Baja will split the ground floor with CheBogz - the first brick-and-mortar for the Filipino food truck of the same name, operated by Trixia and Paula, sisters from the Paraiso family. It’s also even closer to Castro’s brother Luis Rodrigquez’s cafe and community hub, The Station coffee shop. The new location, at Colina West to be exact, is just south of the Beacon Hill light rail station. We’re looking forward to seeing our friends and customers and starting this new adventure together.” We can’t wait to go back to whatever the new normal is. “It’s been a tough year and a half for everyone. “We’re excited to come back,” Castro said. He’s hopeful the restaurant will officially reopen in December. “The ball is rolling,” said owner Oscar Castro. Now they’ve secured a new location: the ground floor of the new Colina Apartments. But Baja was forced to close last summer during the pandemic. For almost 25 years it was North Beacon Hill’s longest-running neighborhood Mexican restaurant - and eventually became its one and only gay bar. (Forewarned is forearmed: Being naked in Seattle is not illegal, but "lewd conduct"-touching yourself or someone else who is naked-is.) For sanctioned public indoor sex, there are two bathhouses in town: Steamworks caters to a slightly younger crowd than Club Z, but both are for filthy men and the filthy men who love them.Baja Bistro is coming back. Nevertheless, if you want to tromp around an outdoor setting making eye contact with strangers for old time's sake, Volunteer Park is your best bet. It used to be that Volunteer Park was overrun with bush bunnies, but the truth is, times have changed: Most people who want sex right now just get it through their smartphone. Vibrators on display, classes on everything from rope bondage to strap-ons to erotic massage, and a friendly staff, Babeland is perfectly suited to women who date women-but gay guys, straight couples, and folks across the spectrum are also welcome.Ī must-stop shop for kinky guys, this place has handmade leather apparel, pup supplies, bondage toys galore, dirty magazines, and a sexy staff. The menu includes “wood pellets” (olives in cheese breading served with marinara) and a mashed potato bar. Logs are omnipresent: logs wrapped around the cords of Edison bulbs, logs chained to walls, log benches, log stools, log pictures, etc. This White Center gay bar is lumberjack-themed.
Monday is trivia night, Wednesday is lesbian night, Thursday is karaoke, Friday and Saturday there are DJs, and Sunday is oriented around whatever game is on TV. West Seattle is where gay folks go to retire, and this laid-back bar epitomizes the neighborhood's laid-back spirit.
They have pool, darts, Seahawks parties, and karaoke on Wednesdays. This is North Seattle’s gay bar-the closest gay bar to the University of Washington, the Ballard Locks, or Northgate. They have underwear parties on Saturdays, a urinal trough, video projections, an outdoor patio with a string of Christmas lights overhead, and screamingly fun parties.
There are several different areas to hang out in, which makes hiding from your ex much easier. Seattle Men in Leather meet at the Cuff, and lots of gay sports teams have their social functions there. Other nights, the dancing starts at 10 p.m., and on Wednesdays and Thursdays, there's no cover.Ī leather bar that’s frequently crowded with kinksters, jocks, pups, poz socials, and subs willing to shine your shoes, it also has a large outdoor patio. Three floors of gay bar with dancing up top, R Place also hosts live drag shows, RuPaul's Drag Race viewing parties, and karaoke (on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays at 9 p.m.). But with more than 30 years under its belt-the place is older than most of its clientele-Neighbours still hosts plenty of queer nights. Once a stalwart testament to enduring gayness, Neighbours these days welcomes more and more bachelorette parties.