October 31, 2006
Eye on Gay Shanghai: The coolest bar you’ve never heard of
Ever heard of Space Bar? Not many people have. It’s a well-kept secret in the gay community that just opened up a couple of months ago.
322 Space’s decor is simple and classy. The pub immediately catches the eye from the street due to the special sidewalk illumination. Inside is a large bar in the center of the establishment. Nooks and crannies branch off of the main room and provide intimate corners where customers can enjoy a quiet drink with friends or a young, friendly bar boy.
The night we were there, the patrons were primarily good-looking young men. As Shanghaiist understands, many are available to enjoy a rousing round of drinks, game of dice, or a song or two in the KTV rooms. Although their presence is obvious, it isn’t intrusive and, one may say, even adds to the ambiance. You can check it out for yourself this Saturday on Shanghai's 1st LGBT Pub Crawl (see below for details)!
If you’re looking for an out-of-the way place to relax with friends or you’re lonely for some company, then Space is the place to be. Andy, the manager, is also a sweety that knows how to cook!
Space Bar, 332 Xinfeng Lu (Near Shaanxi Bei Lu)
In other brief gay news
- Shanghai’s 1st LGBT (lesbian, gay, transsexual, and bisexual) and LGBT friendly pub crawl is on for this Saturday, November 4th! We’re planning on visiting nine of the most popular gay/lesbian bars in Shanghai. We’ve got 30 or so people already signed up and another 15 spaces open. Most of the bars have waved the entrance feel and/or offered us discounts. The cost of the bus will be about 100 RMB and drinks are the responsibility of each person.
We start at 8 pm and will be visiting the following bars: XXX bar (naughty sounding), Space, Frangipani, Club Deep, PinkHome (if open), Shanghai Studio, Eddie's, Bobo’s Bear Bar, and Max Club (if they wave the cover!). Hurry and email shanghaifaghag (at) gmail.com if you want to join!
Photo from manifesto.
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Dear Shanghaiist, can I please, PLEASE read Shanghaiist without more pics of semi-naked guys or guys in their underwear, or any other "hot guy" pics. It's cool being all about diversity and stuff, but I think we all get enough naked guy eye-offences when we venture into our local gyms. Thank you - Concerned reader
I love the gay pics and keep them coming. It's a GAYGAYGAY world, deal. I'm so excited for the pub crawl this weekend!
SMOKERS DIE!
This has nothing to do with gay Shanghai (though I do think anybody proclaiming themselves as a 'fag-hag' is likely a 'fag-hag' poseur), but I just need to go-off somewhere today and say: I F***** HATE SMOKERS!
I'm so tired of being ininadated in every cafe and restaurant I go to in Shanghai with smelly-ass smokers, both Chinese and foreigners.
I hope every smoker who has ever lit up in public with indifference to those around them dies a wretchedly horrible and excruciatingly painful, early, cancerous death. My fantasy is to stand over these fuckers' deathbeds as they cough and wheeze in their final moments, and bark in their face: “How you like smoking now, bitch!”
Who the fuck do u think u are,DP? Smokers are more welcome to any cafes and restaurants than a bitter bitch like you!!!
We dont need assholes like you to make judgements.
You can just carry your pathetic fantasy to your stupid grave!!!
DICK!!!
If you want find some one talking about no SMOKING things than go to "NO Smoking" Space, here is "Eye on Gay Shanghai" we talk gay life in shanghai here!
CIAO
D C
Dear Halloween Shanghaiist Readers,
As a birthday celebrant and a new expat to Shanghai, I want to share this moment,feeling and my 'around' the way.
I met and still am meeting many people because of my persona of friendly, crazy and sometimes brazenly.
I came across malignant, indifferent and sometimes total ignorance about this thing called bisexual, transexual,lesbian or gay.
Now I've run into posh,poor,rich,bitchy, so-called intellectual, scene, non scene and others that are somewhat in between.
I've found nasty, insipid, frigid, livid, intrepid, and sometimes quite stupid,
Mixed, fixed, money for tricks, pricks, does things just for kicks,
then there are the closet ones, racially vocal and physical abusive runs, and ones that just want to have fun,
lastly being subjected to stares, glares, conversational flares, and I am honestly a person that cares,
when I end this by saying the most ghastly, nasty and most importantly yet lastly,
PEOPLE who treat you INFERIOR are the ones who HAVE the INSECUREST INTERIORS.
So I suggest to those ones displaying negative EXTERIORS 'hug a tree' and then GrOw like it before the world passes you by.......
Shanghai may be transient at times and cold but you find the warmth when you create it.
From a voyuear who's in but relates to the one's who are out- whatever way you want to read that.
Peace, Love and Freedom mate to both locals and visiting. Happy Halloween from an Aussie who celebrates life not just this occasion.
Haha... Rye sounds like a gay guy in denial...
Why so much gay stuff on this site? Is it run by a faggot?
"Why so much gay stuff on this site?" because Shanghai is more camp than a row of pink tents. Learn to deal with it or move on, bigot.
And Rye, do you also object to semi-naked pics of hot chicks? Are you saying that Shanghaiist should refuse advertisers, such as Manifesto?
Wherever you hicks come from, can you please return!
We had 148 posts in October. Only four of them ended up in the Gay/Lesbian category. Some could argue that we don't have enough content that deals with gay issues.
"Why so much gay stuff on this site? Is it run by a faggot?"
David Duke, is that you!?
Considering the severe gender imbalance in China, gay oriented material is going to become more and more common.
PUB CRAWL UPDATE:
The LBGT bus is full! Actually, we are turning people away.... or at least telling them they'll need to take a taxi to follow us around. That's 47 people!
FYI- to speed up the process at each bar, we will be phoning in our order for simple drinks like beer, wine, barcardi, etc from the bus. Those who would like cocktails will order from the bar when we arrive (and risk pounding the drink to get back on the bus in time for the next bar)!
Should be a great time and look for the man who's flying in from Shandong province to join in the festivities!
That bar has been there longer that you thought, I went there last year and has been dead... you got it wrong sister... I never seen guys like in that picture?????
nanheyangrouchuan, on what basis do you make that claim? That because there'll be more men than women, the guys will come out as gay? You're confusing gay with MSMs (men who have sex with men but do not identify as gay). Would you suddenly become gay because you are in a predominantly male environment? Anyway, Chinese will be rich enough to import lovely ladies from neighbouring countries so I don't think there'll be a problem.