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| Address | 619 E. Pine St. Seattle, Washington United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°36′54″N122°19′25″W / 47.61508°N 122.32365°W |
R Place was a gay bar and nightclub in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2] The business operated in the Teal Building on Capitol HIll.
R Place operated for over 35 years. The original location was at Pike and Boylston. [3] In 1996, the bar moved to its second location was in the Teal Building on 619 East Pine Street. [4] [5]
R Place hosted a live drag show called, "So You Think You Can Drag", a competition hosted by Cookie Couture. [6]
Owners Steve Timmons and Richard Elander announced the bar lost its lease in February 2021 due to complications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. [7] [8] The owner of the Pine Street building had died and the estate did not renew the lease. [3]
In October 2021, the owners of the R Place hoped to open a new bar in the former straight bar Eden building on 1950 1st Avenue South in the SoDo neighborhood. [8] [9] Floyd Lovelady, general manager of R Place, and longtime patron John Fish became co-managers of the new project called "The Comeback Seattle LLC". [8] The new bar opened in January 2022. [10] The Comeback closed in May 2023. [11] [10]
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