At 48, the photo-shy Jones retains his youthful good looks, and boasts a barkeep’s smile, broad, beaming, welcoming. Robert Jones has been associated with the bar since 1980 - first as a bartender, later as proprietor. The bar changed ownership several times over the years, but its mission to serve the black gay community has remained a constant. Which is still thriving after 35 years.Īccording to the Rainbow History Project, Nob Hill “is the oldest continuously operating gay bar in the city, and one of the oldest black gay bars in the country.” It opened its doors to the public in 1957 at 11th and Kenyon Streets, but reportedly operated as a private social club for gay men from 1953 to 1957. In the African-American gay community, these are but a few of the local drinking establishments that have had their moments of popularity, not to mention notoriety.īut one bar has outlasted them all. Robert Jones has owned it for the past 14.
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