Mostly boys, duh, but if you're female you're still ok. I appreciate that - A LOT. My gf and I enjoy the music here much more than at the girl places in LB and every time we come we feel welcome and have a great time.
They offer decently priced drinks, and we've always been well taken care of at the bar. Even when we're obviously drunk...they already know what we want to order (two Newcastles please). That's service!
Yes it's crowded and small, but it's healthy to be close to your fellow man every so often.
CHEAP & STRONG DRINKS.
Gin & Tonics $4, yes!
Small place, interesting people, and good music. The restrooms are clean. This is a good place to start your bar-hopping and end your bar-hopping. The other bars are more lounge-y and their music not as good. They also have more expensive drinks.
This bar is OK, but totally overrated. I big hype is a compliment to the locals that live within walking distance and don't have to worry about parking issues as outsiders do.
Also, the bar is small and can get crowded really quick with less then 100 people. Really not a fan of the bartenders either. They look pretty scary from time to time, but have never had a bad experience there just to be clear..
Check it out for yourself and write a review.
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I am not savvy on the gay bar offerings of our lovely city on Long Beach, but there has got to be better out there than this joint!
To be clear, I actually like the house party ambiance minus the canned sardine feeling. The music was cool and the TV screens gave me a nice visual distraction when my friend was busy chatting up some handsome fellow.
So what's my gripe?! The bartender, who was more intoxicated than some of the patrons, had the nerve to stop serving my friend because they said that he was too drunk. I have plenty of friends who are bartenders and I fully respect that it is their job to keep people under their limits, but my friend and I had only had ONE drink!! Neither of us were even close to being buzzed. As a matter of fact, I was yawning from boredom, but that's my fault for being the only female in gay bar full of men, haha!
This place has potential to be fun, but they should really get their bar-tending act together.
I don't know why this place is so popular. I love local dive bars, but not on a Saturday night where it is super crowded to the point of suffocation. This bar is way too small. In fact, I have been here on another night and it is pretty much packed like sardines to the point where it is rather uncomfortable. The drinks seem to be smaller but definitely better priced than the clubs in West Hollywood on a Saturday night. I suppose if you want to get felt up by people bumping against you as they make their way through the narrow club, then this is for you.
Review Source:I have been to this bar a few times and although I keep giving it chance after chance...I just don't care for it. It's very small and overly crowded. It's a bar that's trying to double as a club but they overlooked the fact that they have no space for that type of establishment. I usually walk out within 15 minutes of walking in =/ I'm glad there is a back door because the faster I can escape and avoid squeezing through the entire bar to get out the better! I'm not claustrophobic but this place makes me feel that way. I would rather hang out at The Sweetwater Saloon or The Brit...even the Mineshaft.
Review Source:When I lived a block from this place ten years ago, it was for the senior crowd who started at 6 a.m. Â Now it is the hipster crowd and packed on most Friday and Saturday nights.
Its always good to see new life in old things and this bar is just that. Â Friendly staff, friendly patrons, and stiff drinks. Â
It does get packed. Â Barely room to walk packed. Â Two small, single bathrooms that are inconveniently accessed through the crowded dance floor. Â It also gets very warm, so if claustrophobia has been an issue in the past, grab a seat near the front door where you'll get fresh air and an easier way out.
This is a fun bar. Loud music and patrons at a nice, solid level of drunk. Jason is my favorite bartender and pours the best shots. Just hope you don't have to pee, you'll never get into that bathroom.
Ladies, a warning. If you have a skittish boyfriend, and you're trying to get him to go out with the gays, don't take him here. Mine left traumatized by all the groping and solicitations. Leave the straight boy at home.
I had an amazing time here last night!
The bouncer, Steve, was cheerful and pleasant, not to mention funny! Â A great guy and a great bouncer!
The place is a bit small, but it's cozy small. Â When it's crowded you feel it, when it's mellow it's roomy. Â There's a dancing space that doubles as a dart game area, they have a very cool futuristic jukebox on the back wall that looks like it came out of a science fiction future flick. Â They play music videos on their TVs, and regular TV at the same time, so you always have something different to watch between screens.
Fun little story, the song "The Dog Days are Over" by Florence and the Machine came on and the entire bar was singing, clapping, and dancing along, it was one of those in-sync moments where you just connect with everyone at once on the same wavelength! Â Amazing!
The bartenders are nice and the drinks are wonderful, I'll definitely come back soon.
The Falcon is a great neighborhood corner tavern. Opening at 7am (6am weekends) and closing every day at 2am. Yes everyday, even Christmas.
Drinks are poured nice and stiff, always reasonably priced. But, after 8pm the price goes up some. On Sundays you get $1 Drafts and from 3pm on you just can't move in the place.
I live across the street from the place, and I like it for my afternoon bar. This place is really tiny, so at night it just gets too crowded for me. And the music too darn loud. Besides, I can hear the music just fine in my apartment LOL.
Best to cab or walk here as there is NO PARKING. NONE. Don't even try it. NO PARKING...!
Stop by some morning and watch the Today Show, followed by the Price is Right. Main thing, the Falcon will make you feel to home anytime, so come on by.
This was the 2nd time here. Disappointed.
All the lights were off excepet the TVs that were playing different music videos than what was playing.
It was just not a fun time. The bartender that night wasn't as great as the last time.
I about peed my pants waiting for a lady who worked there to get out of the bathroom.
First bar I went to in Long Beach.
