Random Notes on Bar History

Illinois

Schraeder's
Newsroom
The Front Page
Red Bull
The Grapevine-Mona's place, her gf was Jody
PK's on the main drag in E. St. Louis
Rainbow End in Collinsville, it became Circus Lounge
Smokey's in Springfield, Illinois
Zephyr-Granite City off route 3
Lil's Place-open 63-64
Escapades
Bubby and Cissy's in Alton
The Stockyards-mixed


Missouri

Bijou in the east end of the central west end. Believe it was open in 70's.
Dixie's was at Cass and Tucker, by the old bus station
There was a place at Chippewa and Bambrger in the '80s-drag shows including male impersonators
Grey Fox was on Spring
Sugar Shack on Telegraph and Lemay Ferry
Side Door 3 floors and the top was gay, it was on Market downtown?
Twist on Washington, straights took it over in the 70's, drag shows, maybe the same building as the Side Door?
More or Less
Middle of the Road-Newstead on the left, Mac McCann had it before More or Less-she did not like guys in the bars
Brandy's-in the CWE, near fountain and cobblestones, open a short time
Bottom of the Pot-Mickey Kline, across from Balabans, Potpourri was upstairs and was a guys place
Upstream on Lindell and Olive
French Market in Soulard, Margalita played organ and they held sing-alongs in the '70s, opened 1972?
"The Library" by the market in Soulard-country dancing
Pat's Bar became the Sahara, owned by Pat LaPlant
Shelley's-1956 Gas Light Square on Olive, straights and gays mixed
Golden Gate
Peyton Place
Grandma had a bar across from the bus station
The Kit Kat opened in 1962
Clementines is the oldest gay bar
Martin's, mostly guys, similar place to J. J.s guys from work in suits? closed in the 80s.
Herbie's-CWE
Girls bar in the space where Bad Dog is, by Magnolia's
The Heights
Hillary's-piano bar-Clements, winter '79, Soulard party mixed

Other gay places
Rex's on Olive, later moved to Michigan St.
Blanches Restaurant
City Cousin
Forest Park Hotel-breakfast-many gays went there, run by Herbie (not the one from the bar)

When Betty was in the 5th grade, she remembers two gay guys at school writing her a poem about seeing her at Uncle John's, it was on 7th street

St. Louis sites
http://stlgayhistory.livejournal.com/
Few gay people socialized with straights until the 80's.