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Business · Milwaukee Columns Columns was a Roman-themed cocktail lounge that opened on June 16, 1961 in the lobby of the Pfister Hotel at 424 E. Wisconsin Avenue. Inspired by the film Spartacus, it featured toga-clad and shirtles I Business · Milwaukee Intermezzo 2nd Street, in the same building that housed the Q-Life newspaper and the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center. It likely grew out of the limited drink service offered during intermissions and after performances Business · Milwaukee Riviera Riviera was a Milwaukee cocktail lounge and restaurant at 401 N. Plankinton Avenue, occupying a pre-Civil War warehouse that had earlier housed a gay-friendly tavern called the Anchor Inn. Reopened as Business · Milwaukee TempT Mason Street, next door to Karl Ratzsch's restaurant. Promoted as combining the intimacy of a lounge with the energy of a nightclub, it was well appointed and advertised heavily, frequently taking the