SF gay sex club Eros reopens in new location
ebar.comSan Francisco's last remaining gay sex club is reopening its doors in time for Pride weekend. In doing so, it is reviving a historic location in the Tenderloin once home to a bathhouse that catered to men who have sex with men.Eros SF, the sex club for queer and trans men, will welcome patrons for a sneak peak from 6 p.m.
to midnight tonight (Friday, June 24) for the first time at its new location at 132 Turk Street. According to a post on its website, the doors will close at 11 p.m.It will also be open Saturday and Sunday during the same hours, according to the website post, and is cash only.
Patrons are required to have identification and proof they are vaccinated for COVID-19.Eros co-owner Ken Rowe did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
He had earlier told the Bay Area Reporter being able to welcome back customers during Pride Month is not only "very meaningful" but also a financial blessing."It would take care of our July expenses because Pride week is always huge in terms of income and attendance," said Rowe, who had formerly worked as a manager of Eros before buying the business in 2005 with two of his then co-workers.After vacating their former space on upper Market Street in December, Eros's owners began remodeling and moving into their new home, where the gay Bulldog Baths had operated in the late 1970s and 1980s.As the B.A.R.
