# List of lesbian bars

This is a list of notable lesbian bars worldwide, including early prototypes and modern more inclusive spaces.

## Africa

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| Beaulah bar | Cape Town | South Africa | | closed | originally founded as a lesbian bar, until it became a mixed crowd later |

## Asia

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| Amazona | Tel Aviv | Israel | | 2020 | Only lesbian bar in the city |
| Bigudi Club | Istanbul | Turkey | 2008 | | First lesbian bar in Istanbul |
| Coup d'Etat | Beirut | Lebanon | 2006 | 2007 | The Middle East's first "openly" lesbian bar Closed in 2007 and opened again in 2018. |
| Coup d'Etat | Beirut | Lebanon | 2018 | | The Middle East's first "openly" lesbian bar Closed in 2007 and opened again in 2018. |
| Lesbos | Seoul | Korea | 1996 | | Lesbos (Korean: 레스보스), located in the Sinchon area of Seoul was opened in 1996 and is the first lesbian bar in South Korea. |
| L'Paradise | Hong Kong | China | 2000s (early) | | One of two remaining lesbian bars in Hong Kong as of 2020 |
| Goldfinger | Tokyo | Japan | 2000s (early) | | "The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world" |
| Roxie's | Shanghai | China | 2014 | June 2024 | First lesbian bar in Shanghai |
| Virus | Hong Kong | China | 1997 | | Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early 2000s |

## Australia

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |

## Europe

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| Cafébar Marianne | Berlin | Germany | 2008 | | Also known as Mariannenbar. |
| Candy Bar | London | England | 1996 | 2014 | |
| Chez Moune | Paris | France | 1936 | | |
| Daniel's | Barcelona | Spain | 1975 | closed | One of the first lesbian bars in Spain and one of the first LGBTQ bars in Barcelona |
| Gateways Club | London | England | 1943 | 2014 | |
| La Gata | Frankfurt | Germany | 1971 | | As of 2021 the only lesbian bar in Frankfurt |
| New Moon | Paris | France | 1960s | 1980s | |
| She Soho | London | England | 2014 | | |

