Leaded Shade II
Milwaukee
Summary
Leaded Shade II opened in November 1990 on South 1st Street as a renaming of the bar previously called The Alternative. Its owner revived the name of the original Leaded Shade, a women's bar she had run more than a decade earlier, with advertisements urging patrons to recognize the returning establishment. The nostalgia proved insufficient, and the bar lasted only about nine months. By September 1991 it had become Rainbow Revue, and the Leaded Shade name was retired for good.