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UNCLE DONALD'S CASTRO STREET

UNCLE DONALD'S CASTRO STREET

TWIN PEAKS - celebrating 39 years on Castro
TWIN PEAKS
I am truly amazed at the large number of bars on this list which covers ONLY the Castro. The oldest gay bar in the Castro, the MISSOURI MULE (now JET) on Market, dates back to 1963. The MINT, longest in continuous operation, opened in 1968, and is still in the same location. The PENDULUM is second oldest and TWIN PEAKS takes third honors.



UNCLE DONALD'S PRETTY ACCURATE, NEARLY COMPLETE LIST OF


CASTRO AREA BARS
(Up until about 2000 or so. I don't live in the
Castro anymore so this list is not up to date.)


BARS THAT ARE OPEN TODAY ARE HIGHLIGHTED
TWIN PEAKS 401 Castro 73-open
Bear Hollow 440 Castro 79-85?
The Bear 440 Castro 85?-95
DADDY'S 440 Castro 96-2008?
440 CASTRO 440 Castro ?
Twilight 456 Castro 71-72
Dirty Dick's 456 Castro 73-75
Le Bistro 456 Castro 76-76
Castro Station 456 Castro 77-98
THE BAR ON CASTRO 456 Castro 98-2010?
The Q Bar 456 Castro 2010-
Nothing Special 469 Castro 72-84
Special 469 Castro 85-91
Headquarters 469 Castro 91-95
Night Shift 469 Castro 95-97
Toad Hall 482 Castro 71-79
DJ's 482 Castro 80-81
Phoenix 482 Castro 82-97
Elephant Walk 500 Castro 75-96
HARVEY'S - closed by Fire 2002 500 Castro 96-open
Midnight Sun 506 Castro 71-72
City Dump 506 Castro 73-73
Midnight Sun (to 18th St. 1981) 506 Castro 74-81
Mistake 3988 18th 71-76
MEN'S ROOM 3988 18th 77-?
LAST CALL 3988 18th open
Corner Grocery Bar 4049 18th 73-78
MOBY DICK 4049 18th 78-open
MIDNIGHT SUN 4067 18th 81-?
Village 4086 18th 76-88
UNCLE BERT'S 4086 18th 1988-200?
THE MIX 4086 18th 200?-open
Watergate West 4121 18th 73-74
BADLANDS 4121 18th 75-99
BADLANDS - May 2000 - new owner 4121 18th 2000 - open
I-Do-No 4146 18th 67-68
Honey Bucket 4146 18th 69-71
Pendulum 4146 18th 71-2005
Toad Hall 4146 18th 2010-
Pipeline 4149 18th 82-85
Festus 4149 18th 85-85
Francine's 4149 18th 86-86
EDGE 4149 18th 87-open
Libra 1884 Market 67-72
Tree House 1884 Market 72-73
JB's House 1884 Market 73-74
Eagle Creek 1884 Market 75-8?
THE MINT 1942 Market 68-open
Naked Grape 2087 Market 72-75
Tool Box 2087 Market 76-76
Hustle Inn 2087 Market 76-77
Rear End Bar - at Truck Stop 2100 Market 74-76
Hideaway - at Church St. Station 2100 Market 77-9?
Mind Shaft 2140 Market 73-77
Alfie's 2140 Market 77-83
Prism 2140 Market 84-85
2140 Market 2140 Market 85-85
Industrial Dance Co. 2140 Market 85-86
High Chaparral 2140 Market 88-88
Cardi's 2166 Market 77-77
Bal ony (Balcony) 2166 Market 77-83
Academy 2166 Market 84-87
Purple Pickle 2223 Market 72-77
Shed (after hours) 2275 Market 72-77
Missouri Mule 2348 Market 63-73
Hombre 2348 Market 73-79
Chops 2348 Market 80-81
Patsy's 2348 Market 81-82
Detour 2348 Market 83-2005
Jet 2348 Market 2008?-?
Trigger 2348 Market open
Cafe San Marcos 2367 Market 76-9?
THE CAFE 2367 Market 9?-open
Galleon 720 14th 7?-95
TRANSFER 198 Church 8?-open
PILSNER 225 Church 8?-open
Scott's Pit (Lesbian) 10 Sanchez 71-84
Jackhammer 290 Sanchez 9?-9?
Caracole 3600 16th 76-79
Outlook 3600 16th 80-81
Corner Zoo 3600 16th 81-81
METRO 3600 16th 82-?
The Lookout 3600 16th open

This data was culled from various sources including ads in local gay magazines and newspapers and the archives of the GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I believe this is an accurate and nearly complete listing of the bars in the Castro/Upper Market area. In some cases the dates are approximate. I stopped going to the bars regularly a couple of years ago and depend on feedback for current changes in the local bar scene. I take no responsibility for the correctness of this information.


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