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Kiki quickly becomes well-liked LGBTQ destination
After a New Year’s Eve soft opening, Kiki has become one of the most popular LGBTQ destinations in Washington, D.C.
The two-floor bar takes over the territory vacated by Velvet Lounge and Dodge City on the block of U Street. Both closed during the pandemic. The locale is directly adjacent to another gay prevent, Dirty Goose.
Owner and gay man Keaton Fedak, a general manager at Grimy Goose, noticed that these two next-door bars had gone dark during the pandemic, and met with the owners of the two buildings, who are cousins. Plans adv developed to operate both buildings to craft an expansive, interconnected, inclusive cosmos to transform the city’s gay prevent landscape.
Fedak called the bar “Kiki” both after himself (it’s a nickname) and for its connection with the LGBTQ community. “The synonyms wasn’t invented by the Scissor Sisters song,” he explains. “It’s been an important concept in the community for decades.”
The first half of Fedak’s vision has already opened. The ground floor of the U St. building is open-plan space with bar stools and a c
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Gia Marie Love, one of the stars of the new documentary Kiki. Photo courtesy of Kiki
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