Capital Club

I visited this very well decorated establishment the other night and found it very friendly. The atmosphere was laid back and had an eclectic range of great music to listen to between good conversations. The bartender Steven was always on top of it, checking back on me and my friends to see if we needed anything. Plus they have an outside smoking room. I only smoke when I drink so this is a big thing. I say give it a try straight or gay its very entertaining.

I was in Columbia on  business and decided to take my husband and a few girls we were with out to a gay bar to see what the scene was like.   I called the Capital Club ahead of time and let the guy who answered the phone know that I was from out of town and was looking to visit the bar with some friends.  He was very friendly and told me to come on down.  When we got there, we were told that we had to leave because we were not members of the club.  When we asked if the members there would 'sign us in' were to told to leave.  In all my life this is the first gay bar I've been kicked out of.  The guy who answered the phone should have let me know that it was a 'members only' bar.  BE WARNED!

Who knew?  Here in one of the reddest of redneck red states, the Capitol Club, hard by the Capitol itself, is an island of sanity and discreet, clubby, chummy, vaguely Edwardian gay fun.  It's not a food or dancing place, just a place to relax in nice surroundings--leather sofas, lovely decor--with good drinks and a sense of welcome.  Hard to find if you don't know quite where it is and I was advised to call ahead and let them know you're from out of town and want to spend some time with them.  Call ahead so they will let you in, seriously.