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Business · Milwaukee 1100 Club 1100 Club was a Milwaukee bar that operated from 1994 to 2003 at the corner of First and East Washington Streets. Although it was not a traditional levi/leather venue like the Wreck Room or Boot Camp, Business · Green Bay AJ's on Broadway AJ's on Broadway bar in Green Bay held their Grand Opening over May 2, 3 and 4, 2003 (with a full-page ad in In Step vol 20-8). Business · Milwaukee Art Bar Art Bar opened in March 2004 in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood, well outside the city's traditional LGBTQ bar district. Founded by partners Don Krause and John Tomlinson, it cultivated an artsy, w Business · Milwaukee Ball Game Ball Game was a long-running Milwaukee gay bar at 196 S. 2nd Street, open from 1974 until 2012. It was founded by Gene O'Brien and Rick Kowal in a building that had previously housed earlier gay bars, Business · Milwaukee Boom / Club Boom & The Room Boom opened in 2000 at 625 S. 2nd Street in the space previously occupied by the gay bar In Between, after a new ownership couple took over the lease. Originally called Club Boom, it soon became known Business · Milwaukee C'est La Vie C'est La Vie was a long-running Milwaukee gay bar founded in December 1974 by Clarence Germershausen, known throughout the community as "John Clayton." Located amid a dense cluster of gay bars on Sout Business · Madison CE's Bar CE's Bar was a short-lived Madison, Wisconsin bar at 2415 Winnebago Street, open around 2000 and serving a mixed clientele of women and men. Very little is documented about it. It was run by an owner Business · La Crosse Chances R Chances R bar in La Crosse replaced 'Rainbow's End' in this location. Rainbow's End had been a popular bar in La Crosse since around 1994, then in either August or September 2008, its name was changed Business · Oshkosh Club 1226 aka 'Christopher Allan's Club 1226' "Christopher Allen's 1226" at 1226 Oshkosh Avenue in Oshkosh first appeared in the Bar Guide of Quest magazine vol. 12-issue 11 in June 2005. Almost immediately, the name was corrected to "Christopher Business · Milwaukee Club 200 East (Jack) Club 200 East opened in June 2008 at 200 E. Washington Avenue, in the building long known as the lesbian bar Fannie's. It was another effort by Sharon Dixon, who had run Fannie's and later Pulse at th Business · Madison Club 5 / FIVE Nightclub Club 5, at 5 Applegate Court in Madison, Wisconsin, opened in September 1998 as a large LGBTQ entertainment complex created by Ed Grunewald to replace his smaller Manoeuvres bar. The venue combined se Business · Kenosha Club 94 North The venue drew a Male, female bar, social crowd. Business · Kenosha Club ICON In April 2016, Club ICON celebrated 10 Years in business. An article in Quest magazine (volume 23-04), which featured a photo of the staff, read: ICON has hosted events featuring JujuBee, Jackie Beat, Business · Milwaukee Conversations Vliet Street that first appeared in LGBTQ bar listings in April 2004. Based on its limited advertising and location, it is believed to have catered primarily to Milwaukee's Black LGBTQ community. Its Business · Appleton Crossroads Bar aka L.D. CrossRoads Drinking Emporium With Rascals bar also on Wisconsin Avenue, some customers jumped back and forth. When Appleton passed a smoking ban in bars, business began to decline- and while other businesses quickly recovered, Cr Business · Milwaukee D.I.X. Milwaukee D.I.X. Milwaukee, commonly called DIX, occupies a corner building at 739 S. 1st Street that had long operated as the straight bar Timers. Elizabeth Kujawa first opened the space in October 2007 under Business · Oshkosh Deb's Spare Time Bar & Grill aka Spare Time "Deb's Spare Time Bar & Grill" bar at 1303 Harrison Street in Oshkosh first appeared in the Bar Guide of Quest magazine vol. 16-issue 19 in November 2009. However, the site 'HubBiz' lists the business Business · Milwaukee DISH 2nd Street that operated from October 1997 to January 2003. Billed in its early advertising as a bar "for Women," it was the second lesbian-oriented bar to occupy the space, which over the years hoste Business · Milwaukee Emeralds Bar & Lounge Emeralds Bar and