HYDRATE (3458 N. Halsted)
Manhole ­ A leather bar at its inception, it featured a front bar, a dance floor in the second room that had a "leather or shirtless" dress code, and TV monitors showing raunchy porn. Manhole featured the scandalously fun Underwear Parties and had a DJ roster over the years that included Jim Belanger, Mark Hultmark, Tom McBride, and Jim Lewis.
Christopher Street ­ Known affectionately as "C-Street," it was the late night dance club and video bar popular with 20-something gay men in the late 1980s. Sunday nights featured disco with DJ Mark Vallese.

SPIN (800 W. Blemont)
Foxy's ­ A two room venue with a video bar and lounge up front and a dance floor in back, it included Ralphi Rosario and Freddie Bain in the DJ line-up. The popular Wednesday $1 Drink Night started at Foxy's, which had live performances by Ultra Naté and Lady Bunny during its 1990s heyday.

CHARLIE'S (3726 N. Broadway)
Charlie's ­ Originally located downtown on Ohio Street below the feeder to the Kennedy Expressway, Charlie's was ONLY a country & western bar when it first moved into its current Boystown digs on Broadway.
Augie & CK's ­ A popular lesbian bar with the likes of DJ Charles Perkins, Sandy and Lora Branch in the DJ booth.

FLY ME TO THE MOON PIANO BAR & PICK ME UP LOUNGE (3400 N. Clark)
Deeks ­ During the early 1990s this short-lived Clark Street leather bar (bounded by Roscoe and Sheffield) had a fun and "participatory" basement where patrons sometimes liked to give each other a helping hand . and mouth.
Normandy ­ A very popular Latino gay bar and dance club throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, DJ Orlando graced its DJ booth while Miss Ketty graced its stage.

EXCALIBUR / VISION (632 N. Dearborn)
Limelight ­ At the time a sibling of the NYC club with the same name, this mega-nightclub at the corner of Dearborn and Ohio Streets was the first straight venue to start a gay night, called "Bent," on Sundays in the late 1980s.

CLUB 3160 (3160 N. Clark)
Annex 3 ­ Despite its prime location on Clark Street just south of Belmont, this was one of the sleepiest bars in Boystown throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium. The current cabaret outpost used to be part sports bar as well as part neighborhood watering hole that catered to a diverse base of customers.

MARSHALL'S / DSW / LINENS N' THINGS
(@ Clark & Halsted)
Club LaRay ­ Located on the Halsted Street side of the property, this was the most popular dance club catering to the city's African-American gay community during the late 1980s. While card games like Bid Whist were played in the downstairs lounge area, drag performers such as Taisha Thomas performed on the "Stairs To Nothing" and sweat dripped down the walls of the main floor, a result of the packed dance floor jacking their bodies to the cutting edge house music of the times.
Prior to Club LaRay it was a club called Trianon.
Clubhouse ­ On the second floor of a building that housed a water bed store on the Clark Street side of the property, this was the original location of this black gay club that opened up after the closing of Club LaRay.
Windy City Bar - A rather standard nightclub that resided above the water bed store before Clubhouse, this was a popular early night dance
spot in Boystown.

CELL BLOCK (3702 N. Halsted)
Loading Dock ­ This was a popular late night dance club in the 1980s. While younger gays hung out at C-Street for late night weekend dancing, the "Dick Dock" was more popular with a slightly older crowd that liked their poppers and the more disco-fied music typically played there.

KIT KAT LOUNGE & SUPPER CLUB (3700 N Halsted)
L.A. Connection ­ This corner spot was a more reserved alternative to the Loading Dock next door. During the late night hours the small restaurant in the back of the club offered breakfast to hungry patrons while the rentboys who often hung out in the front bar area offered their services to patrons hungry for a different kind of nourishment.

CLUB 720 (720 N. Wells)
Cairo ­ One of the most popular nightclubs in the city during the early 1990s, this three-level venue that sits in the shadow of the Brown Line's Chicago "L" platform helped catapult the popularity of Sunday nights in Chicago into international legendary status. Featuring DJs Teri Bristol, Earl Pleasure, Psycho Bitch and others, it bridged "Bent" at Limelight to "GLEE Club" at Crobar.

131 Club (13126 S. Western)
Now The Edge

Artful Dodger (1734 W. Wabansia)
After being in business 21 years, it closed on July 16, 2005

Big Red's (3729 N. Halsted)
Now Bobby Love's

Bistro II (5015 N. Clark)
Is now the Eagle

Bushes (3320 N. Halsted)
It's now Gentry on Halsted.

Carol's Speakeasy (1355 N. Wells St)
Space is still empty

Club Victoria (3153 N. Broadway)
A Universal Gear store

Dan's on Clark/Pelican (6341 N. Clark)
Now County Pub

Gold Coast (5025 N. Clark)
Now T's bar

His 'N Hers (944 W. Addison)
Moved to North Broadway and later closed

Irene's Diamonds (3169 N. Halsted)
Now The Lucky Horseshoe Lounge

JJ's (6406 N. Clark)
Now Jackhammer

Kitty's Korner (2959 W. Irving Park)
Now a Bank One

Medusa's Music Hall (3257 N. Sheffield)
Now an office building

Men's Room (3359 N. Halsted)
Now Cocktail Lounge

New Flight (420 N. Clark)
Now The Boss Bar

Oasis (111 W. Hubbard)
Home to the club Minx

Opal Station (6655 N. Clark)
Now a residential building

Paris Dance (1122 W. Montrose)
Now a condo development

Pepper's (1502 W. Jarvis)
Became Charmers, then closed

Piggen's Pub (674 W. Diversey)
Now commercial retail space

Sam's (2540 N. Clark)
Now Oodles of Noodles

Suzi B's, (1829 W. Montrose)
The short lived women's bar is now
home to Scot's

Touché (2825 N. Lincoln)
Burned down in '89; now at 6412 N. Clark; old locale now home to Nana's Bristol & Lounge

Trianon (3150 N. Halsted)
Retail space now

Tropic Zone (5220 N. Sheridan)
Now Acupuncture and Herb Healing

Twenty-One Club (3042 W. Irving Park)
Became Legacy 21, now closed

Vortex (3631 N. Halsted)
Became Fusion/Rumba, closed and is now The Dakota Condos

Waterworks (933 N. State)
Now a Walgreens