2/8/2024 0 Comments Gay bar in miami for![]() The lack of a car was a detriment, since it limited me to a great degree to bars that I could get to by foot or bus or ride. Interestingly, I never went to the Cactus Lounge on Biscayne Boulevard, which till its demolition a couple of years ago had the distinction of being the only 1974 gay bar in South Florida still in existence. And I was too late to enjoy Googie's, a hot spot immortalized by Jack Nichols in his memoir "The Tomcat Chronicles." But somehow I managed to visit virtually every other openly gay male bar in Miami-Dade County, save for a couple of Miami Beach or West Miami taverns. Significantly, my first gay bar (1973) was the Nook, Coral Gables' only gay bar. I found out about the Nook by chance: I was working as an usher in a theater on Ponce de Leon Blvd when one of my co-workers happened to mention the existence of a "queer bar" nearby. ![]() Though I visited the Nook several times, it was never my favorite hangout. Located on a side street, the Nook acted as if the Stonewall Riots never happened. Discreet gentlemen in dark suits sipped martinis while listening to Judy Garland or Barbra Streisand records on the jukebox. Fortunately, I soon learned from the gayvine where the action really was. In 1974, Miami's gay action was centered around the Warehouse VIII.
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