Another name for a gay bar

But, which cities can boast to have smuttily named bars like 3-Legged Cowboy or Head Hunters? This list celebrates the creative and absurd bar owners the world over who have made bold, bold decisions when bar their businesses. Manhandler was a Chicago institution, open for 40 years before closing in And in that time it lived up to its name many times over, with a dark room in the back of the bar providing ample opportunities for… well… handling men!

Not an actual gay bar, but as it is located in the historical LBGT district of the Castro in San Francisco, it holds a special significance to the community. And, it has a legitimate reason for being named The Sausage Factory! Apparently there is a long tradition of naming gay bars after both a colour and a bird — think Blue Crow or Red Swan.

The bar, which was in Birmingham, Alabama, was unfortunately the scene of a grisly unsolved robbery-murder on January 3, As well as stealing cash from the register, the robber shot and killed bartender David Painter. Rather than take the proper time to mourn the bar reopened the very next day. To add to the strange decision making they decided to mark the occasion by offering a special on Bloody Marys.

Yes, you read that correctly. Featured numerous times on Lost Spaces, The Beaver was a dive bar in Toronto that for to a more alternative crowd. Sophisticated it may not be, but naming your bar after a slang word for vagina is a winner in my eyes. The genius of this name is that, by simply adding an umlaut those two dots above the uthe bar is at another trashy AND classy.

A ramrod is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloading firearms to push the name up against the propellant. Unfortunately, this Boston institution closed ina victim of gentrification in the city. Either way, locals usually went for the less explicit MCQB when talking about the venue. An upscale, tropical themed restaurant targeted at older gays, the Sacramento venue had none of the grit and smut of others on this list.

And with gay interior of exposed wood beams, bamboo furniture and tropical plants, it would be downright uncouth to suggest patrons were on the lookout for fellatio. It becomes mildly amusing when you learn that the bar is named after the main character in Dallas, a popular prime-time soap opera from the 80s.

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