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Monday, June 22, 2009
Hail to the Queens: Queenshead bar opens in Grand Central today (video)
Posted by David Warner on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:25 PM
Creative Loafing's Gay Issue hits the streets on Wednesday just in time for St. Pete Pride. During Pride Week, we'll be updating last year's Za-Gay Guide with news about bars, clubs and restaurants that are newly opened or recently renamed.
First up: The Queenshead Eurobar, opening today in St. Pete's Grand Central District. It's an updated version of a British pub, with good food and a gay sensibility — and be sure to check out what they've got on the walls of the men's room. More video after the break.
Located next to Beak’s on Central Avenue in a former gas station (most recently home to the 2501 Gallery of erotic-art-show fame), Queenshead promises to be a gleaming yet homey reinterpretation of the British pub, with a gay twist. There's good news in the food department: chef is Chris Green, who was second in command to Domenica Macchia at MJ’s. And the co-owners are charming as heck.
Paul Smith, 36, and Darren Conner, 40, a couple for 14 years, are from Manchester and Yorkshire, respectively. Smith, a former art director for Brit tabloids like the Daily Mirror and the Star, came to the states to work for the National Enquirer and the Globe; Conner has a variety of experience in the restaurant and bar biz. And they’ve always wanted to open a bar in a ‘50s gas station because they like the aesthetic (and the parking).
Look for seating and maybe even a beachy area outside, a sleek, curved white bar inside and — a tribute to Smith’s journalism past — a men’s room papered entirely in trashy front pages from London tabs with headlines like “LOST MOUNTAIN DWARF IS SAVED BY CHIHUAHUA.” 2501 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, opening June 22, thequeensheadbar.com
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