San Francisco’s Eagle Tavern To Close (Thanks To Gentrification)
The Eagle Tavern in San Francisco’s SOMA, which attracts a crowd of leather daddies and blue collar types, will be closing at the end of this month. But not, the bar’s operators insist, because it’s suffering any financial problems — but because the owner of the building wants to ditch the gay haunt in exchange for more lucrative luxury condos, supposedly. The building’s owner listed the building for sale a few months ago and now reportedly refuses to sign the Eagle to a long-term lease. [photo via]
Funny the owners are saying they don’t want to sell, and it’s not financial. They told the Bay Area Reporter something different last year http://www.ebar.com/news/artic.....ticle=4496
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It’s much more than a leather bar. (and it’s really NOT a leather bar, it’s more of a biker bar with a strong group of Leather folk who go there). If You go to one of their Sunday Beer Busts, it’s one of the very few places (that I know of) where there are really diverse people. Some are pretty, some are not. Some are porn actors, some are old guys from El Cerito. It’s actually an incredible place, and I will be sad to loose it.
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Oh no, one less SF gay bar that smells like poop and pee.