El Maní es Así

One of Caracas's most long-running and persistently operating gay venues, surviving the economic and political crisis through decades of community loyalty. El Man? es As? functions as a bar and occasional live-music venue in the Chaca?to district ? the traditional heart of the Caracas gay scene adjacent to the Chaca?to metro station. The crowd spans older regulars who have remained in Venezuela and younger Caraque?os navigating the current moment. The name is a Venezuelan idiom meaning roughly "that's just how it is" ? an ethos the venue has embodied by continuing to operate when most others have not. Subject to the power outages and supply disruptions that affect all Caracas businesses; check in advance before visiting.