“The 20-somethings, they don’t hang out as late. It’s not like it used to be where you'd have to push people out at 4:30 in the morning.” In 2010, he says business started to slow down, the same year Grindr was released and other apps followed. Apps are one of the several likely factors, including gentrification, that have led to the decline and closure of gay bars across the country. Honestly, I would think this is our last few years,” Randy says. I protest in horror, but realize that my weeklong reign as mayor of the bar on Foursquare was also back in 2010.
