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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legendary San Francisco LGBTQ bar the Stud is making ... Until its closure during the pandemic, The Stud was the city's oldest, continuously-operated queer bar. It opened its doors in 1966.