Meanwhile, the more-than-25-year-old Chelsea gay bar Barracuda refurbished during lockdown and reopened on June 11, sparking a weekend of crowded exhilaration. I was inspired by the enthusiastic abandon, but stood off to the side, not totally adjusted to the new-old way of life just yet. The first one drew a packed assemblage of T-shirted (or shirtless) guys-shades of the old Roxy Saturdays-who pumped to the house music as if nothing had changed since February 2020. Popular promoter Ladyfag restarted her monthly Sunday night Battle Hymn party at Rumi event space in Chelsea on May 30, and it sold out so quickly that she quickly added a bunch more dates-weekly, not monthly. But after another such place, Therapy, closed, it was picked up by a new owner plus, long-running gay promoter John Blair is opening a space called the Spot on 43rd and 10th, hoping for this coming week for the unveiling. Since May, I’ve been to a plethora of in-person events, dinners, and hangouts, and though they’ve all had different (and evolving) rules-some demand vaccination proof, others check your temperature, some have no rules at all-they are shamelessly open and well attended.Ī few boîtes have shuttered for good, like HK gay bars Posh, Barrage, and Ninth Avenue Saloon.
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