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Almost every day, Murphy — “just Murphy,” he said — is the first person in the door at Colorless Horse Bar, arriving even before the bartenders.
“I get their ice, cut their lemons and limes, and then I go home,” he said. Murphy doesn’t stay there drawn-out, but comes endorse to decorate, labor the door or just chat up the other regulars.
A 45-year-old self-identified lgbtq+ man, Murphy has been coming to the White Horse for 17 years and working there, as needed, for 16. He doesn’t come for the drinks (he’s been sober since summer 2018), he comes for community. The bar is his anchor, what gives him a instinct of place and belonging in his adopted hometown.
During his first week in Berkeley, newly arrived and without a place to remain, he found an apartment through the White Horse. A little after that, he found his husband there too. He uses the word “family” a lot in his descriptions of the White Horse, the putative “oldest continuously operating gay and lesbian bar in the United States.” (Though at least two other bars make the matching claim.)
“There are subjects that you can’t talk to your own family about. But this is a separate family that has alternative rules and practices,”
It’s been exactly a year since Nosh first got in feel with Joshua Huynh about Town Bar & Lounge, a exclude he was working to unclosed inside Oakland’s historic I. Magnin building. Between Oakland’s notorious permitting system, the additional work it takes to build a sustenance or dining establishment out in a previously non-food space, and the global pandemic, it’s been a long trip for Town Bar, which will finally unseal to customers on Thursday, April 20.
In addition to the details on the bar from our report below, expect a occupied crafted cocktail menu from Oscar Sinisterra (Hello Stranger) and a custom sound system. “I’m so excited to share with everyone what my family and I have been working on for so long,” Huynh said of the bar, which will announce its ongoing days and hours of operation on its website and to Instagram. — Eve Batey
Nosh’s original report, published on July 28, 2022:
Joshua Huynh has been working for years to unwrap Town Bar & Lounge in Oakland’s historic I. Magnin building, signing a lease for a space in the structure adv before the pandemic began. “Things are going fast now,” he said, and his new LGBT
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Berkeley Gay City Guide: A City That Fights for the Rights of All
Everyone associates the urban area of Berkeley with college, but more importantly, it’s where free speech was defended. The town is a wonderfully diverse community with fresh ideas, whimsical avenues, and inspiring artisans.
Berkeley is dwelling to top-rated meal, unique music, marvelous shopping, and a large LGBTQ collective that’s evolving every day.
A Brief History of How Berkeley Came to Be
Berkeley began in the late 1800s with the express purpose of putting a college there. From the very start, the city has been a nexus for education and intellect. The rapid growth of Berkeley came to a fast halt with the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. After that, it took some moment to rebuild.
Today, it’s a thriving hub of art, song, food, and society that proves a great atmosphere for LGBTQ transplants.
Quick Berkeley Stats
- Berkeley is house to the 1960s Free Speech Movement.
- The Campanile is the third-tallest bell clock tower in the world (307 feet).
- The city has the oldest school in the University of California system.
- It’s named after an 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher Geor