Restaurant

Knight Owl

Name: Knight Owl
Address: 173 S. 2nd Street, Milwaukee, WI

Milwaukee

Summary

The Knight Owl Restaurant apparently operated briefly as a gay restaurant. They advertised in the new publication GPU News starting with its first issue in October 1971. That first ad reads:

Images

Advertisement, October 1971, GPU News Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project

Relocation from old Seaway Inn / (GPU News, October 1971) / GPU News

Facts

Type: Restaurant
Address: 173 S. 2nd Street
City: Milwaukee
Latitude: 43.0301687
Longitude: -87.9128568
Opened: c1970
Closed: 1972
Clientele: Male Bar, social

Sources

Research adapted from the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project. Archive page links below point to archive.wislgbthistory.com; for current news and community events, visit wislgbthistory.com.

Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project — Knight Owl (retrieved 2026-06-01)

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