Escapade

Really wish I could give this place a good review since it's the only gay bar in a six county radius, but it's trashy and feels unsafe in so many ways. First they allow smoking inside even though there is a very nice patio. So it's just disgusting in there. Second, they do drag shows every month, but it's like none of the owners have ever been to a real drag show because they don't designate a staff member to clean any money or costuming off the stage. Totally ruins the show if the Queens aren't being treated right.

The worst thing though is that they freely allow expressions of hate speech as there was someone sitting front and center taking up a ton of space wearing a confederate flag hat. He never should have been let in the door with it. It made me and my friend I came with feel very unsafe. When I finally tried to address the situation on my own outside the bar, letting him know that pro-slavery propaganda upset me and offering a fair knuckle fight should he want to persist, the little punk ran into the bar and sent out two bouncers, one of whom called me a meth head (I don't even know what meth looks like folks and barely even drink) and shoved me onto the ground. I was wearing tall heels and fell back hard and my hands and elbows are now scraped and bruised. If I were the kind of person who involved police, that man would be catching an assault charge as he charged me out of nowhere, not a fair fight.

Long story short, this stinky trashy venue will resort to cis man violence against afabs to protect symbols of slavery. This is not a safe place for most queer people, and it's extra sad because it's so so dangerous for us here in Central PA. This place makes us less safe, not moreso.