Bars, Restaurants, & Taverns
THE BONFIRE
Per book, A Curious and Peculiar People by David Grant Kohl page 238 “The Bonfire was a popular gathering place for many gay men after work downtown. It was located on the ground floor of the old Imperial Hotel [now Hotel Vintage Plaza], whose lower men’s room was a popular rendezvous spot in the 1920s.”
MORE HISTORY COMING SOON
422-426 SW Broadway
NE corner of SW Broadway Avenue and Washington Street
Years: 1920 - 1930 [bathrooms only per book – nothing concrete] However restaurant lasted into the 70s.
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