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Gone But Not Forgotten
Iconic Midwest Gay Bar Closes Its Doors After 36 Years
The final hours of of a weekend-long garage sale brought a calm end to an iconic institution within Quincy, Illinois’ LGBTQ community.
Irene’s Cabaret first opened its doors endorse in For the past 36 years, it has been a safe room for the LGBTQ society in a conservative, midwestern city of about 41, people located five hours southwest of Chicago.
Last month, the bar held a final night of dancing and entertainment before closing its doors one last time. Now, the process of cleaning out and selling pieces of the bar’s history brings support memories for those who have been involved with it all these years.
“So much has changed,” said owner and longtime manager Robert Clow. “You can be gay and travel out to any exclude in town now.”
It’s that sea change in attitudes and acceptance that makes Clow comfortable with his decision to shut down the bar. He looks forward to retirement.
The story of Irene’s Cabaret perhaps cannot be told without mentioning Clow’s late companion and bar founder, Willard Kaufman. Kaufman, better established in the ba
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Type: Gay Bar with Dancefloor
In a nutshell: Irene's Cabaret provides patrons with three different areas in the nightclub. The first is a well lit seating area with billiards and darts. The second is the main bar decorated with famed drag queens of yesteryear and Marylin Monroe memorabilia. The third area is the twist floor, notorious for its silken curtains, mirrored wall and upbeat music. This is also where the Cabaret's monthly drag exhibition takes place. Cover is $2 on Friday and Saturday. Drag show admittance is $
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