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Although glad a gay bar is finally in Kingston, this is not the appropriate ownership and the place is not being run correctly and quite frankly never will…. Every local knows the owner has had years of issues behind closed doors ranging from racism & white supremacy and clearly only caring about Kingstons LGBTQ+ community when it directly profits him…. He’s turned down and discouraged multitudes of gay NFP event organizers trying to throw queer events here and grow the scene for YEARS…. and has prioritized straight white frat boy organizers who made him the most queens money (rather then actually take the time to invest into the queer scene and give it time to flourish) and of course…. once the frat money dried up and more queer events were popping up at other venues in Kingston he conveniently turned it into a gay bar… 🙄 Research the previous issues with Kingston Pride party’s under this owner and you’ll quickly realize why this venue is destined to fail…. which should not be a reflection upon the actual demand for a gay bar in the Kingston area…. A vast majority of Kingston based queers refuse to support this owner or establishment and will never support this venue. As a gay man born and raised in Kingston, I refuse to ever step foot or support this venue with the current ownership and encourage others to do the same. New ownership ASAP! (Update, again…. response shows zero response to any allegations… just victimization about “how hard it is to run a business” LOL. No “hate” is being sowed here, just facts and very serious allegations surrounding the ownership that have been floating around for years. I don’t correlate how refusing to work with queer organizers for the last 5 years (in order to maximize profit from queens students through university tavern) + racist allegations from an official Kingston Pride event being held here relates to “running a business”…. These are personal issues the owner fails to address or face, the owner has continually proven how little he supports the queer scene unless it’s directly benefiting him.

Posted 1/25/2026

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