Cattyshack review in NYT

"...Many varieties of the Sapphically inclined were visible on a recent night: boyish girls in Carhartts and their male friends, middle-aged couples, a bartender with a mohawk...."

So - is this a lesbian bar or not?

Nah, the old place was the death trap without the fire exit. This spot is sweet. And it *is* a lesbian/gay bar.

Subject: Catty Shack

Catty Shack is a great space but I have had a few problems with it...

They turned my gay boy friends away, all were coming for a friends bday night. I thought that was pretty lame.

What is with the cover charge?

The music is mostly hip-hop, I have been there when they have 80s or new wave, but I am over hip hop.

The coat check, $2 to leave a coat and $1 to pick it back up.

I know us lesbians have a bad rap for tipping, but the coat check cost and cover charge stink!

Subject: Kinda Agree with ya...

Oh our beloved Clam Shack.

I'll address the straight boy above this post. You're kinda right, kinda wrong. First, as a gay chick, can the "all lesbians are bad tippers" - that's crap. I tip $1.00 every single drink and sometimes more. But like you, I don't get shit for it. No buy backs, etc. And just like Meow Mix the beers (and that's what I drink) are out of hand expensive. There is no way a shitty ass Red Stripe should be $6. But why is that?

Because the owner who has shitloads of money (ah the trust fund kids) - does not have one little bit of business smarts. Look at the size of this place? Are you kidding me? It must cost a fortune to run it. It's waaaaayyyy to big for a dyke bar in Manhattan, let alone Brooklyn. She could have bought a smaller killer spot and then the friggin beers wouldn't be $6 and $7.

Last week, I went upstairs and got a shot of Patrone tequila, $10, in a little piss ant shot glass. It was "gay boy" night upstairs. If I was a gay boy, let me tell you, it would have been a high-ball glass half-full. (So straight boy above, go on Wednesday nights, gay boys know how to pour drinks - for men).

So her lack of business sense is why Ginger's that old staple of older and/or more blue collar dykes on 5th ave, will still be around when the Clam Shack goes bust.

Stinker. Because as a dyke, I want it to succeed and god knows, the gay boys have 400 places to go in this city and we have about 5.

Subject: catty shack

I will give the place one piece of credit: it is aptly named.

Another poster mentioned that there are only "5" places for lesbians to go.... I think it's a little more. The point is everybody knows everyone in that scene... shit, I'm far from the scene and I know enough people...

So, she slept her, she hates me, she slept with my roommate... it all contributes to the catty nature of the place....

Waaaaaaay too much attitude for my liking.. gay, straight or whatever...

As for the prices... and as someone with business sense.... you change that $6 redstripe to $5 and people will 1) drink more 2) tip better...

resulting in happier bartenders, happier customers and more business. I know what a red stripe costs... $1.20 to the shack... I just hate being screwed....

8thandPrez wrote: us gay boys have pretty slim pickings in the slope... when's gay boy night at CS?

Wednesday "Oink" and gay boy P.J.'s tea dance . . . but that *was* Sunday and I think might be taken over by the L Word. I haven't been.