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About The Roosterfish
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Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Us But Were Afraid to
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Location |
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The Roosterfish, is a gay bar located
at
1302 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
in
Venice Beach, California
which is approximately
15 miles west of downtown Los Angeles.
As our slogan says, "We're a neighborhood gay bar but Los Angeles is
very big neighborhood."
Click for Directions |
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Hours
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Admission |
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11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7 Days a Week
Must be 21 or Over
with Valid I.D. |
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Attractions |
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We offer stiff
drinks, a
Happy Hour (actually 2 hours),
hot bartenders, a
pool table,
pinball,
electronic darts,
video games, an
outdoor patio,
no attitude and
there's never a cover
charge! |
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Bar History |
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Co-owners
Walter Schneider and
B. M. Alexander (Alex)
first opened the doors to the
Roosterfish on
May 29th, 1979.
Alex died in 1988 and when Walter died
in 2006 he passed on the bar to two of his long-time Bartenders,
Donald "Dearest" and
Gary Mick, his best
friend,
Don Cranford, and
Roosterfish accountant,
Doug Amann.
Approaching
nearly 30 years serving the gay community,
Roosterfish is
one of the oldest gay bars in the country
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The Staff |
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Partial owner and long-time bartender
Gary is always
quick with a drink and
even faster with a snappy retort. Additional bartenders include
Gaetano (GAYtina),
Fred (Wilma),
Tom (looks like he
belongs in Silver Lake but he's all ours),
Collin who's equally
adept on both sides of the bar pouring or drinking and, and, of course, there's
everybody's favorite barback (yes we said "BARback")
Richard.
Finally, unless you'd like to join
"Club 86" (as in 86ed)
be nice to our doormen: sexy
baby-faced, bear,
Michael, not to be
confused with the ever H-O-T Straight Michael
(trust us guys we've all tried to convert him, just give it up already) and,
last but not least, Robert
who, when he's not bent over a pool table (sometimes actually playing
pool), can also be found at the door. |
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Specials |
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Don't miss the
$3.00 Cuervo Gold Margaritas
all day Wednesday and
Dennis & Terry's famous
burgers and
1/4 lb dogs for
just $3.00 on Sunday
afternoons --
You can't beat our meat!
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The Crowd |
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The
patrons are friendly
and include both
regulars
(Platinum Club Members
as they're called) and
visiting beach hotties
checking out the only gay bar in Venice. When you drop in,
come up to a few of the regulars
and
say hello. They'll have you in
stitches with their
jokes
and
quips.
Ashli
(the reigning queen of the bar),
David
(Nurse Ratchet),
Jerome, the lovely
Miss Nadine,
Harold (Gloria Hole),
Billy
and
Joseph,
Dennis
and
Terry,
Rand
(Roosterfish Mayor) and yours truly
Ken
(Common Veranda) and a whole host of others
don't bite unless...
you ask us too. |
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Theme Song |
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We
even have our own theme song,
entitled "At the Roosterfish."
Written by
former Roosterfish regular and Life-Time Platinum Club member,
Ms. "Loretta June"
Smitherman,
now of the Palm Springs Smitermans, the song is performed to the
tune of "Putting
on the Ritz."
Follow
the link to for the
lyrics
or better yet,
sing along
if you can hear the midi music playing in the background.
Click for
Roosterfish Theme Song |
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Venice, CA
90291 
