2037 Gottingen Street
1991
Vic Syparek writes :
- The building was originally the Capital Store - a grocery store. Then they added Wendy’s next door. The Capital store moved out and the Derby tavern took its place.
- In 1997 I bought the building and opened the Marquee Club. I rented it out to some lads who opened the Paragon Theatre [not a cinema but a rock venue - 2009-2012-ish.] When they couldn’t make rent I took it over again. I did some major renovations and moved the Seahorse into the basement, then turned the front into the Local, keeping the Marquee running.
- But COVID meant we needed to socially distance the space and opened the Derby Show Bar as a sit down venue.
- Now -- in September, 2021 -- the Marquee is back, occasionally still used as the Derby. The Seahorse is in the lower level and a new space is taking shape in the parking lot. An outdoor full service bar is called The Green Room.
Multiple queer events (e.g., drag shows) have used this space as a venue and it hosted FirstFridayFae for several years.
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