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Business · Milwaukee Clay's Castaways Kinnickinnic Avenue between 1984 and 1986. Described as a relaxed neighborhood bar, it went through a confusing series of names, appearing variously as "Clay's Castaways," "Castaways," briefly "Castaw Business · Milwaukee Essinger's Essinger's was a West Side Milwaukee tavern that operated as a gay-and-straight bar for under a year, first appearing in bar listings in December 1984 and last listed in September 1985. An older famil Business · Milwaukee Grand Avenue Pub The Grand Avenue Pub, also known as "The GAP," operated on Milwaukee's West Wisconsin Avenue from June 1982 to July 1988. Functioning equally as a bar and restaurant, it served a busy lunch trade for Business · Milwaukee Hideaway Hideaway was a short-lived Milwaukee gay bar at 819 S. 2nd Street, open for roughly six months in 1976. Hosted by two young owners known as Mike and George, it reopened a space that had briefly operat