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Scott Walent lived in San Francisco for 15 years where he worked to fill the city’s nights as a promoter and co-owned the music venue Rickshaw Stop. He gave it up to move to Seattle in 2018 ...
Off the cuff Holding the distinction as the oldest LGBTQ+ bar in the city, the proudly inclusive Cuff Complex offers 4 bars, a renovated patio, and a large dance floor perfect for grinding with ...
Seattle Men in Leather meet at the Cuff, and lots of gay sports teams have their social functions there. There are several different areas to hang out in, which makes hiding from your ex much ...
Gay bars like the Cuff Complex and Queer/Bar have historically been targeted by police in Seattle and elsewhere. These places are seen as safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community to connect and ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
The letter listed 11 bars popular with the gay and lesbian community: The Elite, Neighbours, The Wildrose Tavern, The Cuff, Purr, The Seattle Eagle, R Place, Re-bar, C.C. Attle’s, Madison Pub ...
The Dive Bar is the brainchild of Joey Burgess and Murf Hall, who also own Elliott Bay Book Co., Oddfellows/Little Oddfellows, Queer/Bar, and Cuff Complex. “From a bow-covered photo wall to Christmas ...
Marching into a gay bar to issue citations feels a bit vintage in 2024. Nevertheless, over the weekend, the Joint Enforcement Team (JET), which is a coalition of Seattle Police, Fire, the state ...
SEATTLE — Washington State’s Liquor and Cannabis Control Board is pausing enforcement on "lewd conduct" complaints, working with Seattle police to enforce them, and waiving any citations from ...
At 12:30 a.m. Saturday, about 10 members of JET entered The Cuff, a bar on Capitol Hill, walked through the venue with flashlights and took photos, scaring customers, Burgess said.