نادي 1851

This is my neighborhood bar, and I love that it’s a gay bar. I grew up coming to this bar but the atmosphere is getting more and more unpleasant the more entitled white lgbtq folks hang around. My last straw was a weekend I brought a friend to a drag show. I have a condition that makes me prone to fainting. It’s summertime and the heat makes that worse. We were heading to the bar to order drinks before finding a spot to sit down. I had simply rested my hand on a table to help prevent my symptoms from progressing so I wouldn’t faint in a bar (tons of hard surfaces to injure myself on and I also have a health condition that makes my body and skin more fragile and prone to injury) and white people came up to me (while I was experiencing presyncope, by the way, and struggling with dizziness, tunnel vision, and breathing) telling me that that was their table, I couldn’t sit there, and find somewhere else to go. I wasn’t planning on it. I’m a local and already know about reserved tables. No part of my behavior showed I was trying to occupy that table. I was just catching my breath and trying not to faint. This is not the atmosphere and energy I know 1851 embodies as an inclusive space. I miss the atmosphere 1851 used to have and this solidified that. The wheelchair inaccessibility was the nail in the coffin now that I’m a wheelchair user, too. Such a bummer, tbqh. Anyways. I’m writing this review to remind myself, as a queer brown person, why I’m no longer coming to this bar and instead going 30-45 minutes to another gay bar instead of the 5 minutes it takes me for this one.

Definitely good vibes

My first time ever and it was a great atmosphere! Love everyone there! Had a great time! Love everyone I met! Definitely will go back again!

Amazing drag night is absolutely amazing I am mesmerized

We love the shows and drinks are amazing age space lots of fun!!!