The Monster opened s doors on Grove Street the early '80s, which was around the time I moved to Manhattan. My earlit memory of the place is dancg the downstairs dis durg Gay Pri weekend 1983 wh my boyiend Rick and a iend om work to Michael Jackson's Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough. Thirty years later I often go there on Friday evengs after work, joed by my iends Andy and Mry. Below are some other fond memori:
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THREE GAY BARS ONE. - MONSTER
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For over 50 years, this legendary tablishment has provid a fabulo, welg tablishment for gay New Yorkers, LGBTQ tourists and visors & y, even the ocsnal heterosexual to enjoy the wild lghter song and muny of Greenwich Monster's terr nsists of a multi-level gay haven wh a mix of vtage Lalique chanliers and the famo mirrored stairse. At the height of s populary, The Monster was even nsired Stud 54’s rival wh celebri like Andy Warhol, Bette Midler, and Alan Cummg equentg the and his beloved bar have been a haven for gays and lbians who have been overlooked & unrserved by a bar scene dictated by failure: fly by night trends, body nscns, sign mania, or substance-abe.
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MANAGER OF NYC’S ‘MONSTER’ GAY BAR RIGNS WAKE OF RACIST TEXT UPROAR
Gui to The Monster, Gay Bar New York Cy - ratg, atmosphere, workg hours, addrs, map, directns and nearby LGBTQ+ iendly venu. * the monster gay bar *
The Village may ntue to unrgo even more cultural shifts, as s populatn chang, and the gay muny relote s rourc, gentrifyg other neighborhoods. Reviewed June 22, 2023 We stopped here for a drk and met up wh que a crowd late the afternoon, so is obvly a very popular spot, a gay bar the of vis: May 2023Helpful? It’s loted GAY Mec of the Village, across the street om Duplex famo Stonewall Inn which of urse, you had bt pop as well!
Monster: Three gay bars one. - See 35 traveler reviews, 9 ndid photos, and great als for New York Cy, NY, at Tripadvisor. * the monster gay bar *
Reviewed April 7, 2019 via mobile Well tablished gay bar.
The Monster gay bar has released a statement sayg that Lopez rigned and that employe would be unrgog racial sensivy trag. * the monster gay bar *
Typil sort of iendly gay of vis: April 2019Helpful? He had the crowd a great mood, played songs gay men want to hear, and did not have an apparent personaly disorr as some of the current employe here seem to exhib at any given moment. Sce this venue is directly across om the Stonewall Monument Park as well as the Stonewall Bar, should be a place that out-of-towners n vis and see the bt of gay culture.
The rtrooms make one embarrassed to be gay. Reviewed December 17, 2017 via mobile Supposed to be one of the most famo gay bars NYC; would more likely herald as the st bar NYC. Reviewed December 2, 2017 via mobile The Monster was one of the first gay bars I vised when I moved to the cy, and I ntue to enjoy happy hour wh iends here - good mic, handsome bartenrs, great crowd.
One of ZeGAYst's most vised posts is one I wrote about gay bars that have closed sce I moved to New York 1979. My earlit memory there is dancg to Michael Jackson's Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough the downstairs dis wh my boyiend Rick and a iend om work durg Gay Pri weekend 1983.