The Club Car, gay bar in Baltimore
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The Club Car

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Visitors praise The Club Car for its fun, inclusive queer space with cute decor, creative cocktails, and friendly bartenders, often recommending it as a must-visit. However, some guests have experienced disorganization and issues with entry after leaving, as well as complaints about the venue being uncomfortably hot.

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12 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
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About this place The Club Car

The Club Car is a queer-owned bar, dance space and art gallery at 12 West North Avenue in Station North, in the former Windup Space next to the historic North Avenue Market. Co-owners Darius McKeiver and Ryan Haase opened it as a pop-up in January 2024 and it quickly became the busiest queer bar in this part of Baltimore. The programme runs most evenings from Tuesday to Sunday: a cocktail bar, weekly drag shows, trivia, bingo, DJ dance parties and a rotating queer art gallery. The crowd is younger and more mixed than at the Mount Vernon dive bars, with gay men, lesbians, trans and non-binary regulars and the Station North arts crowd. Covers apply to some ticketed shows; ordinary bar nights are usually free. It is 21+, so bring photo ID. In summer 2026, after Leon's owner Ron Singer died and Leon's closed temporarily, The Club Car hosted Leon's programming as "Camp Leon's", calling the two venues sister bars, so Leon's bartenders kept working until it reopened at the end of September 2026. In September 2026 the owners announced a 10-year lease on a larger space inside the North Avenue Market, about a block from the current bar. The plans include a dance hall, train-car-themed bathrooms and a cocktail lounge called The Caboose. The current bar operates as normal until January 2027, then moves to pop-ups at the Parkway Theatre across the street while the new space is renovated. No reopening date has been announced, so check the bar's social media before visiting in 2027. The Baltimore Eagle (2022 N Charles St) and Club Charles (1724 N Charles St) are a few minutes' walk away, and Mount Vernon's bars are about 15 minutes south along Charles Street.

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Catherine Grant Jun 2026
★☆☆☆☆

I've never been so disrespected and treated like trash in all the days of my life!, I was visiting for the first time here in Baltimore , Maryland and I researched where to go. At / in my researching .It gave me time and dates of events and I followed that information that was posted by the organizers and owner of the establishment. I choose Club Car and spent my money to take a Lyft to get there from my Suite Only to be told that I can go to.Mcdonald's because they weren't open yet. , the door was open and if the door had been locked , i would\nHave gottem back in that lyft and went somewhere else. Time is of the essence and I value my time as well asthe time of others.It's not my fault that it wasn't put on the marquee or their website failure updates. It would have just.taken a few seconds to.update. So your patrons information. The Times are going be different today? 6/14/2026 This would have been professionally prolific as a business.That should have been noted period. Instead, even after I offered to pay or to spend money without having to sit at the bar, just not to be pointed out and subjected to a choice of sitting outside in the street as a woman is dangerous especially. BUT the gentleman behind the bar told me that I could go to McDonald's, I was wearing a $300 outfit my shoes cost. over that by themselves. I had my limousine driver come back and pick me up. I only took a Lyft there because it was not that far. And he was busy, so I had to sit outside on a stump and wait for him to come an hour away to pick me up. I walked with strangers to another establishment. I thank God they were not I'm a gay woman and I looked up lesbian bars because I was visiting and I wanted to have a little fun before I flew back home. I was behooved. Ive never! It wasn't even just what he said but also how he said it and as I walked to the other place in my very expensive shoes, he stood outside ..bartender or manager, whoever he was my brother LOL. Imagine that! With a smirk and never apologizing all I could hear was that McDonald's is over there and it was traffic to get Across That Street Without Knowing my Way Around As I Mentioned to Him. But my safety or any type of respect that's due to another human being was greeted with a smirked , sarcasm and humiliation. We as business owners must remember that word mouth is the best ever.or worst advertisement and it can either make your business or break it.The internet AI, via technology cannot compare to word of mouth advertisement. I should know as a successful business owner! I can't give 0 stars.. And I probably wouldn't , if I could , Im not quite that petty! Be a Blessing!

Nick M Jun 2026
★★☆☆☆

So this is usually a fun spot, but very unorganized for pride. First of all, it was hot as heck in there. The AC must be broken and it was ungodly hot we could not stay long due to risk of heat stroke. Then, there was a cover and we were told we could smoke on the sidewalk outside and reenter after. Well, we were not allowed back in due to security being told the opposite, that we had to get back in line and repay the cover. Very disorganized and unfair. We ended up leaving and definitely going to rethink coming back again.

Alexis Navarro Jun 2026
★★★★★
D B (Dawb) May 2026
★★★★★

Perfect in every way forever lol Jesus correct•*

Jacob Staubs May 2026
★★★★★

Fun decor, cute menu, and kind bartenders. Good variety of drinks and creative cocktails. Free pool too! Tablehas a slight lean but totally worth it :) Drinks can be a little pricey, but also tallboy nattys for $4.50

Jules Gerstein Apr 2026
★★★★★
Zach Morris Mar 2026
★★★★★

This is my favorite gay bar in the city. Cutsey cocktail menu, themed events on the regular, and just a fun queer space. A gay must see. Check their instagram for upcoming events.

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Last updated on 11 November 2026

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