GayHangouts

There are many areas popular with the GLBT community in Halifax. Below you will find a sampling of such locations.

Current

• Coffee shops:
  • PerksCoffee
  • The SecondCup on SpringGardenRoad
  • CoburgCoffeeHouse
  • StarBucks at Chapters
  • UncommonGrounds
  • AlterEgosCafe? on Gottingen St.
• Restaurants:
  • MollyzDiner
• All of SpringGardenRoad
• GayBars
• The Bath: SeaDogsSauna
• CitadelHill and other CruisingAreas

Hanging out is one of many ways of MeetingPeople.

Historical

HistoryProjectTodoList:

• these need dates
• The info here should be merged with the historical part of GayBars.

In the '60s

• The PeppermintLounge on Barrington near Duke
• The VictoryLounge? (street level at the Lord Nelson)

In the '70s

• The DresdenArms
• The JuryRoom: popular hangout since at least 1969. In 1977 the management began barring g/l patrons. The community, led by GaeGala, demonstrated by holding sit-ins and picketing in May of that year. The Jury Room would continue to be contested ground well into the 1980s.
• The GardenViewRestaurant
• The Stockade near Windsor and Almon St... DanielMacKay says in 2002, "Where 'Nice Nights' Chinese Restaurant is, I think."
• The LobsterTrap
• The CameoLounge; the GAE crowd hung out in the coffee shop of the Lord Nelson Hotel beside the Public Gardens. We often went there after meetings.
• ApolloBath from the 1970s to 2005.

In the 80s

• CafeQuelqueChose, WONDERFUL gay owned and operated tasty novel exciting fun place.
• The ParadiseRestaurant, Hollis St just south of where Maritime Mall is now. Open 24 hours.
• PineausCafe - closed late 2006 In the 90s/early 00's:
• CafeMokka - closed as of Aug 2002

In the 2000s

• SubRosa after hours club
• TimothysCafe? on SpringGardenRoad (was GrabbaJabba) and AmadeusCafe
• KhyberClub

This page is part of the HistoryProject.