Ever wonder why we can’t all just get along? At Hangar Bar, we can. Men of all ethnicities harmoniously mix, mingle and cruise. One bar, with a DJ area, stretches halfway across the room; another anchors the back. Music videos play overhead. Like the personal ads say, a lot of the guys are straight-appearing and straight-acting. Testosterone abounds, but the place has a mellow, sexy, down-to-earth ambience.
The modern gay rights movement got its start in Manhattan's West Village in 1969, at the mafia-owned dive the Stonewall Inn. Today, the Stonewall is still standing (and was recently made an NYC landmark) and is just one of many LGBT watering holes still dotting the historic neighborhood. (In fact, Stonewall isn't even the neighborhood's oldest gay haunt; that honor goes to Julius's.) Gay bars here tend to veer toward the divey side, and that's just fine by us. There's a timeless and thoroughly accessible vibe here that just can't be replicated at the sleek drinkeries uptown in Hell's Kitchen.
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