Lounge opened in April 1997 on East Hadley Street and operated as a bar and dance club. It advertised only a few times in the LGBTQ press and, based on its location and the events it Business · Milwaukee Fluid Fluid is a Milwaukee martini bar opened on July 26, 1998 by two former bartenders of the Triangle, Bill Wardlow and a partner known as Jimmy. It was popular from the start, drawing customers with an e Business · Green Bay Fox River Lounge Cricket's Fox River Lounge started out as "Sorry We're Closed", a bar opened in 2002 by owner Paul "Cricket" Jacob. The name was changed to Cricket's Fox River Lounge one year later, in 2003. Accordin Business · Milwaukee Ginger 2nd Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point, open from about 2008 to 2015. Though it placed little advertising in LGBT print media, it was well known in the community and hosted gatherings such as a Guer Business · Milwaukee Harbor Room The Harbor Room opened in July 2000 at 117 E. Greenfield Avenue, founded by Gregg Fitzpatrick as a levi and leather bar a few blocks south of the main bar district. It occupies a 1907 building that ha I Business · Milwaukee Intermezzo 2nd Street, in the same building that housed the Q-Life newspaper and the Milwaukee Gay Arts Center. It likely grew out of the limited drink service offered during intermissions and after performances Business · Milwaukee JC's Pub & Grill It did not market itself as a gay bar and sought a mainstream crowd, though its busiest nights coincided with LGBTQ events such as drag shows and fundraisers. The bar never advertised in the gay press J Place · Green Bay Joannes Park Joannes Park is a public park in Green Bay. In 2009 the Northeast Wisconsin LGBT History Project hosted its first public history display at Pride Alive in Joannes Park, marking early community archivi Business · Superior JT's Bar & Grill View PDF of "JT's Bar & Grill" web site as it existed December 2006. We are still searching for more information about JT's Bar & Grill in Superior. It is listed in the Bar Guides in various Wisconsin Business · Milwaukee Kruz Kruz opened in late 2006 on E. National Avenue, founded by longtime gay-bar bartender and manager Jerry Breiling together with his partner Serge Bellitelli. It took over a building that had previously Business · Milwaukee M & M Club M & M Club was one of Milwaukee's most beloved LGBTQ destinations, operating for nearly thirty years from its opening on July 4, 1976, by community activist Bob Schmidt with partners Leo Peters and Ji Business · Milwaukee M's 2nd Street, open from 2007 to early 2010. It was opened by former staff and patrons of the M&M Club after that bar closed, and sought to recreate its predecessor's atmosphere in an L-shaped, wood-trim Business · Milwaukee Midtowne Spa Midtowne Spa was a spa / bathhouse / health club in Milwaukee at 315 S. Water Street, operating from approx 2000 until approx 2018. Business · Milwaukee Nut Hut The Nut Hut, long known as Kathy's Nut Hut, was a Milwaukee tavern on West Scott Street that became the city's longest-running women's bar. It grew out of a neighborhood bar that Sharon Dixon opened i Business · Milwaukee Off The Tracks Grant Street, taking over a space that had previously housed the lesbian bar Station 2. Little is known about its ownership, and it appears to have had a minimal advertising budget, with only a single Business · Milwaukee Out 'N About Out 'N About opened on South 1st Street in August 2003, in a building that had long held a popular straight bar and near the leather bar Harbor Room. It featured a sizable dance floor, a long bar, an Business · Milwaukee Passion Washington Street, the third such venue in the building best known as the lesbian bar Fannie's. It operated from roughly December 2004 to about November 2005. The bar left little trace beyond listings Business · Stevens Point Platwood Club Little is documented about it, but it hosted events for the Mid-Wisconsin Gay Alliance and appeared in LGBT media bar guides through October 2002. A 1998 account noted that its longtime manager, Todd P Event · Milwaukee PrideFest Milwaukee PrideFest Milwaukee is Wisconsin's largest LGBTQ+ festival, held annually at Henry W. Maier Festival