Up north
FIZZ owner Jeff Murtha and FIZZ promoter and hostess Chaselyn Wade Vance.(Photo by Caroline Savoie) Plano bar to test out ‘Castro Nights,’ a queer-centric happy hour CAROLINE SAVOIE | Contributing Writer carolinelsavoie@gmail.com Tucked away in West Plano Village, a covert and colorful lounge called FIZZ is gearing up to cater to a new clientele: LGBTQ business professionals with a thirst for fun (and liquor).
With the bar looking to bring in more customers and Plano’s queer community looking for a place to gather, bar owner Jeff Murtha said he’s hoping to build a symbiotic relationship with the LGBTQ community north of Interstate 635.
Murtha and trans woman Chaselyn Wade Vance, the bar’s promoter and hostess, said that they’re going to offer “Castro Nights,” a happy hour named after San Francisco’s gayborhood, every Monday for four weeks.
If that goes well, they’re going to flip the bar to cater to queer folks seven nights a week. “If this works out, I’m going to have the first gay bar north of 635,” Murtha said. “This is going to be for the queer professionals.
