Bar
|
City
|
Country
|
Year opened
|
Year closed
|
Notes
|
A League of Her Own
|
Washington, D.C.
|
United States
|
2018
|
|
[32][10]
|
A Little More
|
San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1980s
|
|
[33][34][35][36]
|
Amelia's
|
Mission District, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1978
|
1991
|
[37][38][39]
|
The Anxious Asp
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1958
|
1967
|
[40][41]
|
Artist's Club
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1946
|
1949
|
[40][41]
|
As You Are Bar
|
Washington, D.C.
|
United States
|
|
|
[42][43]
|
Babes of Carytown
|
Richmond, Virginia
|
United States
|
1979
|
|
[44]
|
Babiana Club Less
|
Mexico City
|
Mexico
|
2013
|
|
[45][46][better source needed]
|
BabyFace Disco
|
Montreal
|
Canada
|
1960s (late)
|
|
First lesbian bar in Montreal[47]
|
Bachanal
|
Albany, California
|
United States
|
|
|
[48][49]
|
Beaded Bag
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
|
|
[40][41]
|
The Bond Street Bar
|
Asbury Park, New Jersey
|
United States
|
1970s
|
1980s
|
Location was also the site of a women's bar in the 1930s[50][51]
|
Blanco's
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1943
|
mid-1950s
|
also known as Blanco's Tavern[40][41]
|
Blush & Blu
|
Denver, Colorado
|
United States
|
2012
|
2023
|
[44] Colorado's only lesbian bar. Closed as of Oct. 5, 2024[52]
|
Bum Bum Bar
|
Queens, New York City
|
United States
|
1990s (early)
|
2018
|
[53][54]
|
Cafe Des Beaux Arts
|
New York City, New York
|
United States
|
1911
|
1921
|
One of the earliest "ladies bars"[55][56][57]
|
Chances Bar
|
Houston, Texas
|
United States
|
1994
|
2010
|
|
Chez-Elle
|
Asbury Park, New Jersey
|
United States
|
1965
|
1990
|
Also known as Chez-L Lounge, opened by a former nun, it was Asbury Park's first "women's club" and a "groundbreaking lesbian nightclub" that was "part of a landmark court case in the 1960s"[50][58][59][60]
|
Chi-Chi Club
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1949
|
1956
|
[40][41]
|
Clementina's Baybrick
|
South of Market, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1982
|
1987
|
also known as The Brick, The Bay Brick Inn[61][62]
|
Copper Lantern
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1955
|
1965
|
[40][41]
|
Cubbyhole
|
West Village, New York City
|
United States
|
1994
|
|
[63][64]
|
Doc Marie's
|
Portland, Oregon
|
United States
|
2022
|
|
|
Driftwood
|
Hayward, California
|
United States
|
|
|
Also known as The Driftwood, and Driftwood Lounge[65][49]
|
Dorothy
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
United States
|
2022
|
|
|
Egyptian Club
|
Portland, Oregon
|
United States
|
1995
|
2010
|
|
Eve's Hangout
|
Greenwich Village, New York City
|
United States
|
1925
|
1926
|
Also known as Eve Adams's Tearoom[66][67]
|
First Choice/The Night
|
Newark, New Jersey
|
United States
|
1980s
|
|
[68]
|
Front
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
|
|
[40][41]
|
Ginger's Bar
|
Brooklyn, New York City
|
United States
|
2000
|
|
Also known as The G-Spot[69][70]
|
The Grand Union
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
1950s
|
|
[71]
|
Helene's
|
Roselle, New Jersey
|
United States
|
1960s
|
|
[72]
|
Henrietta Hudson
|
West Village, New York City
|
United States
|
1991
|
|
[73][64][74][75]
|
Herz
|
Mobile, Alabama
|
United States
|
2019
|
2023
|
[44]
|
Jubilee
|
Oakland, California
|
United States
|
|
|
[76][49]
|
Kelly's Alamo Club
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
|
|
A police raid in 1956 and the arrest of 36 women on charges of "frequenting a house of ill repute" led the Daughters of Bilitis to publish a guide, "What To Do In Case of Arrest."[77]
|
The Key West Hotel
|
Asbury Park, New Jersey
|
United States
|
1981
|
1990
|
"the 1980’s most popular club for New Jersey lesbians, and possibly the oldest lesbian venue of its kind on the East Coast"[78] "New Jersey’s largest and most happening lesbian club and hotel"[79] Formerly Owl and Pussycat[80]
