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1183 University Avenue, St. Paul, MN (1985-1991)
Ladies Night Ad from the 1986 Twin Cities Pride Guide. Courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection. |
Darlene "Murph" Murphy opened Ladies Night on University Avenue in 1985.(1) Formerly a strip club for the straight men’s entertainment, the windowless structure was part of an X-rated district that centered on the Faust Theater at Dale and University.
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A significant contribution to the Castle Royal’s demise resulted from the longstanding boycott of Coors Beer. The boycott, begun in 1973 by labor unions, quickly gained the support of gay men and lesbian women when information surfaced about the company’s severely discriminatory hiring practices.
This atmosphere of extreme loyalty to GLBT-friendly products even produced occasional boycotts of queer businesses. Such was the case shortly before “the Royale” closed; patrons caught Honey selling Coors under the counter, and a boycott of the bar ensued.(4) In part, the boycott sealed Castle Royal’s fate.
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Exterior of Ladies Night in 1985, immediately after the bar changed from a strip club to a lesbian bar. From Equal Time News, Courtesy of the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection. |
(1)Douma, Gretchen. "News Bars Expand St. Paul Nightlife." Equal Time, Issue 90, 9/18/1985. Page 5.
(2) Ibid.
(3) Rapp, Linda. "Boycotts" featured on www.glbtq.com, page 2. Retrieved 3/24/2010. http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/boycotts,2.html
(4) Tretter, Jean-Nickolaus. Interview with the author, 3/24/
(5) By 1992, the site had transformed into the Metro Bar. "St. Paul / Police release two men, woman arrested after slaying at University Av. bar," The St. Paul Pioneer Press, 12/3/1992.
Part of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN: 100 Queer Places in Minnesota History, (1860-1969), (1969-2010)