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Steam Portland is a gay bathhouse located in the Kerns neighborhood of northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. It opened in 2003. The bathhouse has been called "sleek". [1] Amenities include a nude sun deck, a hot tub and steam bath, a lounge, and video booths. [2] [3]
Silverado, Portland's only gay strip club, after the closure of Three Sisters Tavern in 2004 and prior to Stag PDX's opening in 2015, [1] [2] has existed for nearly 30 years. Formerly called Flossie's, it was originally located below a gay bathhouse in what is now the Crystal Hotel .
Gay bathhouses have included Hawks PDX and Steam Portland. [1] Club Portland closed in 2007. [2] Swingers' clubs include Club Privata, Sanctuary, and Velvet Rope. [1] [3] Club Sesso operated from 2009 to 2015. In 2015, Willamette Week described the Paris Theatre as "an adult movie theater, sex club and safe space for public masturbators". [4]
The Portland Mercury has said the business operating as Club Baths in 1971, and later became known as Club Portland. [4] [5] The club's official website mentioned "Continental Club Baths" and "since 1967", as of April 2001. [6] Willamette Week has said the club was established by Richard Lawson in 1987. [2]
Hawks PDX is a gay bathhouse in the southeast Portland part of the Hazelwood neighborhood. Previously, the business operated in the Buckman neighborhood.. Hawks PDX hosted an anniversary celebration event in April 2013. [1]
Stag is the second all-nude gay strip club on the West Coast, after Silverado, which is located in downtown Portland. [1] Unlike Silverado, which has a policy against bachelorette parties since 2012, Stag welcomes heterosexual patrons and bachelorette parties without "gaudy" accessories, in order to avoid distracting dancers and guests. [ 4 ]
The Embers Avenue, also known as Embers, [1] was a gay bar and nightclub located in the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Embers hosted a variety of events, including comedy and drag shows, karaoke, and live music. [2] The club opened in 1969, [3] and closed in late 2017.
In his 2019 "overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ nightlife for the newcomer", Andrew Jankowski of the Portland Mercury wrote: "At 40 years young, Scandals is among Portland's longest-running LGBTQ+ bars and is the last vestige of downtown's long-gone Vaseline Alley gay district. Scandals features pool tables, a sidewalk patio, trivia, viewing parties ...