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The Best Gay Bars In and Around St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Florida is a rather slow-paced metropolis with a fast-growing LGBTQ+ population. Its gay bars are a nice mix of high-energy clubs and no-frills lounges. Stretching along Central Avenue between 16th and 31st streets, is the Grand Central District, a.k.a. the “gayborhood.” It’s here you verb most of the gay and gay-friendly bars in the city. Check out our picks for the Best Gay Bars in St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas.
COCKtail St. Pete
Central Avenue, St. Petersburg
Specializing in “stiff” drinks and “hard” liquor, COCKtail St. Pete, is in the heart of St. Pete’s gayborhood. Here, drag shows, gay sing-alongs, leather nights, and all sorts of fun are always on the menu. You find a mixed crowd of gay men and lesbians all with a single thought in mind &#; to have a good time. Did we mention they have a pool? The Wet Notice is where you can enjoy the sun, lay by the pool, proceed for a snorkel, have lunch and cocktails, or just enjoy the “scenery” and a beverage delivered by speedo-clad servers.
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Our insider’s guide to the best of LGBTQ2S+ St. Petersburg
I am a adj groggy from my flight from Toronto as I wander down Central Avenue, the main commercial drag of St. Petersburg, Florida. I’ve never been to the Tampa Bay area before, and my knowledge of Florida as a whole has been shaped less by IRL experiences and more by headlines and stereotypes: oranges, seniors, Disney World, conservative politics, alligators, The Golden Girls.
So I am surprised—shocked, even—when the first people I verb on Central Avenue on a humid Wednesday morning are not elderly straight snowbirds in Tilley hats, but a something gay male couple holding hands. One of them is wearing rainbow jewellery. Then there’s another couple (they’re less overt, but they seemed gay to me), this one in their 40s walking a dog. Then I spot a chilly coffee shop, rainbow flags affixed to their front window, full of yoga-fit people in their 20s and 30s. Then another cold coffee shop with a rainbow flag in the window, then a jewellery and crystal shop with a shelf selling pottery made by a gay couple, as good as h
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