Fielden's

Fielden's on West Broad Street in the Fan is the neighbourhood gay bar that Richmond's LGBTQ+ community has been coming to for years — a fundamentally different proposition from Godfrey's downtown nightclub energy. The Fan is Richmond's most characterful residential neighbourhood: the Victorian rowhouses, the tree-lined streets that fan outward from Monroe Park, the density of restaurants and coffee houses, and the mix of academics, artists, young professionals, and long-time residents who have built their social lives here. Fielden's fits this neighbourhood: it is a bar where people know each other, where conversations continue from the previous visit, and where the arrival of a visiting stranger is treated as an opportunity for welcome rather than indifference. The West Broad Street location is at the southern edge of Scott's Addition, making Fielden's a natural first stop for an evening that might begin with a brewery visit in Scott's Addition and end at Godfrey's downtown. For visitors who want to experience Richmond's gay community at its most residential and community-oriented, Fielden's is the right address.