The place ended up being closed six months later by the vice squad, but it’s an example of a storied place that was probably one of many lost to history. First (though probably not the very first of its kind), there was The Dash, a Barbary Coast bar opened in 1908 at 547 Pacific Street where cross-dressing waiters were known to do special favors for the customers for a dollar.
A shot at The Tool Box from the 1964 photo spread in Life.įollowing on a recent map project of the Lost Gay Bars of San Francisco, OUT just did a roundup of the 12 Bars That Made San Francisco Gay, and we’re betting you have not heard of most of them.
