Upper west side gay bar

Candle Gay, the sidest gay bar on the Upper West Side, is closing its doors in about a week. The last day will be June 22, according to DNAinfo. The bar has a fascinating history. Here are a couple of excerpts. This part of the Upper West Side was west dingy or worse, and no one was likely to come up there purposely to cruise in a bar, which meant the clientele remained a crowd of local guys.

Guys stood around talking quietly, for the most part their body language was restrained — they could have been standing in a subway station…. The bulk of the customers were guys in their twenties or early thirties, with a very much smaller number being in their forties.

Many of the guys had office clerical jobs, some had technical skills, and — typical of the Upper West Side population in general, I think — there were a fair number of customers connected with theater or the arts…. But the doyen of NYC gay bars is scheduled to do its final trick on June 22, to close its doors for the last time.

Photo via Candle Bar Facebook page. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Does that mean that the awful and C-rated by the health department Grand Schezuan restaurant in the same building will also be closing? If so, bar riddance. Different building.

The extreme decline of Grand Sichuan has been depressing. When they first opened, it was so upper to have good MaPo Tofu in the neighborhood. Thank you Robert and Lonnie for providing us the opportunity to enjoy the Candle Bar for over 20 years beyond ur passing. I remember u both fondly and am greatful Thanks A former employee and ongoing patron Joseph L.

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CANDLE BAR, THE CITY’S OLDEST GAY BAR, SET TO CLOSE

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