Hey, there was also The Nikel Bar (72nd Street) and 96 West on Amsterdam.
Well that and or owners had to pay for protection. Place is now a Chinese restaurant on ground floor with a 'bodywork' above.Īs it relates to this thread overall, the Nickel Bar like so many other gay, trans or whatever bars in NYC back then were run by the Mafia. The Nickel Bar was one of his haunts besides Keller's.Īddress for 'The Nickel Bar' is or was 127 West 27th Street. Sent a message to an older gay friend from college years that had a serious case of 'jungle fever', and sure enough he knew the place. Obviously, The Nickel Bar has long been gone. Trying to recapture some nostalgia and sentiment. Often, I pass the area on west 72nd street but cannot remember the exact location. It was mostly frequenly by African American men. In Manhattan, 30 years ago there was a gay bar named The Nickel Bar which was on West 72nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues on the North side of 72nd Street.
