Once on the verge of closing, San Francisco’s historic Cinch Saloon has been saved by a longtime patron determined to preserve its legacy as a safe and welcoming space for the LGBTQ community.

The prognosis for San Francisco nightlife establishments has been dire ever since the start of the pandemic, with many ...

A historic gay bar on San Francisco’s Polk Street is getting a second life. The Cinch Saloon, once at risk of closing, has a new owner committed to preserving its legacy.

Once at the epicenter of SF's queer community, the historic Cinch Saloon faced possible closure. Now, a new owner has saved ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and ...

After a four-year closure, an iconic San Francisco bar has a new home. The city's oldest gay bar 'The Stud' closed early on during the pandemic due to a lack of revenue. Saturday evening ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It was Queer Prom night at Mother, a lesbian and femme queer bar in the Mission district ... has led to a wave of downtown business closures. LGBTQ+ San Franciscans are trying ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A popular gay bar in San Francisco is celebrating a major milestone. "Beaux," located on Market Street, just hit its 10-year anniversary mark and renovated its space to celebrate.

The Eagle Creek Saloon, San Francisco’s first Black-owned gay bar, closed its doors in 1993. The bar was owned and operated by Rodney Barnette, a Vietnam vet and former Black Panther member who ...

gay neighborhoods sprouted up across San Francisco, and rumors of the city as a queer haven began to spread. Young countercultural queer communities set roots in the Castro, Bernal Heights and North ...

In 1970, when the bar was closed down for a year ... it was the toll of the AIDs epidemic on San Francisco’s gay community. Kissinger died in 1988, Geist in 1998. Fe-Be’s lives on today via the ...

At the start of “Mother,” Malia Spanyol leaves a voicemail for her friend. “I said I’d never open a dyke bar,” she says. “But I’m opening a dyke bar.” This summer, Bon Appetit ...