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This corner of gay clubs oddly exists right on the edge of Highland Park in Uptown. Featuring nightly drag shows, live DJs, and one of the best dancefloors on the strip. TMC has an often unappetising tame dancer program, and there used to be an all nude gay male strip club with dancers of color on Harry Hines that conveniently had a bathhouse area in back. Havana Bar & Grill is a Latin LGBT+ nightclub located in the heart of Dallas gayborhood. Dallas boasts 4 – 5 gay male strip clubs, with Zippers being the least popular at the time of writing and Tin room and BJs being at the top. BJs is still the more popular spot, and both are still rough and tumble with urban vices. On a quick visit on a Tuesday the place suddenly felt more alive, with people actually hanging out there, and some decent dancers. My gay friends love this place so I guess that speaks for itself. Guys dancing and sweating all over the place.
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Half naked men dancing around, guys groping and making out in the corners (and in the bathrooms). I had heard that the place changed hands once again, this time to the owners of the very successful, popular and seedy Tin Room. 14 reviews of Zippers - CLOSED 'This bar reminds me of what anyone would think a typical gay bar would be like. The bar became constantly empty and just felt like a shell of its former self. Zippers was sold and the new ownership tried changing the core of the place by refurbishing the inside, cleaning it up, installing video screens, getting rid of the strippers, adding drag shows and a piano stage in the back. Eventually BJs next door became the more popular place, especially on busy Tuesday nights. When I moved here Zippers was comfortable and dirty with great strippers every night. He recently became the Dallas Tavern Guild’s first non-gay president.Zippers has changed over the years since my residence in Dallas beginning in 2006. When Marty died, Lonzie stepped up to take over. Lonzie, Marty and their mother, Paulette, owned The Tin Room and Drama Room - a Cedar Springs bar that has since closed - and a mostly-straight bar and grill on Maple called Chesterfields, with Marty, who was gay, having the primary responsibility for running the gay bars. Lonzie Hershner had wanted to re-open it as Marty’s Hideaway, naming it in honor of his late brother, who was gay. Then known as Bill’s Hideaway, the bar had closed in 2010 due to financial problems. The neighbors - primarily residents of newer townhomes and condos next to and across from the piano bar - would increase noise, traffic, trash and crime in their area. Hershner had tried to re-open another Fitzhugh-area legend, The Hideaway, in 2013, but that plan fell through in 2013 after neighbors in the area challenged Hershner’s application to TABC for a liquor license. Most popular destinations compiled from 2022 Lyft ride data. “Zippers has been there on Fitzhugh Avenue forever,” Hershner said. Discover the hottest gay bars people ACTUALLY go to in Oak Lawn, Dallas - Zippers, JRs Bar & Grill, Pekers, Woodys, The Tin Room, Alexandres, Martys Live, Havana Bar & Grill, Pub Pegasus, Kaliente. Denton’s only gay bar, Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair, closed in 2017. We’re going to get in there and just have some fun,” Hershner said. North Texas has seen its own share of closures. We just want to take it back to where it used to be. “Richard did a great job of remodeling the bar when he took over last year. But Zippers fans don’t need to be alarmed. Hershner said Thursday he will be making “a few changes” to the bar, including increasing the size of the front bar and changing the colors on the exterior.
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He purchased the bar from Richard “Edna Jean” Curtin, who took over management and full ownership last year after having been part owner for some time. Hershner said he signed the paper work this afternoon to officially take over as owner of Zippers. “I have always wanted to be on that side of town, so when the opportunity presented itself, I took it,” Hershner said today. Lonzie Hershner, owner of The Tin Room, Marty’s Live and Chesterfields, has announced that as of today (Thursday, March 31), he has purchased Zippers, the Fitzhugh Avenue mainstay, from Richard Curtin. The Mining Company (TMC) Dallas club with history Oaklawn - 3903 Cedar Spring Rd., Dallas, TX Zippers Dancer bar on Fitzhugh Uptown - 3333 N Fitzhugh Ave.