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Steve Potter Reflects On The Closing Of St. Louis’ Oldest Gay Block

Clementine’s, in St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood, opened in It is the oldest gay bar in the area.

On Monday, the owners will pour their last drink, and Clementine’s will shut its doors.

The Vital Voicedocumented how people are reacting to the news.

We have one reflection to add.

Steve Potter joined St. Louis Public Radio in He can be heard weekday afternoons and he’s been the host of our arts and society program, “Cityscape,” since

Here are his thoughts. And while no secret, he's never before shared them publicly.

Transcript: Finally, I'd enjoy to mention the closing of a long second meeting place in Soulard.

It's the bar, Clementine’s. And, it’s acknowledged as the oldest gay bar currently in operation in St. Louis.

Clementine’s has served the LGBT community since but it will no longer exist after this weekend.

It's been a popular destination.  It thrived at a time before the internet and social media, during a time when people needed a brick and mortar establishment to join and interact.



From the mids to end of the s, there was an almost continuous presence of homosexual woman and gay establishments here. For generations of LGBTQ St. Louisans, Grand and Olive was a favorite destination for a night out and an vital setting of their social lives.

The block of Olive is in Grand Center, a neighborhood that is today house to such major cultural institutions as the Fox Theatre and Powell Hall. It is also near the main campus of Saint Louis University.

Going back as far as the preceding twentieth century, this area was a busy entertainment district. Its central location and proximity to several streetcar lines and major roads made it a relatively convenient gathering place for people living throughout the St. Louis area. In , the St. Louis Republic called the neighborhood around Grand and Olive “a place of music and laughter and bustle and bright lights, of pretty women and carefree men.”

As far as we know, Dante’s Inferno ( Olive) was the first homosexual bar on the block. It is also one of the oldest identified gay bars anywhere in St. Louis. It opened in March , only a

The Project is aware of the following LGBT bars/clubs that have served the St. Louis community over the years. Please assist us with edits and additional information. A special thanks to Connie Duncan and James Hawkins for their research assistance. Pictured: The Glory Hole Bar on Olive late s.

Project Inventory:

  • Club, N. 9th
  • Absolutli Goosed, S. Grand Ave.
  • Acropolis
  • Act 4 Coffeehouse
  • Afformation
  • Al’s
  • The Alley, 17th St.
  • Alibi’s, Arsenal
  • Amazon Lounge
  • Amends
  • AMP, Manchester Ave.
  • ANGLES, Chouteau Ave.
  • Arabian, California and Magnolia
  • Attitudes, Manchester Ave.
  • Baccus, 8 S. Sarah
  • The Back Prevent, Park and Mississippi
  • The Advocate Door, St. Charles Rock Road
  • Bad Dog Saloon, 17 S. Vandeventer, Ave.
  • Bad Mutt Bar and Grill, Chouteau Ave.
  • Bar: PM*, S. Broadway
  • Bar (Siam) , Manchester Ave.
  • Bastille*, Russell Blvd.
  • Betty’s, Shenandoah
  • Big Moe's, Tower Grove
  • Bijou, McPherson and Boyle
  • Billy's Tavern, Easton Ave.
  • Blake’s, S. Broadway
  • Blanche’s, 33 N. Sarah
  • Bomber's Hideaway, Chouteau Ave.
  • Bootsie, Winkie and Maude’s, Tucker
  • Bottom of the Pot, Euc