Gay bars in salt lake city utah
Salt Lake City’s Rainbow Colors Fly Year Round
Don’t lose out on everything that this vibrant city has to offer.
Written By Matcha
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Utah's capital is among the uppermost 10 U.S. metro areas with the largest queer populations, according to Gallup. In fact, Salt Lake City has a higher percentage of people self-identifying as gay than Los Angeles. If you're surprised, it might be that you haven’t spent much time lately in this gay-friendly town, which over the past two decades has become a destination for those who like both a hip urban atmosphere and easy access to the great outdoors.
Known for its epic identity festival parade held every June, Salt Lake City is welcoming to the gender non-conforming community year-round. In 2015, the city elected its first openly gay mayor, and in 2016, 20 city blocks were renamed Harvey Milk Boulevard, in honor of the renowned gay rights activist and politician. While it has its share of LGBTQ-owned and operated businesses, Salt Lake City is also known for its bars and restaurants that are welcoming to everyone.
The anchor of the LGBTQ+ community is the Marmalade dist
Many decades ago, there was a tiny little women's bar located under a viaduct just about where The Gateway stands today. My confidant Bucket and I were baby gays and really wanted to go to the bar but were terrified for a limited reasons—mainly because we weren't sure that our phoney IDs would pass muster there.
We were hanging out at the old Heat Tavern, which used to be at the northwest corner of where the Delta Center now stands, because our IDs did pass muster there. "The Sun," as we called it, was a superb place to dance to disco, smoke on the patio and throw dollars at drag queens who performed there regularly. By the way, it was named—tongue in cheek—after the Sun Stone at the Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
When we did get the courage to go to "Perky's" one night, we learned from a small adoration note on the door that the bar had "closed forever and [had] moved to Idaho. Thanks for your business!" Damn.
I've been out since the '70s and was the first out realtor in the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. I ran an ad in local papers of me sitting on my motorcycle that read "If you won't ride with me I don't want you as
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In a state acknowledged for its religious zeal, Salt Lake City serves as a bastion of progressiveness, playfulness, and lgbtq+ fest. In fact, the city’s been listed by Advocate magazine as one of the Ten Queerest Cities in America. The city holds one of the biggest and best-attended Pride parades and festivals around, with Pride Week festivities attracting tens of thousands of participants who light up the downtown scene in full rainbow-hued regalia. (There’s even a Utah Lgbtq+ Ski Week—real thing, utahgayskiweek.com, see you there.)
Of course, it doesn’t have to be a parade to celebrate pride and inclusivity. It’s pretty easy for everyone of every orientation to jump in on the incredible fun that is Salt Lake on a hot city darkness and the regular rotation of drag shows retain the city sizzling all through the winter.
Check out a few of our favorite “officially” gay bars and gay-friendly bars—keeping in mind that, in this town, it needn’t be a “gay bar” for everyone to fit right in.
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The Locker Room was transformed out of the former Fiddlers Elbow and Salt Lake Pizza and Pasta.
"We wanted to create a vacuum for everyone, especially those in the queer group that don’t like the crazy night life," said co-owner Lynn Katoa.
They aren't just open at nighttime, serving breakfast all day!
"This was something I dreamed of doing as a young adult," Lynn explained. "After retiring from the airline industry, it was now or never."
The Locker Room serves delicious sustenance from flat breads and pizza to burgers and few Fiddlers Elbow favorites like The Garlic Burger, Fettuccine Alfredo, and Dark & Blue Salad.
Come sit down, enjoy a meal, and have a cocktail while having superb conversations.
Located in the Sugarhouse area (1063 E 2100 S), they are considered a friendly neighborhood block and restaurant open from 11AM to 1AM daily.
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