG ELSE ONE WOULD LIKE TO DANCE TO.THE PLACE GETS PACKED, SO E EARLY AND ENJOY. READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 6, 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.STEPHC0914 NTRIBUTNS0IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE SF, YOU WILL NOW.JAN 2015 • SOLOI WENT TO SAN FRANCIS BY MYSELF AND BASILLY STAYED THE STRO. I STUMBLED UPON BADLANDS BEE I MET A FEW PEOPLE AT THE Q. THEY SAID THAT BADLANDS WAS THE PLACE TO DANCE. THE LE WAS LONG BUT WENT QUICK. THE MIC IS CURRENT MIC, TOP 20, AND THERE IS A LARGE MIX OF PEOPLE. IT DON'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYONE BEE YOU WILL BE DANCG WH SOMEONE BY THE END OF THE NIGHT! FUN AND ENERGETIC, BUT MAY BE CROWD FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE THEIR OWN SPACE! IT F LEFT A MARK ON ME AND I WILL ALWAYS E BACK WHEN I'M THE AREA!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 15, 2015THIS 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.123SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 21NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023SAN FRANCIS MAGIC THEATER AT THE MARRAKECH1,365DNER THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSOPEN NOW • TENRLOTICKETS OM $55.002023CLUB FUGAZI176BARS & CLUBS • THEATERSLTLE ITALYSAN FRANCIS URBAN ADVENTUR296CY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSUNN SQUAREEDIBLE EXCURSNS220BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • CULTURAL TOURSST. MARY'S PARKOASIS436THEATERS • GAY BARSOPEN NOW • SOMABISCUS AND BLU267BLU BARSOPEN NOW • UNN SQUARECYSPE LOUNGE206BARS & CLUBSUNN SQUAREVUV CAFE289BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • CHATOWNPUB CRAWL SAN FRANCIS155BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSNORTH BEACHBAREBOTTLE BREWG COMPANY89BREWERI • COFFEEHOOPEN NOW • BERNAL HEIGHTSIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? 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There was no evince of any illegal or immoral nduct on the premis … The patronage of a public rtrant and bar by homosexuals … whout proof of the missn of illegal or immoral acts on the premis … is not sufficient to show a vlatn. If ever there was a gay bar that should have lived forever, ’s the Gangway, first found 1910. What was, until 2018, San Francis’s olst ntuoly survivg gay bar had ma through Prohibn, anti-LGBTQ+ legislatn and the AIDs crisis — an astonishg n that end unceremonly after a simple liquor license transfer.

THE STUD, SAN FRANCIS'S OLST GAY BAR, IS CLOSG S DOORS DUE TO THE RONAVIS PANMIC

(The bar was equipped wh a history wall, historic gay ephemera and an entryway that paid tribute to 1969’s Friday of the Purple Hand prott.