A social history of New York, told entirely through its restaurants. For our 10th Yesteryear Issue, we dove into the NYC’s most legendary dining rooms. This is “Who Ate Where.”
Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures
Many have closed in a time of growing inclusion and more fluid sexual identities. But in several places around the country, they remain anchors of safety and community.
Laziz Kitchen in Salt Lake City is one of several newer restaurants that cultivate a wide spectrum of L.G.B.T.Q. customers, as symbolized by the redesigned version of the traditional rainbow flag out front.Credit.Kim Raff for The New York Times
Scott Frankel’s favorite memories of New York gay restaurants aren’t about food.
Universal Grill cranked “Dancing Queen” on birthdays. There was that incredibly hot Italian waiter at Food Bar. Florent was around the corner from a notorious sex club in the meatpacking district. Manatus was so gay, it had a sobriquet: Mana-tush.