Henrietta Hudson
| Henrietta Hudson | |
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| Henrietta Hudson exterior in 2022 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1991 |
| Owner(s) | Lisa Cannistraci |
| Street address | 438 Hudson Street |
| City | New York City |
| State | New York |
| Country | United States of America |
Henrietta Hudson, originally named Henrietta Hudson Bar & Girl, is a queer[1] restaurant and lounge in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood.[2] It operated as a lesbian bar from 1991 to 2014. Until it rebranded in 2021,[3] it was one of three remaining lesbian bars in New York City.[4] [5] [6] Henrietta Hudson's location is the original location of the Cubbyhole bar,[7] which had the distinction of being lesbian-owned and managed.[8] [9] [10]
History
[edit ]Lisa Cannistraci and bar owner Minnie Rivera opened Henrietta Hudson in 1991 as a lesbian-centric bar.[7] The establishment became New York City's longest-operating lesbian bar after the closure of other similar venues.[11] [4] [12] [13] [14] Gay liberation icon Stormé DeLarverie was a bouncer at Henrietta Hudson well into her 80s.[6]
Part of the bar's ongoing evolution included removal of the "lesbian bar" descriptor in 2014.[15] In a 2019 interview, Lisa Cannistraci said she did not "care whether or not it is known specifically as a lesbian bar...I just want people to come and have a great experience."[12] Following its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cannistraci announced plans to rebrand and expand Henrietta Hudson into a "café, lounge, bistro, coffee house, [and] cocktail place".[3] [16] [17]
The rebranding, however, resulted in controversy due to Cannistraci soliciting financial contributions from lesbians with a "Save the Bar" crowdfunding for Henrietta Hudson,[18] [19] [20] and also participating in the Lesbian Bar Project fundraising campaign to save lesbian bars,[21] [22] despite using the donations to reopen the venue as a "queer" space no longer catering exclusively to lesbians.[23]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Goldberg, Shoshana K.; Rothblum, Esther D.; Meyer, Ilan H.; Russell, Stephen T. (2020). "Exploring the Q in LGBTQ: Demographic characteristic and sexuality of queer people in a U.S. representative sample of sexual minorities" (PDF). Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity . 7 (1): 101–112. doi:10.1037/sgd0000359. ISSN 2329-0382. PMC 8132578 . PMID 34017899.
- ^ Long, Kat (November 4, 2011). "Henrietta Hudson Celebrates 20 Years". GO . Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b Bellamy-Walker, Tat (April 29, 2021). "Henrietta Hudson Is Returning With a New Look". Gay City News . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b Assunção, Muri (May 19, 2019). "Last call for lesbian bars: the ever-changing nightlife for LGBTQ women in New York". New York Daily News . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Wong, Kristen (June 28, 2019). "The Curious Disappearance of the Lesbian Bar". The Story Exchange. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b Anderson, Melissa (June 21, 2017). "Why Are All The Lesbian Bars Disappearing?". The Village Voice . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b McCroy, Winnie (June 26, 2013). "A Rainy Night and a Day at the Beach with Lisa Cannistraci". Gay City News . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Gilbert, Marcia (June 21, 2018). "Hats Off To 'Our' Tanya: A Dedication To Cubbyhole Owner Tanya Saunders". GO . Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Gourarie, Chava (May 24, 2021). "There Are Just 21 Lesbian Bars Left in the US, and Some Won't Reopen". Commercial Observer. Observer Media . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Marloff, Sarah (21 January 2021). "The Rise and Fall of America's Lesbian Bars". Smithsonian . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Albo, Mike (May 30, 2017). "The Absolute Best Lesbian Night in New York". New York . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ a b Sprayregen, Molly (June 15, 2019). "How The Owner Of NYC's Oldest Lesbian Bar Has Kept It Open (And Thriving) For Almost Thirty Years". Forbes . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Bianco, Marcie (February 19, 2019). "How Some Lesbian Bars Are Surviving (and Thriving) in 2019". OUT . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Compton, Julie (April 4, 2021). "A year into pandemic, America's remaining lesbian bars are barely hanging on". NBC News . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Carmel, Julia (April 15, 2021). "How Are There Only Three Lesbian Bars in New York City?". The New York Times . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Hoeffner, Melissa Kravitz (May 4, 2021). "The High-Design Return of Henrietta Hudson "Everything's collaborative."". New York . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Allen, Samantha; Lang, Nico (December 16, 2020). "America's Last Lesbian Bars Will Survive COVID — But They Need Your Help". Them . Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Support Henriettas" (April 8, 2020). GoFundMe . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Hudson, David (March 9, 2021). "#SaveOurSpaces: Henrietta Hudson – a slice of New York history "built by Lesbians"". GayCities. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "10 Bars Need Our Help to Stay Open". Chilled Magazine. August 18, 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Kim, Michelle (October 28, 2020). "Only 15 U.S. Lesbian Bars Are Left Standing. This New Fundraiser Aims to Save Them". Them . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Zelaya, Ian (October 29, 2020). "Jägermeister Launches Call to Action to Save 15 Remaining Lesbian Bars in the US". Adweek . Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ McDonnell, Kelly (May 25, 2021). "Queer Bar Henrietta Hudson Reopens With New Look and Some Pushback". Tagg Magazine. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
