Hidden Door is full of friendly regulars and strong drinks at a great price. My best friend was disappointed in me for not checking out what he was working with. I was even stoked to share a bathroom with a man while I was there. Gay bars are also going to be fun on any given night. I don’t care what city you’re visiting, but I think gay bars are always the best and safest places to be if you’re a straight woman who wants to have all the fun with a man but without having to deal with their hormones. We were also out celebrating my birthday. I came here to support a friend who was too scared to come here alone. I will visit the place again in the future, as it’s a great spot, but my job is to change the minds of stupidly stubborn people, in the end he listened to what I had to say and I went on my merry way somewhere else. Again, I had no problem leaving the bag behind but a writer on public transport is different from a homeless dude. They want to make their job easier so why not just «half-ass» things out? The consistent problem here was him remembering that he had made the statement and he became annoyed to the point where he said he was sick of talking about it and it was what it was. That statement meant that, if I wasn’t already being categorized as a hobo, that I was almost getting lumped into «the mix.» I wanted to clarify that this wasn’t the case, and trying to teach the security guy a lesson in being able to tell the difference because that’s a big part of the problem in society, that people generalize to the point where it’s insulting. The argument however, started after I told them my tablet was in it followed by a statement made by someone that they were sick of people with bags. He wanted me to put it underneath the steel trash can outside. The security guy and someone else right next to him told me I had to leave the bag outside.
This is always a problem at all bars, not just here. I understand the problem the place has had with people bringing in booze from outside. As a writer (and an avid user of public transport), I walk around with a backpack. I was in the area and decided to stop there on a Sunday night. 48 - a drop of 20 spots from 2018.I used to frequent the Hidden Door some years ago before the lofts popped up right next door. Rain on 4th, one of the fixtures of the city’s Warehouse District, lands at No. 39.īout Time II clocks in as Austin’s No. Rich’s Houston, billed as the city’s largest dance club catering to LBGTQ clientele, made its first appearance at No. Dallas was well-represented with three entries on the list, including long-running neighborhood bars The Mining Company (No. Overall, Texas made a strong showing in the Gravy Analytics rankings, with Pegasus and eight other bars around the state showing up in the top 50. Officials say the shooting was a random act of violence carried out by an angry bar customer and was not classified as a hate crime.
Later, in October 2018, three people were wounded in a shooting at Pegasus. Garza came in 15th place in the March 2018 Republican primary for the congressional seat, garnering less than 1 percent of the votes. Amid the criticism, Garza defended his record as an advocate for the LGBTQ community. Last year, the bar’s owner, Mauro Garza, ran as a Republican candidate for Texas’ 21st Congressional District, a spot vacated by fellow Republican Lamar Smith of San Antonio.
Pegasus has also made other news recently - but for very different reasons. Despite its crowning achievement this year, Pegasus did move down two spots from the 2018 list. In its report on the Gravy Analytics list, news website NewNowNext describes Pegasus as “one of the friendliest venues in the city,” featuring drag performances, karaoke, and dancing. This list tracks patronage of gay bars from Novemthrough October 31, 2018. That’s based on data collected by Gravy Analytics, a location-based marketing platform that tracks mobile data to verify attendance at places and events throughout the U.S. and the most popular gay bar in the Lone Star State. San Antonio’s Pegasus nightclub, which opened in 1994, holds court as the 10th most popular gay bar in the U.S. San Antonio is home to Texas' fiercest gay bar.