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Business · Milwaukee 27th Street Danceteria The 27th Street Danceteria opened in March 1985 under Chuck Cicirello, a prolific Milwaukee gay-bar operator whose earlier ventures included the Neptune Club and the Factory bars. The building had pre Business · Milwaukee 3B's Kinnickinnic Avenue that operated from May 1991 to May 1995. It was founded by four friends—Bob Schnicker, Bruce Lemke, Bobby Cole, and Patrick Prudlow—after one of them sold her interest in the prede Business · Milwaukee Club 219 The location had earlier housed the dance bars Gary's and Circus Circus, and emerged as Club 219 after a brief stint as a bar called Trash. For much of the 1980s it was the city's leading destination Business · Milwaukee Factory II Factory II was a Milwaukee gay dance bar at 130 E. Juneau Avenue, open from December 1982 to September 1984. It was opened by Chuck Cicirello following the success of his original Factory bar, though Business · Milwaukee Nitro Nitro was a large tri-level discotheque on North Water Street, reopened in 1992 after a major renovation of the Sunday-only gay bar previously known as Park Avenue. It billed itself as 'Milwaukee's Pr Business · Milwaukee Oregon House Oregon House was a Milwaukee gay bar at 235 S. 2nd Street, open from 1976 to 1978. Opened by Sam Mazur, it was the first of many LGBTQ businesses to occupy this Fifth Ward address and helped establish Business · Milwaukee 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 Business · Milwaukee Studio 200 Washington Street, open from about 2011 to 2018. It was the last in a long line of LGBTQ bars at the address run or originated by Sharon Dixon, who first opened the space in the early 1980s as the les Business · Milwaukee The Cove 1st Street in the early 1970s. It first advertised in early 1972 as "Mickey's Cove," was soon shortened to "The Cove," and briefly operated as "The Backroom" before reverting to "The Cove." Promoted a