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Gay-friendly Nightlife

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Gay life (and nightlife) is centered in an area of the city fondly called the Gayborhood, from Chestnut to Pine streets between 11th and Broad streets. The area boasts its own unique architecture with narrow, tree-lined, cobblestone streets, and brick townhouses and apartment buildings peppered among bookshops, coffee shops, restaurants, bar and clubs. To cut to the chase and find things to do in and around the Gayborhood, look no further.

Gay-friendly Dining

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Woody’s

Woody’s

Philadelphia’s classic gay bar

Washington Square West / Center City West

Named one of the “50 Greatest Gay Bars in the World” by Out Magazine

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