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The Oldest Gay Bar in Houston JR's Bar & Grill 808 Pacific Street JR's on Facebook Some 360° photos
above
left, a pre-1999 photo, as Heaven is shown in the background *** but
first, in 2011 the Houston Press ran an article about *** In
1986 Charles Armstrong bought from Dallas club owner Frank Caven the
gay bars JR's, The
building was a train depot, a grocery story in the 1950s and then until
about 1980, I
accidentally have part of 808 Pacific as it was in 1974 in a photo of
another bar, and then it turned gay... but....there's
a whole other connected story to the building next door, at 804 Pacific,
The Bar
Next To JR's 804 Pacific: Mother Lode, Cutter's, Hot Rod and Santa Fe Trading Company and, back to JR's...the branch in Dallas was already open and doing well, since 10/30/80... so now it was Houston's turn
and
now, 9/19/86, Charles Armstrong is described as "owner"... 1987 Mardi
Gras Finale Festival
1988
above, photo courtesy of Doug Barnes, circa 1988 or 1989
2009
2011 2012 Above, from Doug Barnes, 2012 2015 October 2015, new patio
2016
Above, ads from 9/2/16 to 9/10/16, the Mine is gone from the Pacific Street ad 2022 by the way, the next oldest gay bar in Houston is The Ripcord, 12/10/82
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