Soma gay bars

A building that housed a longtime gay bar devoted to country music in SF's SoMa District, which was proposed for redevelopment as both a nightclub and a condo building going back a decade, has hit the market again at a reduced price. Plans were drawn up and approved for a unit condo development in , but it appears the owners now want to cash out.

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On Sunday afternoons, the Lone Star is the default second-choice destination for those in search of an afternoon beer bust. This postage-stamp-sized, pink-lit cocktail lounge and piano bar features the Hot Boxxx Girls, a long-standing drag show, on Friday and Saturday nights reservations advised.

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In , a man named Jimmie Tarantino successfully extorted money from the bar manager in exchange for not reporting the rampant homosexual activity taking place in the joint. In , it was raided at a. Bartender Charles Smith was charged with selling liquor to a minor, 10 customers were taken in on charges relating to drunkenness, and three others were taken in for apparent draft card violation.

Former Country-Western Gay Bar Property In SoMa Back on Market

Like a proverbial phoenix it rose up at its current location at Harrison St. The space, with its ample main room, nooks, crannies, and soon-to-be legendary patio, appealed to the biker crowd that previously made The Ambush — the notorious leather bar once located directly across the street — their HQ.