It’s a huge party, and it’s very crowded. We have a huge Halloween party every year, which is also coming up very soon. OK, what else is going to be happening at the bar in the near future? That’s the other thing I love about the bar. I like to think we do some good for the community. Because it’s a big bar, it has a very large reach. The other thing I love about the bar is the amount of outreach to the people, the amount of community service we do. So one of the things I love about the bar was being able to greet people and hang out with them, and meet people from all walks of life. I was taught hospitality from a very young age. I think it’s just so cool that so many different kinds of people end up in the same place and have a great time. We have people from all walks of life come through that door. I am all about hospitality, and I love the people. So what do you like best about owning the bar? Well, you should check out the the Highwaymen TNT.
I used to want to be a raven however, they wouldn’t let me. Now I think it’s more about when the feeling hits, you wear leather. I think if you speak to the old guard, they will say the leather man was a lifestyle. Now, the thing about being a leather man, I think it’s very different than it used to be. I have a pretty good collection of leather. Somehow we’ve been able to hold onto it, and the bar is thriving. There’s a whole number of variables involved to stimulate the senses on many different levels.
It dwells on masculine for the most part, the smell of leather, the feel of leather, the scent of man, the sexiness of the lighting. It’s a little bit different than what it originally was, but the atmosphere has remained: that whole feeling of dark, sexy environment that stimulates all the senses. The concept was something that was prevalent back in the ‘70s-the motorcycle leather culture-that a lot of gay men and women embraced, and it’s survived all these years. If you head up to the rooftop, prepare to indulge yourself in some ‘anything goes’ debauchery. A must for hedonists, S&M and leather fans. Eagle NYC is a long-running gay cruise & fetish club for men who’re looking to meet, dance, cruise and play with other men. It’s unique because it’s something that has survived for 45 years. 554 West 28th Street, New York, USA, NY 10001 map A New York gay institution. Most of our readers are familiar with the Eagle, but tell me why it’s so unique. Then in 2000 I bought it from the original owner and moved it to 28th St. It was originally opened in 1970 on 21st St. Just so you know, the Eagle is not 15 years old. We opened October 5, 2001, officially.Īre you planning a 15-year anniversary celebration? In about three weeks, exactly October 2, that weekend, will be our anniversary weekend. In my possession, it’s actually 15 years old. I could smell the scent of leather and chains and picture the sexiness he described. Danton was able to paint a precise picture in my mind of exactly what the New York Eagle Bar is all about. Derek Danton, who owns the Eagle Bar in New York City with his husband Robert Berk, was by far one of the coolest interviews I have ever done.