The Augopening of the Atlanta Eagle marked Atlanta’s place in the family of independently owned gay bars that operate under the Eagle name. Six months later, the Atlanta Eagle opened in the building. Please be aware of changing local rules, and check individual restaurant websites for any additional restrictions such as mask requirements. Renegades became the first truly gay bar to occupy space at 306 Ponce in October of 1987. The latest CDC guidance for vaccinated diners during the COVID-19 outbreak is here dining out still carries risks for unvaccinated diners and workers. Note the points on this map, like all Eater PDX maps, are not ranked rather, they are organized geographically. For more specific Pride events in Portland, check out this guide. The bars may not be as packed and the party may end much earlier nonetheless, these gay bars are still kicking, even after yet another brutal year. June is normally a period of time when queer Portlanders cram themselves into bars for drag shows and dancing, and as restrictions begin to loosen, some bars are bringing back their drag brunches, scantily-clad performers, and long-awaited festivities. Still, not all is lost - there are still a slew of spaces that offer adult beverages, food, and great company, as this map to Portland’s best LBGTQ-friendly bars and restaurants attests. In 2020, Pride was a much milder affair - a necessity, given the circumstances - and the city’s few gay bars held on, in attempt to make it to the other side of the pandemic. The rest of us said goodbye to bars like Secrets a long time ago.Even before COVID-19 decimated much of the restaurant and bar industry, gay nightlife spots in Portland, Oregon were an endangered species - In fact, bars catering to local lesbians are nearly extinct, and in recent years, Portland’s queer community has said goodbye to holdouts like Fox & Hounds, Sullivan’s Gulch, and Embers. Gay bars today are now filled with three types of gay men only, predators, enablers, and victims, if it is among those whom you are looking for community then your life is sorely lacking. When are other gay men going to realize that gay bars are filled with drug dealers and other predators and the bars themselves only exist to take advantage of us. The bar was filthy and the clients here were among the most depraved I have ever seen. I went there twice, both times dragged by friends. Among the vile collection that constitutes gay bars across the world this had to be among the vilest. Meanwhile Secrets closing is no great loss, it’s another among thousands of gay bars that need to be closed and I am hoping Covid19 takes down a lot more. It’s a shame about the Eagle, I’m not into the kink scene really but this was one of the few, maybe the only, gay bar in DC that actively worked to keep drug dealers and users out and I admire them for this. A lot of money was lost and they poured their everything into it.” Regular drinks offers and themed nights, The Eagle is one of a kind on the Newcastle LGBT scene, giving the gay community another great place to go have fun and just be themselves. The only 'Amsterdam Style' Mens Bar in the North East. I wish them the best, and hopefully those who got in the way of making it the best it can stop slandering something that means so much to people. Two bars, Cruising Zone, Male Stripper on monthly Men only nights. Hard to see such an institution that means so much to us go, but they did what they could. “The owners were swamped from the beginning and did everything they could to keep it afloat. DC Eagle 2016 and a long time supporter who found his way through the institution, told Instinct Magazine exclusively about his thoughts on the bar closing. Even against all odds including people from the community that were only interested in themselves and not the establishment,” Danny Kaylor-Hawkins, Mr. “I’m deeply saddened for the men who put their lives and money into making something work and for it not to work out for them.
Its the second devastating blow in less than a week in our nation’s capital as another LGBTQ hotspot, Ziegfield’s/Secrets, is shuttering due to something similar to what The DC Eagle is facing. Metro Weekly reported on Tuesday, May 5, that employees of the club were informed that the building had been sold on Monday, May 4, and there were no plans to relocate or reopen the business. The DC Eagle, a longtime institution of the local leather scene, is closing up shop for good.