In the first stallment of our seri on the cy's olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd.
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- CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
- CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
- CHIGO’S BLACK-OWNED GAY BAR IS EXPANDG ITS EMPIRE
- GAY CHIGO
- CHIGO GAY BARS
CHIGO GAY BARS AND CLUBS
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CHIGO HAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LONGT-RUNNG BLACK-OWNED GAY BARS — AND IT’S ON THE SOUTH SI
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Jeffery PubOne of the cy’s olst gay bars, Jeffery Pub is a neighborhood stutn. The South Shore staple is also one of Chigo’s first black-owned gay bars, makg all the more meangful for the spot’s many regulars. Come for trivia, the ee Sunday night buffet, and the themed dance parti — then e back the next morng for bnch at attached sister rtrant ClosetYou n’t talk about gay bars Chigo whout talkg about Northalsted (also known as Boystown).
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For Black, Gay Chigoans, It’s Always Been Jeffery Pub.
In the first stallment of our seri on the cy’s olst gay bars, we vis the South Shore stalwart — Chigo’s only black-owned tablishment of s kd. Across the street there on the rner, there was a gay bar lled Maxe’s. And when Maxe’s abptly closed, even though this was a straight bar, gay people started g here [stead].