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Confirming all those stereotypes about gays having good taste, this smart red-hued cocktail
bar cum retro-style lounge makes most of the competition look like a straight guy's bedsit.
Tuesdays are women-only and on Wednesdays drinks are two-for-one.
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GROSSE FREIHEIT 114
from 10pm Tue-Sun;
Frankfurter Tor, Warschauer Strasse)
Named for a lane in Hamburg's red-light district where the Beatles cut their teeth, Grosse
Freiheit is a popular men-only cruising joint (with darkroom) and also a harbour for just a
drink and meet-up. The campy nautical decor looks the way most '80s films portrayed gay
bars. Different mottoes nightly.
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BOOZE BAR
030-9559 1145; Boxhagener Strasse 105;
from 7pm;
Samariter-
strasse)
The classy antidote to the happy-hour madness of the Simon-Dach-Strasse party drag. Sink
into comfy lounge sofas, surrounded by warmly lit brick walls and a photograph of actor
Terence Hill, a cigarette coolly stuck between his lips. The ambience is relaxed and the clas-
sic drinks finely crafted by a young team. DJs hit the decks on some nights.
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ASTRO BAR
0173 768 2625;
www.astro-bar.de
; Simon-Dach-Strasse 40;
Warschauer
Strasse, Frankfurter Tor, Warschauer Strasse)
At this Simon-Dach-Strasse staple, you can get 'beamed' into a cosmic lounge where sci-fi
fiends from the hood and beyond drown in cheap drinks and long conversations, often until
the stars begin to fade. DJs kick into action after 10pm. One of the few respectable spots on
this well-trodden party drag.
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SANATORIUM 23
030-4202 1193;
www.sanatorium23.de
;
Frankfurter Allee 23;
from 6pm;
; Frankfurter Tor)
This Zen-meets-pop-art-in-hospital lounge is likely to cure whatever ails you. First, though,
risk chemistry-class flashbacks when facing the drinks menu set up like a periodic table: or-
dering an
He
gets you a Hemingway sour,
Ps
a prosecco and
Mi
a mojito. From Thursday to
Saturday DJs turn the place into an electro party zone after 9pm.
