This club is basically Badlands overflow (same management). There tends to be more room to dance and the back patio lets you cool off or make out as needed.

The Stud is full of history, and on occasion full of people. This bar has a way of reinventing itself over and over, so give it a try.

Part dive bar, part karaoke lounge, it’s a place you almost have to be drunk to enjoy. More gay-friendly than gay, if you insist on singing, here’s your place.

Open after most places close at 2:00 a.m.; it’s often not where you plan to be, it’s where you end up. You can dance the night away, just note the…

This small bar has cleaned up (its act), but it is still all about cheap drinks and a heavy cruising scene that skews to the older daddy types.

A fun, little gay neighborhood bar outside of the gay neighborhoods. The scene can change instantly depending on who drops in that night.

A mixed crowd heads upstairs to this long-established dance club (check the night first). Large spaces are great for dancing and stalking your prey.

This small place can be empty one night and then a sweaty cauldron of dancing bodies the next. Booty Call Wednesdays are popular for 20-somethings.

Full of voyeurs and the more adventurous leather men in the anything-goes back patio. It’s friendly, but expect to be cruised and know what you’re getting into.

This is more pub than bar, complete with pool tables, darts, and a back patio. It’s a great place to chill and grab a beer without the loud music.