|
The Lexington Club
|
Mission District, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1997
|
2015
|
[81][82]
|
Magnolia
|
Montreal
|
Canada
|
1990s
|
|
"One of the greats."[47]
|
Mary’s First and Last Chance
|
Oakland, California
|
United States
|
c. 1948
|
1956
|
Closed in 1958 for "catering to lesbians", but the bar challenged the ruling in the State Supreme Court and won in 1959.[83][84]
|
Mary’s Tower
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1953
|
1967
|
[40]
|
Maud's
|
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1966
|
1989
|
[85][86][38][39]
|
Miss Smith's Tea Room
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1954
|
1960
|
[40][41]
|
Mona's 440 Club
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1936
|
1950s
|
Sold in the mid-1950s to a former employee, and was renamed "Ann's 440 Club" and then no longer served as a lesbian bar.[87][88]
|
Mona’s Candle Light Room
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1948
|
1957
|
Later it changed and became the Club Gala, the Jazz Workshop, Burp Hollow, and the Dixie Land Jazz.[40]
|
Mother Bar
|
Mission District, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
2023
|
|
[89][90]
|
My Sister's Room
|
Atlanta, Georgia
|
United States
|
1996
|
|
[91]
|
Ollie's
|
Oakland, California
|
United States
|
1981
|
1991
|
[49][92]
|
Our Club
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
|
|
[40][41]
|
Page 3
|
Greenwich Village, New York, New York
|
United States
|
mid-1950s
|
mid-1960s
|
[93]
|
The Palms
|
West Hollywood, California
|
United States
|
1960s
|
2013
|
[94]
|
Paper Doll
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1949
|
1961
|
[40][41][95]
|
The Pearl Bar
|
Houston, Texas
|
United States
|
2013
|
|
"only lesbian bar in the Bayou City, one of two in Texas and one of 16 in the nation"[96][97][98][99] Profiled in a documentary by the Lesbian Bar Project.[100][101][102]
|
Peg's Place
|
Richmond District, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1950s
|
1988
|
The site of a 1979 lesbophobic attack by off-duty members of the S.F.P.D.[103][104]
|
Phase One
|
Atlanta, Georgia
|
United States
|
2010s
|
|
[105][106]
|
Phase 1
|
Washington, D.C.
|
United States
|
1970
|
2016
|
The oldest continually operating lesbian bar in the country when it closed.[107]
|
Roselle Inn
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
United States
|
|
1935
|
Also known as Rose-El-Inn, one of the earliest lesbian bars.[55] Shut down by police in 1935.[108][109]
|
Sappho's Tavern
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
1950s
|
|
[71]
|
Scott’s Pit
|
San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1970
|
1984
|
The first lesbian biker bar in San Francisco; home of brawls and poetry readings.[110][111][112][113]
|
The Silver Slipper
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
1970s
|
|
[71][114]
|
Sisters
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
|
2013
|
[115][116]
|
Slammers
|
Columbus, Ohio
|
United States
|
1993
|
|
[117]
|
Sue Ellen's
|
Dallas, Texas
|
United States
|
1989
|
|
[118][119]
|
Tin Angel
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1953
|
1961
|
[40][41]
|
Toasted Walnut
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
2015
|
2021
|
[120][121][122][123]
|
Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place
|
North Beach, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
late 1940s
|
1955
|
[40][41]
|
Walker's Pint
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
|
United States
|
2001
|
|
"Wisconsin's last lesbian bar"[124][10][125][126][127][128][129]
|
Wild Side West
|
Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California
|
United States
|
1962
|
|
[130][131][132]
|
The Wildrose
|
Seattle, Washington
|
United States
|
1980s (early)
|
|
A long running lesbian bar on the West Coast.[133][64]
|
XX+
|
Washington, D.C.
|
United States
|
2018
|
closed
|
[134]
|