For more on the growing vaccination-only trend at NYC bars and restaurants, read this feature. Club Cumming Bars Cocktail bars East Village Alan Cumming took over the former Eastern Bloc bar in 2017 and reimagined it as a cabaret, comedy and. Most of the bars on this list require that you show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination at the door. Best gay bars in NYC Photograph: Jeff Eason 1. Here are 25 of our favorite LGBTQ spots across NYC. In other words, it’s a refresher on all the places you can find your people in this big, newly reopened, queer city.

Which is why you won’t just find LGBTQ bars on this guide, but also spots that host LGBTQ nights and events.Īfter a challenging year for this city’s LGBTQ spots, we’re highlighting everything from neighborhood hangs and bars that are great on weeknights to spots for the best local drag in the world and clubs for a big night out. No matter where in the city you find yourself, you’re never too far from people in full mesh, studs in suits, drag queens and kings, club kids, and leather daddies. A high-end hustlers bar during the late 70s/early 80s with a nice restaurant.

New York City doesn’t just have one “gay neighborhood.” Sure, there’s Hell’s Kitchen and Chelsea - but this city is all just kind of gay everywhere. This was the first NYC gay bar I set foot in, during the fall of 1979.