SF Bathhouses.

[Eggman]

https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news///295175/gay_bathhouse_restrictions_lifted_as_sf_sex_club_closes

[EastbayMike]

Great news, not so great timing. I'd be surprised if we see any new venues opening for at least a year or more. Even then it would likely be more along the lines of 442 rather than a traditional bath house like the old 8th/Howard or Ritch Street.

[+ Axiom2001]

Great news, not so great timing. I'd be surprised if we see any new venues opening for at least a year or more. Even then it would likely be more along the lines of 442 rather than a traditional bathhouse like the old 8th/Howard or Ritch Street.

 

The timing of this is bizarre indeed, and I concur with you in terms of this happening anytime soon or in the near future. That pandemic has adversely affected everyone and everything.

 

["Steamworks," a bathhouse of long-standing in the Bay Area recently closed.]

[EastbayMike]

I think you meant the Watergarden in San Jose. While temporarily shut down due to covid, Steamworks has not to the best of my knowledge closed permanently.

 

["Steamworks," a bathhouse of long-standing in the Bay Area recently closed.]

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I think you meant the Watergarden in San Jose. While temporarily shut down due to covid, Steamworks has not to the best of my knowledge closed permanently.

 

["Steamworks," a bathhouse of long-standing in the Bay Area recently closed.]

 

The Berkley club is on temporary hiatus (as are all of the Steamworks baths).

[EastbayMike]

The Berkley club is on temporary hiatus (as are all of the Steamworks baths).

As I acknowledged in my reply.

[+ Lucky]

Geez. I have so many fond memories of Ritch Street.

[Rockey]

CBC San Francisco (Ritch Street) was really a great bathhouse.

[+ keroscenefire]

I think a lot of bathhouses are having a hard time. The two in Denver are definitely closed right now, which is a shame because I love going there in the summer and hanging out by the pool. I feel grateful that I got to go to Steamworks Chicago when I was there the week before everything closed down. Definitely might be a long time before I will be able to go to another bathhouse.

[muscmtl]

Bathhouses in Montreal have been opened for months

[chirob]

Just got an email from Pleasuredrome in London. They are 'anticipating' re-opening in August. Specific date to be determined.