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Business · Madison Back Door Its opening was advertised in the April 1973 issue of GPU News, which promoted "three levels of entertainment" and named proprietors Rodney and Jack. Over its run the venue served variously as a bar, Business · Milwaukee BTW Lounge Billing itself as a one-of-a-kind lounge, it offered events such as drag bingo, karaoke, brunches, body-painting parties, and go-go and swimsuit contests. Despite a prime location near downtown festiv Business · Milwaukee C'est La Vie C'est La Vie was a long-running Milwaukee gay bar founded in December 1974 by Clarence Germershausen, known throughout the community as "John Clayton." Located amid a dense cluster of gay bars on Sout Business · Madison Cardinal Bar The Cardinal Bar at 418 E. Wilson Street was opened in 1974 by Ricardo Gonzalez in the former Cardinal Hotel, and for many years it was Madison, Wisconsin's leading gay dance bar. Conceived in part to Business · Madison Club 3054 Washington Avenue, named for its street address. It opened in February 1990 as the renamed successor to "Back East II" and offered a large space with a main bar, game and pool rooms, and a dance hall, Business · Madison Club 5 / FIVE Nightclub Club 5, at 5 Applegate Court in Madison, Wisconsin, opened in September 1998 as a large LGBTQ entertainment complex created by Ed Grunewald to replace his smaller Manoeuvres bar. The venue combined se Business · Milwaukee Dance, Dance, Dance 2nd Street in Milwaukee, opening in late 1987 or early 1988. It hosted shows and pageants and provided a raised platform for go-go dancers at other times. Over time the space was gradually absorbed in Business · Milwaukee Emeralds Bar & Lounge Emeralds Bar and Lounge opened in April 1997 on East Hadley Street and operated as a bar and dance club. It advertised only a few times in the LGBTQ press and, based on its location and the events it Business · Milwaukee Gargoyles National Avenue, open for roughly two years from 1995 to 1996. It billed itself as a social club and promoted its location between the Wreck Room and the Boot Camp to attract the area's Levi/leather c Business · Milwaukee Gary's Dance Club Gary's Dance Club was a short-lived gay disco that opened on South 2nd Street in late June 1975, occupying a space that had recently held the Gallery Lounge. Arriving at the height of the disco era, i Business · Madison Going My Way? Going My Way? opened on July 1, 1977 at 111 W. Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin, in a remodeled and enlarged former venue (the Turtle Club). Promoted as Madison's largest gay bar, it offered multiple Business · Milwaukee Hot Spot Night Club Hot Spot Night Club was a Milwaukee dance club at 2249 N. Humboldt Avenue that operated briefly in 1991. It sought to fill the gap left by earlier disco clubs such as Park Avenue and Papagaio but did Business · Milwaukee In Between A popular neighborhood watering hole, it featured a small dance floor, a good sound system, and decor that included antique items, some playing on the bar's name and bee motifs. The bar was especially Business · Milwaukee La Cage La Cage (also styled La Cage Aux Folles and, for a period, simply "Cage") is a Milwaukee dance club at 801 S. 2nd Street that opened in 1984. It quickly became the city's dominant gay dance venue, aid Business · Milwaukee MacArthur Park Disco Lounge Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View, opening in June 1979 with a grand opening on July 10. The same location had previously been known to the gay community as the Red Corvette. The spacious, newly decorat Business · Madison Manoeuvres Blair Street, run by Ed Grunewald. It opened in January 1995 under the name "Allegre," was remodeled and renamed Manoeuvres later that year, and operated as a dance video bar with an associated venue Business · Milwaukee Papagaio Papagaio was a Milwaukee dance club opened on North Broadway in December 1981 by Bobby Bell, who had previously run the Red Baron disco. Inspired by Rio nightlife, it became known for booking groundbr Business · Milwaukee Park Avenue With a multistory dance floor, towering light displays, and an opulent interior, it catered to a mostly straight crowd except on Sunday nights, when it operated as a gay night under the name "Sundays. Business · Madison Phaze II Owned by J.J. O'Connell, it was intended as a dance bar in contrast to the more laid-back Shamrock. After September 1994 the venue reverted to the Shamrock name, which it kept thereafter. Business · Madison Rainbow Room Rainbow Room was a Madison, Wisconsin LGBT bar and dance club at 121 W. Main Street, opened in October 1999. It was the most successful of a rapid succession of bars at this downtown address and opera Business · Milwaukee Teddy's Teddy's was a Milwaukee bar and discotheque on North Farwell Avenue run by Tony Machi, who opened the venue as The Barn in the late 1960s and renamed it Teddy's in 1973. After a substantial 1975 inves Business · Milwaukee Ten Hundred East The earliest located advertising dates to January 1973, but patrons recalled it being open several years earlier. Before the 1973 arrival of the city's first large gay disco, the Factory, it was widel Business · Milwaukee The Red Baron Bar The Red Baron, also called "The Baron," was a Milwaukee disco that opened in June 1977 with three main-floor bars, a central dance floor, elaborate disco lighting, and a lower-level lounge. Shortly af Business · Milwaukee The Sidedoor St. Paul Avenue that opened in June 1976 in the remodeled space of the former River Queen. It featured a wood parquet dance floor, a large-screen television, and a disco. The bar appears to have close Business · Milwaukee Visions Video Night Club First advertised in August 1991, it opened only after several delays on November 23, 1991, and even then was reportedly still unfinished. It appears to have closed within a week or two, as it received Business · Milwaukee Your Place Your Place, widely known as "The Y.P.," was a highly popular Milwaukee gay bar from May 1965 to July 1994, and was the first gay bar in what became the city's primary gayborhood. Opened by Jim Dorn an