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Tommy's Place (formerly Tommy's Joint) and 12 Adler Place were two interconnected lesbian bars in the North Beach district of San Francisco. Together, they created the first business in San Francisco that was owned and managed by out lesbians, beginning in the late 1940s. [1] Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place was the site of an infamous 1954 police ...
The Purple Onion. The Purple Onion was a celebrated cellar club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California, located at 140 Columbus Avenue (between Jackson and Pacific). With an intimate, 80-person setting, the club was a popular influence in local music and entertainment during the Beat era of the 1950s and 1960s. [1]
Lesbian bar. Opened. 1936. Closed. 1950s. Mona's 440 Club was the first lesbian bar to open in San Francisco, California in 1936. It continued to draw a lesbian clientele into the 1950s. Mona's and the gay bars of that era were an important part of the history of LGBT culture in San Francisco.
Country. United States. Ernie's (1900–1995) was a restaurant in San Francisco, California. It began as a modest family-style Italian trattoria around the turn of the 20th century. It was located near the notorious Barbary Coast area of the city. In the 1950s, it became known as a luxurious restaurant serving mostly traditional French cuisine.
506 Broadway Street, San Francisco, California. Coordinates. 37°47′54″N 122°24′21″W / 37.798419°N 122.405827°W / 37.798419; -122.405827. Finocchio's Club was a former nightclub and bar in operation from 1936 to 1999 in North Beach, San Francisco, California. The club started as a speakeasy called the 201 Club in 1929 ...
Eric Nord, 1959, Los Angeles. The Hungry I (stylized as hungry i) was a nightclub in San Francisco, California, originally located in the North Beach neighborhood. It played a major role in the history of stand-up comedy in the United States. [1] It was launched by Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, who sold it to Enrico Banducci in 1951.
287. The Paper Doll Club, also known as Paper Doll, was an LGBTQ bar and supper club in operation from 1949 to 1961, and located at the corner of Cadell Place and Union Street (now 524 Union Street) in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco, California. [1][2][3][4] It is believed to be one of the earliest lesbian bars in the city. [4]
Peg's Place was a San Francisco lesbian bar (1950s–1988) [1] [2] and the site of an assault in 1979 by off-duty members of the San Francisco vice squad, [3] an event which drew national attention to other incidents of anti-gay violence and police harassment of the LGBTQ community [4] and helped propel an unsuccessful [5] citywide proposition to ban the city's vice squad altogether. [6]