Sotta — Israel's First Legal Gay Bar (site)
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Sotta — Primo Bar Gay Legale d'Israele (sito)

Historic Venue 1994

Primo bar apertamente gay con licenza completa in Israele (1994-2002), il primo locale notturno queer con una vetrina e un titolare indicato sulla licenza.

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124 Yehuda HaLevi Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo 6528510, Israel

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Sotta ("Deviant") opened on Yehuda HaLevi Street in 1994, six years after the Israeli criminal code was amended to remove homosexuality from its list of offences (1988). It was the first bar in Israel to open under a municipal license explicitly held by an openly gay proprietor — Ran Sarig, formerly of Aguda — and marketed itself openly and directly as a gay bar in Israeli print media. Before Sotta, Tel Aviv's queer nightlife had operated in unmarked private clubs (Rich, in the 1980s) or in the semi-tolerated section of larger mixed venues. Sotta's significance is that it was a shopfront on a street with a name outside. It ran for eight years, closing in 2002 as the neighbourhood commercialised and the queer nightlife scene moved to the north end of Rothschild and to Florentin. The 124 Yehuda HaLevi Street storefront has since housed a rotation of cafés and small shops; the current tenant is a wine bar. No plaque marks the site. What's here is the corner itself: a busy central-Tel Aviv intersection that carried the first openly gay commercial nightlife in the country. Walk past it slowly. Combine with a walk 400 metres south to Aguda / Gan Meir on King George Street. Yehuda HaLevi at Rothschild is also the natural anchor for a Rothschild Boulevard heritage stroll — Rothschild being where much of Tel Aviv's civic and queer public life has unfolded since the 1990s.

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מסי מולה Jul 2026
Richard Del
Richard Del Jun 2026

It's "RUBBISH" and has a gloomy, old-fashioned gay bar atmosphere... Oops... Bushaa

Daniel Bracha
Daniel Bracha Jun 2026

It was close 😭🙏

Jacob
Jacob May 2026
Hani Skutch
Hani Skutch Feb 2026

Comedy shows are fantastic, the place recently had an upgrade, and it showed.

Oz Azut
Oz Azut Feb 2026

A pleasant bar, with a good atmosphere and nice people, which is always fun to visit, and definitely one of the most important places we have in Tel Aviv. 💖♥️❤️💜💗💛💙💚

Adel A
Adel A Jan 2026

Cute little place with an amazing vibe. There are stand-up and caring performances. Really recommend♥️♥️ Recently we were hit by an Iranian missile, come and support us😍

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