Inspired by an Orgnote between Cheek and myself, is it just us or do most gay clubs have cheesy or embarrassing names?

Here's a few that Cardiff have had:


~ Club X

~ Atlantica

~ Addiction

~ Detox

~ Wow

~ The Dragon


Back in the day - when I was younger and used to come into work on a Monday after a weekend's clubbing - I used to hate the "Where did you go on the weekend?" conversation.


It was always as follows:


Them: "Where did you go on Saturday?".

Me: "Er, um, ah, Wow".

Them: "Where?".

Me: "Wow!"

Them: "What are you on about?"

Me: "Never mind"





Or I used to feel like I should've been in some black & white Calvin Klein advert, whispering "Addiction".




Tell me some of your embarrassing club names.

First...

Is this gonna be a gay thread?

the gay clubs that are super-close to me (i live within walking distance of all these):

the brass rail
the saloon
the gay 90s

the wagonwheel

every city MUST have a leather bar called "the eagle". they're like the mcdonalds of sleazy gay bars.

All gay!

Anx said:

(I just had a flash of that guy, "I hanker for a hunk 'a cheese!")

The gay bars down Canal Street in Manchester are quite stylish. I like Tribeca a lot. No doubt some have some camp names but I can't think of any. Well, perhaps 'Velvet' maybe. It was cool in the summer, me and my mate went for a pint down there outside and they were playing Prince hits quite loud from the inside.

onenitealone said:

~ Angel

~ Bohemian Alibi

when i lived in indiana, the hot place to go was a club called NEW YORK CONNECTIONS - i have no idea what the new york connections in question WERE, but we didn't care. then we'd go across the street to BETTY BOOP'S, which was a little bit more, um, earthy.

There's a gay bar in Des Moines, Iowa called The Blazing Saddle.



That's my favorite gay bar name ever.

Cheek said:

Thank GOD I didn't have to mention that one!

What's the other one called, Cheek?

CarrieMpls said:

yeah, that's downtown...it's within walking distance of my dad's house, weirdly enough. there's another bar nearby blazing saddle called the garden.

There's one in Bristol called 'The Queen's Shilling'.

Indeed.

onenitealone said:

Moulin Rouge...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I've been to both of them!

Anx said:

this one's a little further away from me, tho'...

A few others:

~ Chaos

~ Cox

~ Mystery

CarrieMpls said:

me too!

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I miss those bars...that's one of my favorite bar/club strips in the world

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

we've also got

Boom!
Jet Set
Trixx
The Townhouse

endorphin74 said:

I had a very good time there as well.

CarrieMpls said:

Isn't that where your boyfriend knocked an entire pint of beer on me?

CarrieMpls said:

and then, a drink was spilled...

great minds....

There's one near me called Utopia, though everyone calls it Fruitopia

Some of the other ones we've had...

- The Troubadour (the place was falling apart though, the mens bathroom caved in, and people started referring to it as The Plywood Palace, till the building was condemned)

- Sophies

- Phil's Place

- Queen of Hearts

- The Exchange

- Joshuas

- The Mixx

- Paige's

- The Blue Note

- The Funky Skunk

- Club 441

- Someplace Else

- The Bull & Bear (though people were calling it The Bold and the Beautiful)

- The Chamber

I always thought "The Closet" or "Hole In The Wall" would be fun names for a gay bar

In Vegas there's a gay restaurant called "Hamburger Mary's"

Tom said:

there's a gay bar (actually for the ladies) called the closet, right down the street from me in chicago.