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‘Like you could come in on any day of the week, and there was something going on.’ ‘We have always strived to do our part to strengthen local organizations, businesses, and the entire 17th Street neighborhood and we couldn’t be prouder of the legacy Cobalt leaves behind.’ LGBTI bar scene has changedĬassidy DuHon, performed drag at Cobalt as LaTavia LaCroix, told Washington Post: ‘Cobalt had a good gay Cheers kind of feel for a while. ‘For more than 20 years, our amazing customers and incredible staff have contributed greatly to the DC-area LGBT community. last thing i want is to head out to some place and have the taxi drop me off in the middle of sketchy nowhere DC in front of a boarded up gay bar. I looked around on yelp etc but a lot of places said CLOSED in big letters, dont know if this is like a 'thing' there or something. He wrote: ‘It was the right time to close the business to focus on our other businesses and some personal family needs. Will be heading into the city in a few weeks, looking for some decent places to check out. The building was sold to real estate firm Marwick Associates for around $4,75000 last summer.Ĭobalt leased the building for 20 years, and said the bar had ‘options’ and would be around until ‘at least 2021,’ the Washington Post reported.įans of the 17th street neighbourhood club speculated Cobalt’s closure until Little confirmed it.Ĭostly infrastructure repairs and a decline in sales promoted the closure. Taped to the door of the club, sat on 1639 R Street NW, a sign alerted patrons the bar was ‘closed for water problems.’Īfter suspicions of the bar’s demise, owner Eric Little broke the silence and announced on Twitter yesterday (5 March) the bar was to shut. It has 2 floors, monitors all over the venue, and the most festive gay bar in the DC area I've seen. Above Dupont Italian Kitchen (f/k/a Windows) Favorite for: Mostly Men.
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After nearly two decades of electric parties, eclectic DJs and pouring Grey Goose Vodka to guests, the doors of famous gay nightclub Cobalt closed for the last time.