Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/4/13 at 10:39pmWow...rents in this city are just...
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#2Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:34am
Oh no, I love that place so much. I miss my original t-shirt with the guy with the clone mustache. I will miss the dog bowl outside that is specifically for dogs only.
I will always cherish the memory of Nathan Lane (who many of us insider types used to call "Joey" because we're showbiz that way) shoving me out of the way, one crowded Friday night. In his defense he was quite short.
#3Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:48am
In good news, the SF Eagle reopened! I heard wait time was up to an hour to get inside yesterday for their Sunday beer bust.
It sucks when rent forces establishments to close, but what can ya do? New owners have also bought Marlena's in San Francisco and their last day was yesterday. I've heard mixed rumors about what'll happen next. It's supposed to stay a gay bar, but we'll see.
RIP Rawhide.
#4Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 12:09pmWhat was Joey shoving you out of the way to get to?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#5Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:33pmI think I just stepped in Joey's path as he was headed toward the door, it had suddenly gotten crowded and his sight lines were probably destroyed. I had my back to him and shifted a little to my left and, well, sometimes a Smurf doesn't know his own strength when he has one thing on his mind, gettin' the hell outta there. This was pre-Producers. Post-Mouse Hunt.
#6Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 1:46pm
Sight lines of what? There's really nothing to see there..just a pool table, a bar, a tiny restroom and a guy on a box.
Oh...it must've been the guy on the box.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#7Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 2:20pmThis was before guys on boxes. Where he was standing before the crowds came in you could people watch. Once it got crowded, it was hard to see, even for people of normal height.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:31pmI bet it will become a Starbucks. No wait, a nail salon. NO wait, I change my mind...it will become a cupcake store.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:40pmI don't think anybody can sell 27,000 dollars worth of cupcakes a month. How about a Duane Reade? A bank?
#10Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:45pmA Duane Reade...we don't have enough of those.
#11Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 3:59pmEverything in this city will become a Duane Reade, a bank or a Dunkin Donuts. It's a fact.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#13Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 4:16pmI've never been inside but it looks too small to be a Duane Reade or a bank. I'll go with a combination Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins. (Although with Nanny Bloomberg's new diet restrictions, I think Dunkin' Donuts will lessen their presence in NYC).
#14Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 4:22pmYes it's really too small to be a Duane Reade. They could make it into an ATM only banking facility or a Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins combo.
#15Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 5:44pm
Is this the same Rawhide I knew in the 1970s? What a shame!
Updated On: 3/5/13 at 05:44 PM
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#16Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 8:49pmYes, Gaveston, the same. Very sad. I live in the neighborhood and will miss just heading in for a quick drink or meeting friends in a place so relaxed, friendly and funky.
#17Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 8:52pmStill a nice neighborhood, henrik. One of my closest friends lived around the corner from the Rawhide until he retired to Palm Springs. Let me know when you're ready to move...
#18Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/5/13 at 10:34pm
I've never been inside but
If I had a nickel for every time THAT'S been said about a gay bar...
#19Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/6/13 at 8:49amWhatever they turn it into I hope it smells better.
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#20Rawhide Bar to close March 31st.
Posted: 3/6/13 at 9:27amI'm suprised they were able to pay the rent at all. Anytime I went in there, usually on a weekend, there were only 10 to 15 people in there. The doorman would occasionally walk around making sure the customers were drinking and yell at them if they had a empty drink.
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