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Club David will remain LGBTQ+-friendly bar after new owners bought it out in May
Yes, Club David is still going to be an LGBTQ+-friendly bar after changing ownership May 1,
That's the word from Stacy Newcomb, president of the company that owns Parker's Bistro, Icon Lounge and DaDa Gastropub, as well as recently-purchased Club David.
Newcomb said the previous owner of Club David never explicitly advertised the club as a "gay bar," but rather, people in Sioux Falls who frequented the club started calling it as such because it was a welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community.
After all, there's space in the club for drag performers to get ready for shows, the club regularly hosts drag shows year-round, and has hosted and plans to host several events this Pride month alone.
More: Everything you need to realize about the Sioux Falls Pride parade and events"Absolutely, we aren't going to change anything about the business or the people that like to enter there," she said. "We hope to continue the clientele that comes to David's, and we long for to attract new people, too."
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New Gay Bar Opens in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Photo credit: Emily Spartz, Argus Leader.)
I chatted with Doug on the smartphone this morning and he reports that business has been good. Doug is also a supporter of the Sioux Falls male lover community center.
The new exclude is called David, and before it opened for business, the state's largest daily, the Argus Public figure, gave it some advance publicity last month:
The block and dance club has been in the works for some time and was supposed to reveal before the end of
But architect Ward Whitwam said various renovation issues, including delayed shipments, position back the opening spend time. David will be an upscale version of Kooiker's current bar Touchéz and will have the alike gay-friendly atmosphere.
A brochure says of David, "We include a European attitude cLooking Back: Sioux Falls' first queer bar, the Hitch 'N Publish, was open to everyone
Sioux Falls’ first gay bar was opened in by Gary “Bart” Bartunek. Bart was born September 16, near Menno and graduated from Brandon High School in He was active in drama and debate there and these interests followed to his post-high college experience at Sioux Falls College. He moved to the Twin Cities for a while after college, but returned to Sioux Falls after some time experiencing a more open gay society there. A law in St. Paul that prohibited discrimination against gays and lesbians was overturned in This event steeled his will. Bart decided there would be no more hiding who he was. He returned to Sioux Falls soon thereafter.
In Sioux Falls in , LGBTQ+ people would gather at a number of hard liquor bars downtown, but the space was shared with straight patrons. It was tough to be one’s self in these situations when there was still such a stigma against being openly gay. Gay men would dance with women in order to not stick out so much.
It was important to Bart that people like him have a pla