Park on Milwaukee's lakefront. Community Pride celebrations in Milwaukee date to 1988; the festival Business · Appleton Pulse Pulse nightclub in Appleton may be one of the shortest-lasting clubs with the biggest start-up media splash. First appearing in the Bar Guide listings of Quest magazine in January 2008 (vol.15-01), th Business · Milwaukee PUMP! PUMP! was a Milwaukee promotional venture in the 2000s that ran weekly one-night gay club events hosted at various non-LGBTQ venues, typically on nights when the host bar was otherwise slow. It advert Business · Milwaukee PumpHouse 1st Street in Milwaukee's Bay View, opened in fall 2006 by Michael Murray and David Skwarek in a converted 1931 water pumping station. Aiming to recreate a Chicago-style video bar, it offered a marina Business · Madison Rainbow Room Rainbow Room was a Madison, Wisconsin LGBT bar and dance club at 121 W. Main Street, opened in October 1999. It was the most successful of a rapid succession of bars at this downtown address and opera Business · Wisconsin Dells Rainbow Valley Resort Captain Dix Bar Artist Glen Restaurant This Wisconsin Dells resort and bar opened in March 2003 and closed in 2016. While it was offically called the 'Rainbow Valley Resort', with the bar being dubbed 'Captain Dix' and the restraurant 'Art Business · Madison Ray's Bar & Grill Over roughly fourteen years it operated through a complicated series of relocations and name changes across three east-side locations, variously known as Geraldine's (named for Jacobson's mother), the Business · Madison Shamrock Bar & Grille The Shamrock Bar & Grille at 117 W. Main Street is one of Madison, Wisconsin's longest-lived LGBT bars, opened in 1986 just a block off the Capitol Square. For much of its existence it was the only do Business · Green Bay Shelter Club Shelter Club was a fairly popular Green Bay LGBT destination for about 12 years. opening in 2004 in a nondescript building, largely lacking effective signage (see photos), it waas nevertheless a popul Business · Milwaukee South Water Street Docks National Avenue, situated between the Wreck Room and the Boot Camp. Operating from about 1997 to 2003, it sought to attract the levi, leather, and biker crowd that frequented those neighboring venues. Business · Milwaukee Switch Switch opened in May 1999 on West National Avenue, converted from a straight bar by its owner, Craig. It was known for large west-facing windows overlooking the Walker's Point bar district, a sizable Business · Milwaukee The Orbit The Orbit operated from February 1999 to August 2003 at 739 S. 2nd Street, in an early-1900s building that had previously been a pharmacy and later an organ-piper nightclub with hand-painted murals. T Business · Milwaukee The TAZZbah Bar & Grille The TAZZbah Bar & Grille operated at 1712 W. Pierce Street in Milwaukee from December 2004 to September 2007. Its principal owners included a former Boot Camp Saloon bartender known as Steve and Don M Business · Milwaukee Tool Shed Tool Shed was a retail in Milwaukee at 804 E. Center Street, operating from 2004. Business · Milwaukee Triangle Triangle was a Milwaukee bar on East National Avenue that opened in June 1988 after Al Thomas bought the former lesbian bar D.K.'s and reopened it as a gay bar. Situated amid a growing concentration o Business · Milwaukee Walker's Pint Walker's Pint opened on July 12, 2001, at 818 S. 2nd Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood, founded as a women's bar by Elizabeth "Bet'z" Boenning with co-owner Becky Persin. Boenning, who Business · Milwaukee Woody's Bar Woody's Bar opened on November 14, 1997, on South 2nd Street, in a building that had previously housed the gay bar B's. Founded by Steve Behl and Ray Arce, it quickly became a hit and established itse Business · Green Bay XSaka Club XS Club XS (also listed as XS) at 1106 Main Street in Green Bay grew out of the Za's complex and operated as a dance-oriented gay club serving northeastern Wisconsin. Business · Green Bay Za's Historic West Theatre Za's Historic West Theatre was another in a line of popular bars owned by Mark 'Za' Mariucci, who in addition to owning and running various Green Bay bars, was also active in various Pageants, and fou