Phoenix

Phoenix was a Milwaukee gay bar at 235 S. 2nd Street that operated from 1978 to 1993, occupying the remodeled space of the former Oregon House. For years it served as the southern anchor of a cluster of gay bars in the area and was among the more popular, with a busy dance floor and patrons moving between it and the nearby Club 219. As disco's popularity faded and the neighborhood gentrified, the bar's prominence declined. It closed in early 1993 and reopened that September as Deja-Vu.