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Located at 8th Ave in the heart of Manhattan's Chelsea, Big Cup was a gay-oriented tea & coffeehouse that served as a vital hangout notice for the LGBTQ community & which became notorious for its heavy cruising scene. Employees at Big Cup even lovingly nicknamed their workplace "Gay Grand Central."
Big Cup 1st opened in & was owned by partners Cliff Bradshaw & Scott Siler, who also ran the gay nightspot Hell in the Meatpacking District for 9 years. Large Cup was modeled after the coffee shops of the West Coast & offered a casual place for gay men to socialize. Women & straight men were welcome too, but as 1 review at the time verb it, "They just seem sort of irrelevant." Employees at Big Cup seemed to be 1/2 barista, 1/2 party host. Success came to Big Cup immediately. According to Mr. Bradshaw in a NYTimes writeup: “I don’t contemplate we anticipated the reaction, that this would catch on this quickly.”
On any given night, song & crowds would fill the airy room with its Day-Glo interior & people would often spill out onto t
History
Constructed in when New York’s theater district was centered around 23rd Street, the Victorian Gothic style building was initially one of the city’s first cooperative apartment buildings, but it reopened as a luxury hotel in With Mark Twain, O. Henry, Oscar Wilde, and Sarah Bernhardt among its earliest guests, the Chelsea quickly acquired a bohemian reputation, which heralded its status in the midth century as Fresh York’s hub for the Beat generation. “There was none of the anonymous impersonal hotel ambiance…I kept meeting people I knew from Europe in the halls,” Beat writer William S. Burroughs recalled. Further contributing to its lore, writers Gore Vidal and Jack Kerouac famously checked into the Chelsea for sex in after a night out at the San Remo Café and Tony Pastor’s Downtown in Greenwich Village. From the s until his ousting in , manager and part-owner Stanley Bard further cultivated the hotel’s reputation by offering adj rent to a variety of eccentrics and occasionally accepting art in lieu of rent.
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New York has played a major role in LGBTQ+ history and it’s no wonder there are a slew of bars that contain been beacons for the community (and prime party spots) for decades. The best queer bars in NYC range from dive bars to dance clubs, with historic spots like the Stonewall Inn anchoring them all. The West Village is a classic destination for queer nightlife, but you’ll find something exciting and welcoming in pretty much any part of the city.
You can check out the best drag shows or cabaret performances, but these queer spaces all present something unique, from cozy vibes and cheap drinks to high-energy dancing and brunch parties - sometimes in the same place on different days! Maybe your interests skew more trendy and urbane, or perhaps you're more of the down-and-dirty hook-up spots, the "what happens on the weekends, stays on the weekends" type — we're not here to judge! There are plenty of LGBTQ+ things to do in New York, but if it’s a bar you’re looking for, we’ve got you covered.
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lively atmosphere
Chelsea is our flagship and is located in the flatiron district. It has two levels, several pool tables, delicious bar menu, beer on tap, many plasma screens, an outdoor patio, and our brand new VIP lounge available for rent for your next event or celebration. After work or after the game, Boxers NYC is the place for gay sports leagues and fans to meet.
Weekly Events
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ThursdayVYBEZ Thursdays
ThursdayHot Sauce Fridays
FridayViva La Vida
Saturday
DJ Alex and NYC’s hottest gogo dancers! Free Pool Sundays!
Sunday2 for 1 Happy Hour until 9pm
Karaoke &#; 8PM to Midnight
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