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What it was like on reopening night at Aunt Charlie s, the Tenderloin s last queer bar
Peter-Astrid Kane
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Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, located at 133 Turk St. in San Francisco, secured enough donations to remain in business amid the pandemic and reopened on May 7, 2021.L L. on Yelp
When was the last time you thought to yourself that you were happy to be standing on aged carpet in a dive bar?
Well, everyone who set foot in Aunt Charlie’s last Friday afternoon seemed to have that exact same thought, as the Tenderloin’s nearly 40-year-old queer bar reopened for the first time since COVID-19 struck, and a year after a crowdfunding campaign rescued it from closure.