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Business · Milwaukee BJ's Mint Bar / BJ's BJ's Mint Bar opened in December 1991 at 819 S. 2nd Street, when the establishment previously known as The Mint came under the management of Bob Dietz and Jim Jones. It was the third Milwaukee bar to Business · Milwaukee Boot Camp Saloon Boot Camp Saloon was a Milwaukee levi/leather bar at 209 E. National Avenue, opened in 1984 and operated by Si Smits. Competing at first with the older Wreck Room, it grew into a leading leather bar a Business · Milwaukee Club 219 The location had earlier housed the dance bars Gary's and Circus Circus, and emerged as Club 219 after a brief stint as a bar called Trash. For much of the 1980s it was the city's leading destination 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 Decision 2nd Street, documented chiefly by a single advertisement in the April 1976 issue of GPU News. Surviving references suggest it operated for only a month or two in early 1976. By August 1976 the locatio Business · Milwaukee DK's Tavern National Avenue, operating from about 1985 to 1988. Run by an owner known as Dotie, it occupied a building that had been home to the popular lesbian bar Sugar Shack since 1976, and for a time it held Business · Milwaukee Fannies Washington Street, opened in September 1983 by Sharon Dixon, a former partner in the lesbian bar Sugar Shack. Known for theme parties, drag shows, a fenced outdoor patio and sports leagues, it raised Business · Milwaukee Friendly Bar The Friendly Bar at 819 S. 2nd Street appears to have been the earliest of many LGBTQ-friendly bars to occupy its building. Originally opened by Croatian immigrants Mike and Julia Stjepanovic, it pass Business · Milwaukee Gallery Lounge Gallery Lounge was a Milwaukee bar on South 2nd Street advertised in 1974 as a "Bar, Lounge, Game Room." Its earliest notices appeared in GPU News that September, with interior photographs published i Business · Milwaukee Ginger 2nd Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point, open from about 2008 to 2015. Though it placed little advertising in LGBT print media, it was well known in the community and hosted gatherings such as a Guer Business · Milwaukee Hideaway Hideaway was a short-lived Milwaukee gay bar at 819 S. 2nd Street, open for roughly six months in 1976. Hosted by two young owners known as Mike and George, it reopened a space that had briefly operat Business · Milwaukee Hot Legs Video Nite Club Hot Legs Video Nite Club opened in late 1984 in the former Shadows bar space on South 2nd Street, run by co-owners Kathy and Karen. For a time it was Milwaukee's leading lesbian bar, fielding a softba Business · Milwaukee Jamie's 2nd Street in the early 1970s, briefly known at the outset as "The New Seaway." It was owned by Otto Schuler, who relocated the bar portion of his Seaway Inn to this site after that business was force Business · Milwaukee Jazz 2nd Street in Milwaukee, opening in October 1988. Promoted as a calmer adult retreat, it offered wine, imported beer, ice cream and blended drinks, along with weekend appearances by local singer Charl 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 Leaded Shade The Leaded Shade operated on South 1st Street from late 1973 to late 1977. It opened as a new kind of women's bar, owned and operated by Pete and Bev Nilsson and managed by Sharon Dixon, catering to a Business · Milwaukee M's 2nd Street, open from 2007 to early 2010. It was opened by former staff and patrons of the M&M Club after that bar closed, and sought to recreate its predecessor's atmosphere in an L-shaped, wood-trim Event · Milwaukee Milwaukee Pride Parade The Milwaukee Pride Parade is an annual march through Walker's Point, Milwaukee's historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood. The parade steps off on South 2nd Street each June, typically the Sunday after PrideFest Business · Milwaukee Mister Z's Mister Z's opened around December 1975 on South 2nd Street, the third gay bar to occupy the location in less than 18 months, following the Gallery Lounge and Gary's Dance Club. Its sole known advertis Business · Milwaukee Oregon House Oregon House was a Milwaukee gay bar at 235 S. 2nd Street, open from 1976 to 1978. Opened by Sam Mazur, it was the first of many LGBTQ businesses to occupy this Fifth Ward address and helped establish Business · Milwaukee Phoenix Phoenix was a Milwaukee gay bar at 235 S. 2nd Street that operated from 1978 to 1993, occupying the remodeled space of the former Oregon House. For years it served as the southern anchor of a cluster Business · Milwaukee Rainbow Revue The Rainbow Revue opened on South 1st Street in September 1991, operated by Wade Twamley, and directly succeeded the Leaded Shade II in the same space. Its grand-opening weekend featured drag entertai Business · Milwaukee Riviera Show Lounge The Riviera Show Lounge, located on South 2nd Street in the former Nite Beat space, held its grand opening on June 30, 1972 with a female-impersonator revue called 'The Dolly Review.' The lounge promi Business · Milwaukee Rooster Rooster was a men's bar on South 2nd Street in Milwaukee, listed in a few national gay guides between 1971 and 1973 and advertised in GPU News in December 1971. Its advertising of that period named pr Business · Milwaukee Shadows 2nd Street in Milwaukee, opened by Frank Thalacker in February 1980. The 45-seat establishment served old-fashioned American food and quickly earned a strong reputation among locals and traveling gay Business · Milwaukee Shadows II- The Top Shelf Shadows II- The Top Shelf opened on December 11, 1987 in the former Hot Legs space on South 2nd Street, operated by Dan Hewett and co-owned with Matthew Gorden, who owned the building. A news account Business · Milwaukee Studio 200 Washington Street, open from about 2011 to 2018. It was the last in a long line of LGBTQ bars at the address run or originated by Sharon Dixon, who first opened the space in the early 1980s as the les Business · Milwaukee Sugar Shack The Sugar Shack, at 135 E. National Avenue in Milwaukee, was the city's first lesbian bar owned by and for women. Opened in May 1975 by JoAnn Kilsdonk with business partner Sharon Dixon, it advertised Business · Milwaukee Switch Switch opened in May 1999 on West National Avenue, converted from a straight bar by its owner, Craig. It was known for large west-facing windows overlooking the Walker's Point bar district, a sizable T Business · Milwaukee The Other Place Greenfield Avenue, operating around 1991 to 1992. According to a contributor's recollection, two men ran it as a gay bar with a white-tablecloth restaurant, adding a kitchen and updated interior befor Business · Milwaukee Triangle Triangle was a Milwaukee bar on East National Avenue that opened in June 1988 after Al Thomas bought the former lesbian bar D.K.'s and reopened it as a gay bar. Situated amid a growing concentration o W Place · Milwaukee Walker's Point Walker's Point is Milwaukee's historic LGBTQ+ neighborhood on the city's near south side. From the mid-twentieth century onward, South 2nd Street and surrounding blocks became the densest concentratio