The Cock! (in its original location, before the back room was shut down) Wonderbar! The Park! (now *that* had some of the hottest strippers ever, and best of all, they were all gay) I really wish I'd had a chance to see the city's bars of the '80s and '90s, particularly the club scene during its prime. It wasn't exactly my 'youth' per se, but I still direly miss NYC bars circa 2003. I'm sorry, but Dick's was just skeevy and gross. Late-90's early 2000's 'Dicks Deja Disco' in Austin. 1/2 of them still lived with their mothers (many of whom made us breakfast the next morning). I got so much ginny tail there it was insane. My god, the gorgeous Italian boys that would pack into this place.
And the ultimate - Spectrums in Brooklyn. Guys with their pants around their ankles all over the place. It was amazing when they switched on the lights at 4 a.m. The Spike - fun leather bar in the meatpacking district with a mix of guys. Amazing jukebox by Ed Scriba who eventually went over to Phoenix bar. Great mix of local art fags and homo tourists back in the waning days of the east village as a fringe neighborhood. Sound Factory Bar - more of a dance club, but their Factoria Bente Uno party was hot. All in NYC in the 90s: Hatfields in Queens - hottest latin guys ever.
