"Gay Bar "The Closet" Hurting For Repeat Business" joke
San Francisco, CA - Gary Adams, 43, gay, finally realized his lifelong dream to own and operate a gay bar in the heart of the gay district of San Francisco known as the Castro. Never in his worst nightmares would he have imagined how difficult it would be to stay afloat in the dog-eat-dog world of gay bar ownership.
"I opened The Closet for business in June 2006, just in time for the gay pride parade. Guys swarmed the place and we literally cleaned up. I was all'Hey boys! Come on in and enjoy!'. And enjoy they did."
Adams had a steady stream of business for a few months, but soon realized he never saw the same faces returning.
"It was always new faces coming in, but never coming back. A guy will come here and drink, flirt, have fun, whatevers, but then once he comes out of The Closet, that's it. There's no return. It's just so damned frustrating."
Adams says he's thinking about shutting down The Closet and sub-letting the space to clothier The Gap.
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