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Timeline of London Bars and Clubs
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The Golden Ball (Bond's Stables, off Chancery Lane).
Jenny Greensleeves' Molly House (Durham Yard, off the Strand).[1]
Julius Caesar Taylor's Molly House (Tottenham Court Road).[2]
Plump Nelly's Molly House (St James's Square, St James's).[2]
Royal Oak Molly House (Giltspur Street, Smithfield)[2]
Three Tobacco Rolls (Covent Garden).
Mother Clap's Molly House, closed (Holborn).
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Harlequin (Nag's Head Court, Covent Garden)
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The White Swan, Vere Street (Vere Street)
Admiral Duncan (54 Old Compton Street, Soho)
The Hundred Guineas Club (Portland Place)
The Coleherne, gay from the s?, closed
Gay Bar
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The Wing and a Prayer
If you’ve swiped through Hinge recently, you might have noticed that a seemingly ever-increasing number of LGBTQI+ east Londoners are now based in Clapton. This unassuming district of Hackney has arguably usurped Dalston as the unofficial queerest neighbourhood of east London, so it seems only right that the girls, gays and theys in the area should now have their own venue too.
This comes in the form of new gay bar the Wing and a Prayer, cheekily nicknamed ‘the WAP’. On the former site of The Mermaid and more recently The Black Hen, it’s a pub that hasn’t exactly had the best luck staying open over the last few years - but it’s in very capable hands. Sprint by the team behind Hoxton fave The Nelson’s, its recent owners have a load of experience in running bars for east London queers.
With comfy seating, loads of pot plants, disco balls in every corner and a basement for parties, this cute little bar could soon become your new favourite hangout - or the perfect place for your next Hinge date.
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Goldie Saloon
Situated directly underneath bold east London arts space Guts Gallery and co-founded by its creator El Pennick, this new Hackney Downs day-to-night bar-slash-cafe bills itself as east London’s ‘FLINTA*-gay living room’.
Offering hot drinks, speedy wifi and ample plugs, it’s a chill spot for coworking in the afternoons, while its cosy corners, low lighting and cool but low-key vibe make it a superb date spot – just as long as you’re cool with running into half the lesbians in east London at the same time. On the menu is a selection of classic cocktails at pretty reasonable prices (the dirty martini is especially good) plus European low-intervention wines, draught beers from east London’s Queer Brewing, and an entire separate menu of well-considered no/low options, including Lucky Saint on tap.
It’s no surprise this place has fast become a favourite haunt of London’s coolest art gays, who flock here in their droves after every private view in the gallery upstairs. But don’t be fooled by