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Rich's 2401
San Jacinto 1983
to 1986
Wooden Nickel, Gary Archer says, from 1983-84
Plus, a Special Bonus....
below, first mention in This Week in Texas (TWT), 5/27/83 1983
original owners were Dan Cain, Ken McIntyre and Bart Johnson, from Austin below, first ad, two pages, TWT, 6/24/83 this was a four-page fold-out ad, TWT, 7/7/83 Note, the ad above had a mock-ticket stapled to the TWT page , very unusual
1984
1985
1986 Richs Closing, first time
Mecca
So,
after a 2-year gap 1988 above, first ad after re-opening, 5/27/88
1989
1990
Richs entry in 1990 Pride Parade
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
14th anniversary....yeah, if you ignore the two years it was the bar Mecca
1998
1999
above left, ad in TWT for Rich's, 4/16/99...I joked that it was referred to the next day as the White Party....and above right, the next year it Was.......
2000
It
seemslike the club ran a lot fewer ads after the closing of This Week
in Texas, in August 2000 2001 Article on both South Beach and Rich's
2002
2003 2004
2005
2006 a
few posters (okay, it's not easy to take photos of shiny large posters) We
are up to 2010, and through these recent years there's not much visually
to show. So here are Guide sections at least documenting the Richs' existence
2007 - 2011 from
the above chart, in Aug 2007, it appears the club was only open Thursday-Sunday,
skimming
through several local publications from 2011-2012 Closing, Again, April 2013 Limelight (primarily a straight club) Nov 2013 - May 2016 And, there's more Richs Reopens, June 2016
below, owners Brad Janacek and Jeff Harmon at work on the renovations Brad
was on Queer Voices on 6/3/16 to talk about the opening, 2017
2018
2019 The Door Closes.... F-Bar, then Mynt, then Re-Bar.... |
and of course, Drag...
And now....yes, I know it's hard to keep track.... The space housing
ReBar, became Rich's, and to allow that,
the space at 2401 San Jacinto again became Rich's....kinda a stock split... Part of the story right from the owner, Jeff Harmon
Jeff sent me an aerial shot of the pool construction
Let's not forget that "the old" Rich's is back at its former space
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