## North America

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| A League of Her Own | Washington, D.C. | United States | 2018 | | |
| A Little More | San Francisco, California | United States | 1980s | | |
| Amelia's | Mission District, San Francisco, California | United States | 1978 | 1991 | |
| The Anxious Asp | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1958 | 1967 | |
| Artist's Club | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1946 | 1949 | |
| As You Are Bar | Washington, D.C. | United States | | | |
| Babes of Carytown | Richmond, Virginia | United States | 1979 | | |
| Babiana Club Less | Mexico City | Mexico | 2013 | | |
| BabyFace Disco | Montreal | Canada | 1960s (late) | | First lesbian bar in Montreal |
| Bachanal | Albany, California | United States | | | |
| Beaded Bag | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | | | |
| The Bond Street Bar | Asbury Park, New Jersey | United States | 1970s | 1980s | Location was also the site of a women's bar in the 1930s |
| Blanco's | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1943 | mid-1950s | also known as Blanco's Tavern |
| Blush & Blu | Denver, Colorado | United States | 2012 | 2023 | Colorado's only lesbian bar. Closed as of Oct. 5, 2024 |
| Bum Bum Bar | Queens, New York City | United States | 1990s (early) | 2018 | |
| Cafe Des Beaux Arts | New York City, New York | United States | 1911 | 1921 | One of the earliest "ladies bars" |
| Chances Bar | Houston, Texas | United States | 1994 | 2010 | |
| Chez-Elle | Asbury Park, New Jersey | United States | 1965 | 1990 | Also known as Chez-L Lounge, opened by a former nun, it was Asbury Park's first "women's club" and a "groundbreaking lesbian nightclub" that was "part of a landmark court case in the 1960s" |
| Chi-Chi Club | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1949 | 1956 | |
| Clementina's Baybrick | South of Market, San Francisco, California | United States | 1982 | 1987 | also known as The Brick, The Bay Brick Inn |
| Copper Lantern | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1955 | 1965 | |
| Cubbyhole | West Village, New York City | United States | 1994 | | |
| Dani's Queer Bar | Boston, Massachusetts | United States | 2024 | | |
| Doc Marie's | Portland, Oregon | United States | 2022 | | |
| Driftwood | Hayward, California | United States | | | Also known as The Driftwood, and Driftwood Lounge |
| Dorothy | Chicago, Illinois | United States | 2022 | | |
| Egyptian Club | Portland, Oregon | United States | 1995 | 2010 | |
| Eve's Hangout | Greenwich Village, New York City | United States | 1925 | 1926 | Also known as Eve Adams's Tearoom |
| First Choice/The Night | Newark, New Jersey | United States | 1980s | | |
| Front | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | | | |
| Ginger's Bar | Brooklyn, New York City | United States | 2000 | | Also known as The G-Spot |
| The Grand Union | Seattle, Washington | United States | 1950s | | |
| Helene's | Roselle, New Jersey | United States | 1960s | | |
| Henrietta Hudson | West Village, New York City | United States | 1991 | | |
| Herz | Mobile, Alabama | United States | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Jubilee | Oakland, California | United States | | | |
| Kelly's Alamo Club | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | | | A police raid in 1956 and the arrest of 36 women on charges of "frequenting a house of ill repute" led the Daughters of Bilitis to publish a guide, "What To Do In Case of Arrest." |
| The Key West Hotel | Asbury Park, New Jersey | United States | 1981 | 1990 | "the 1980’s most popular club for New Jersey lesbians, and possibly the oldest lesbian venue of its kind on the East Coast" "New Jersey’s largest and most happening lesbian club and hotel" Formerly Owl and Pussycat |
| The Lexington Club | Mission District, San Francisco, California | United States | 1997 | 2015 | |
| Magnolia | Montreal | Canada | 1990s | | "One of the greats." |
| Mary’s First and Last Chance | Oakland, California | United States | c. 1948 | 1956 | Closed in 1958 for "catering to lesbians", but the bar challenged the ruling in the State Supreme Court and won in 1959. |
| Mary’s Tower | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1953 | 1967 | |
| Maud's | Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, California | United States | 1966 | 1989 | |
| Miss Smith's Tea Room | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1954 | 1960 | |
| Mona's 440 Club | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1936 | 1950s | Sold in the mid-1950s to a former employee, and was renamed "Ann's 440 Club" and then no longer served as a lesbian bar. |
| Mona’s Candle Light Room | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1948 | 1957 | Later it changed and became the Club Gala, the Jazz Workshop, Burp Hollow, and the Dixie Land Jazz. |
| Mother Bar | Mission District, San Francisco, California | United States | 2023 | | |
| My Sister's Room | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | 1996 | | |
| Ollie's | Oakland, California | United States | 1981 | 1991 | |
| Our Club | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | | | |
| Page 3 | Greenwich Village, New York, New York | United States | mid-1950s | mid-1960s | |
| The Palms | West Hollywood, California | United States | 1960s | 2013 | |
| Paper Doll | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1949 | 1961 | |
| The Pearl Bar | Houston, Texas | United States | 2013 | | "only lesbian bar in the Bayou City, one of two in Texas and one of 16 in the nation" Profiled in a documentary by the Lesbian Bar Project. |
| Peg's Place | Richmond District, San Francisco, California | United States | 1950s | 1988 | The site of a 1979 lesbophobic attack by off-duty members of the S.F.P.D. |
| Phase One | Atlanta, Georgia | United States | 2010s | | |
| Phase 1 | Washington, D.C. | United States | 1970 | 2016 | The oldest continually operating lesbian bar in the country when it closed. |
| Roselle Inn | Chicago, Illinois | United States | | 1935 | Also known as Rose-El-Inn, one of the earliest lesbian bars. Shut down by police in 1935. |
| Sappho's Tavern | Seattle, Washington | United States | 1950s | | |
| Scott’s Pit | San Francisco, California | United States | 1970 | 1984 | The first lesbian biker bar in San Francisco; home of brawls and poetry readings. |
| The Silver Slipper | Seattle, Washington | United States | 1970s | | |
| Sisters | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | | 2013 | |
| Slammers | Columbus, Ohio | United States | 1993 | | |
| Sue Ellen's | Dallas, Texas | United States | 1989 | | |
| Tin Angel | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | 1953 | 1961 | |
| Toasted Walnut | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | 2015 | 2021 | |
| Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place | North Beach, San Francisco, California | United States | late 1940s | 1955 | |
| Walker's Pint | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | United States | 2001 | | "Wisconsin's last lesbian bar" |
| Wild Side West | Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California | United States | 1962 | | |
| The Wildrose | Seattle, Washington | United States | 1980s (early) | | A long running lesbian bar on the West Coast. |
| XX+ | Washington, D.C. | United States | 2018 | closed | |

## South America

| Bar | City | Country | Year opened | Year closed | Notes |
| Bach Bar | Buenos Aires | Argentina | | | Oldest lesbian bar in Buenos Aires |