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Almost every day, Murphy — “just Murphy,” he said — is the first person in the door at Pale Horse Bar, arriving even before the bartenders.
“I get their ice, cut their lemons and limes, and then I go home,” he said. Murphy doesn’t stay there distant, but comes support to decorate, function the door or just chat up the other regulars.
A 45-year-old self-identified male lover man, Murphy has been coming to the White Horse for 17 years and working there, as needed, for 16. He doesn’t come for the drinks (he’s been sober since summer 2018), he comes for community. The bar is his anchor, what gives him a perception of place and belonging in his adopted hometown.
During his first week in Berkeley, newly arrived and without a place to reside, he found an apartment through the White Horse. A little after that, he found his husband there too. He uses the word “family” a lot in his descriptions of the White Horse, the putative “oldest continuously operating gay and lesbian bar in the United States.” (Though at least two other bars make the alike claim.)
“There are subjects that you can’t talk to your own family about. But this is a separate family that has diverse rules and practices,”
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It’s been exactly a year since Nosh first got in touch with Joshua Huynh about Town Prevent & Lounge, a exclude he was working to open inside Oakland’s historic I. Magnin building. Between Oakland’s notorious permitting system, the additional work it takes to build a food or dining establishment out in a previously non-food space, and the global pandemic, it’s been a long trip for Town Bar, which will finally open to customers on Thursday, April 20.
In addition to the details on the bar from our report below, await a full crafted cocktail menu from Oscar Sinisterra (Hello Stranger) and a custom sound system. “I’m so excited to split with everyone what my family and I own been working on for so long,” Huynh said of the bar, which will post its progressing days and hours of operation on its website and to Instagram. — Eve Batey
Nosh’s original report, published on July 28, 2022:
Joshua Huynh has been productive for years to expose Town Bar & Lounge in Oakland’s historic I. Magnin building, signing a lease for a room in the structure good before the pandemic began. “Things are going speedy now,” he said, and his new LGBT
Berkeley Gay City Guide: A Municipality That Fights for the Rights of All
Everyone associates the town of Berkeley with college, but more importantly, it’s where free speech was defended. The municipality is a wonderfully diverse society with fresh ideas, whimsical avenues, and inspiring artisans.
Berkeley is abode to top-rated food, unique song, excellent shopping, and a big LGBTQ community that’s evolving every day.
A Brief History of How Berkeley Came to Be
Berkeley began in the late 1800s with the express purpose of putting a college there. From the very beginning, the city has been a nexus for training and intellect. The quick expansion of Berkeley came to a fast halt with the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. After that, it took some age to rebuild.
Today, it’s a thriving hub of art, music, sustenance, and community that proves a great atmosphere for LGBTQ transplants.
Quick Berkeley Stats
- Berkeley is home to the 1960s Free Speech Movement.
- The Campanile is the third-tallest bell clock tower in the nature (307 feet).
- The city has the oldest school in the University of California system.
- It’s named after an 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher Geor