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| − | '''The Yard bar''' was the third bar opened by [[Gordon Lewis]] in or around [[Soho]], [[London]], after [[The Village]]. The three bars were the first London bars to be designed in a contemporary manner, rather than traditional British pubs with blacked out windows. The Yard was opened in 1992 on the former site of [[Condomania]], featured an outdoor cobbled courtyard entered by an | + | [[File:Yard, Soho, W1 (4949445946).jpg|thumb|Entrance to The Yard]]'''The Yard bar''' was the third bar opened by [[Gordon Lewis]] in or around [[Soho]], [[London]], after [[The Village]]. The three bars were the first London bars to be designed in a contemporary manner, rather than traditional British pubs with blacked out windows. The Yard was opened in 1992 on the former site of [[Condomania]], featured an outdoor cobbled courtyard entered by an archway in [[Rupert Street]], a modern ground floor bar and upstairs lounge bar area with balcony overlooking the courtyard. The bar became immediately popular, and often showed gay films on its first floor on Sunday afternoons. The Village and The Yard are often acknowledged as the inspiration and growth of the modern Soho gay scene. |
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Latest revision as of 21:59, 14 February 2016
The Yard bar was the third bar opened by Gordon Lewis in or around Soho, London, after The Village. The three bars were the first London bars to be designed in a contemporary manner, rather than traditional British pubs with blacked out windows. The Yard was opened in 1992 on the former site of Condomania, featured an outdoor cobbled courtyard entered by an archway in Rupert Street, a modern ground floor bar and upstairs lounge bar area with balcony overlooking the courtyard. The bar became immediately popular, and often showed gay films on its first floor on Sunday afternoons. The Village and The Yard are often acknowledged as the inspiration and growth of the modern Soho gay scene..jpg)
The Soho Gathering meets there on a Thursday evening.
See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.
Address
57 Rupert Street, Soho, London W1D 7PL
