Oceanside gay bar
OCEANSIDE —— A miniature building on Coast Highway in SouthOceanside that for a decade was place to a male lover bar is now trying toreinvent itself as a family restaurant, the owner saidWednesday.
Latreasa Harris, who purchased the prevent Greystokes with herhusband in 2000, said that because of declining patronage from thearea’s gay society, the pair reopened the establishment lastFriday as “The Beach Club” —— a family restaurant by day and block bynight.
While gay customers are still welcome, Harris said, they’re nolonger the bar’s target audience.
Harris, who said about 70 percent of Greystokes’ customers weregay men, noted that on many nights “it was like a ghost town” inher bar. She said she regularly disoriented customers to Hillcrest, aneighborhood in San Diego where there are several bars in a smallarea catering to lgbtq+ men.
According to Harris, who said she’s a heterosexual female withfive grandchildren, even though the business at 1903 S. CoastHighway. was losing $20,000 a year, she was required to keepGreystokes a gay bar for at least three years under the terms ofthe purchase agreement she signed in 2000.
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Straight couple opens Extended Island LGBTQ+ prevent to create a safe space
OCEANSIDE, Fresh York -- As soon as patrons step through the doors of the Born This Way bar, better established as BTW, co-owner Gina Wuestmann gives them a passionate greeting.
Within five minutes, she's either offering them a free shot or explaining how she and her husband opened their bar on the eve of the pandemic shutdown last year.
Wuestmann and her husband, David Wuestmann, who are a straight couple, often find themselves explaining why they decided to uncover this safe room for the Queer community in the Long Island hamlet of Oceanside.
David's response is always the same.
"Gina and I are allies of the community, and we both felt that this was an underserved community," he said. "There are not too many places on Long Island where people can be themselves. This was just our lead to and our mission. We're here to provide space to people who need to be themselves."
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Gina has been in the bar business for over 30 years, and many of her loyal customers would tell her how they wanted a place where they could f
Oceanside LGBTQ City Guide
Oceanside is a quintessential Southern California coastal city. It’s charming, eclectic, laid-back, welcoming, and wonderful. Oceanside has a thriving art and culinary scene, plenty of opportunities for outdoor fun, and a slower pace than nearby San Diego, while being close enough for residents to enjoy all that the bigger municipality offers to see and do too. In so many ways, Oceanside would make a wonderful place to call home.
A View at Oceanside's History
Situated on the Pacific coastline, Oceanside was so named for that very reason. The area that is now Oceanside was initially occupied by the Spanish in the 1700s. Many missions founded by the Spanish in the area including the well-known mission San Luis Rey still stand today. When the area became part of the United States, the city continued to mature, both as a wharf and important location for fishing and also as a popular tourist destination. Today, the area remains beautiful, and vibrant, packed of friendly people, and much to see and do. Truly would produce a great place to call home.
A Few Playfulness Facts About Oceanside
- San Diego County has five historic Spanish missions in total, but the missi
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