I love the Falcon. Â The bartenders are great guys, and always in a chipper fun mood. Â Mikey, Patrick, and Jay are always making you smile while pouring their tasty magic down your throat (no pun intended)...
Good music, always changing decor, interesting crowd to people watch. Â Wish it was bigger as i do avoid it weekends due to no place to sit, stand, and impossible to have a conversation. Â I say take over the pizza place next door. Â
Keep rockin' it Falcon..
It's like trying to put 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag!
The World Famous Falcon is neither Worldly nor Famous.
The dynamics of this place varies with the time of day. The morning crowd consists of old timers that have opted to drink their breakfast, most likely because they lack teeth. The afternoon crowd is a mix of morning drinkers, the unemployed, the employed, and "the undesirables". Thank goodness the evening draws an eclectic crowd of Men/Women, Straight/Gay, Young/Old, Casual/Alternative. I can easily drink with any crowd, but I find the evening crowd more appealing.
On weekends they manage to wedge a live DJ in between the dart boards. These nights tend to draw a large crowd, which isn't hard to do since the bar is the size of a shoe box. If you are claustrophobic, I would skip these nights if I were you!
The bartenders are friendly and attentive. The décor is always in touch with the spirit of the season.
I went there for the first time the other night. Â It was a lot smaller than I thought. Â Kind of a little joint to hang out and get a drink. Â Not much more.
Even though the bar was packed, I was able to get some drinks pretty quickly, so I cannot complain.
If you want to dance, don't come here. Â If you want to drink and chill out, this would be a good place for you to try out.
Yay! Â Glad to see that Yelp knows what it is talking about! Â I just reviewed The Brit and Yelpers shared similar ratings. Â So, too, with The Falcon.
Hector was holding court over a nice bar filled with a great mix of queens. Â It will never be the same mix again, but the vibe was good and my dog, Simon, seemed to have a good time (as did I). Â Most importantly, Hector invited us back.
Bill scared me a little. Â She's there a lot (they open at 7 am) but she is full of history and seems to be a part of the furnishings and will be thought of as a Falcon mascot (that IS a compliment!).
Eventhough the bartenders (Jason, Patrick, Mikey, Hector) Â and the DJs (Wicked, Yellow) are all still some hot ass bitches, I'm totes over this place.
#1. It's gotten too fucking crowded.
While I do appreciate the fact that Long Beach now has a happenin' place with cheap drinks, hot boys and great music, I hate that it's literally balls-to-booty-cheeks crowded in here. Â It gets so hot and sticky people that *shouldn't* be taking off their shirt are doing so. Â I never knew so many people have had spleen surgey. Â Yikes!
2. It's drawing in the 'mos that I dispise
I'm not one of those self-depecrating homosexuals that dispises other gays. Â It took me forever to come out of the closet but when I did, I came careening out, embracing teh gheys and gay culture. Â Why, dear lord, do some of the fuckstains make me want to go back into the closet? Â This place is seeing a major influx of the WeHo variety that forget their zip code is more 90100 than 90001. Your fake agression, your posing, your forced machismo makes my stomach turn. Â Your rudeness (motherfuckers will push and shove not only me, but my gal pal Liz to purchase tall cans of PBR. Â *shudders* Â You fucktards are two years too late on the whole 'hipsters drinking shitty beer" movement) makes me want to fucking punch you in the face and use your bloody nose as an ashtray.
3. The parking situation is out of control
I know, I know. Â Docking points for shitty parking is unfair, but when you have to circle the Broadway/3rd Street/Los Alamitos/Cherry block for thirty minutes, only to be reduced to parking at Cherry Park, something's gotta give. Â I mean, after close, they could turn the Pizza Garden's parking lot into valet. Â I wouldn't mind dropping some bills to park there, is all I'm saying.
While I'm not entirely swearing off The Falcon, I'll make sure to patronize other establishments that won't make you feel like a sardine and leave you smelling just like one.
Once you step into the bar you get a good whiff of masculinity smells like. It's like a zoo in here: bears, foxes, cubs, twinks, you name it. All walks of life. A really small bar but everyone is friendly and it's a really chill place to hang out at. The bartenders here are real nice and attentive and drinks (like most gay bars) are cheap and strong! The bartenders are really cute and attentive.
Review Source:I didn't remember the walk back to my friend's house after i came here the first time. maybe it was the pre-partying at her house before getting there, or maybe it was the hot female bartender pouring me countless FREE vitamin (yes, vitamin!) kamikazi shots! it seemed at first she was just doing a taste testing but after about the 5th one... yeah, i don't remember what happened after the 5th one...
i'm not in the habit of drinking that intensely, and it's a good thing i don't live that close to this place because otherwise i may have a problem! when i came here last week not wanting to get wasted i had a hard time not getting a ton of drinks to cover the $10 minimum for my debit card! they make my poor, starving student little heart shiver with joy (and be sure to use cash next time).
the bartenders are nice, the music is good, they have newcastle on tap and their shot glasses aren't deceivingly small like at sweetwater. what more could you ask for? oh yeah, awesome people!
damn, now i'm really wishing i lived in long beach...
Ok, as a straight non-drinker this may border on irrrelevant, but I had one, brief pleasant experience here. I was to stop by and say hey to a co-worker one St. Patrick's Day. I walked in, scanned the room and said out loud "Ah man, he's not here." Guy behind the bar said "Awww. I'm sorry honey." Â Sweet. That's customer service right? You won't get that from a Circuit City employee if you let out an "Ah man, there's no ipods here."
Review Source:F) Given Jason's persistence in bringing up my supposedly anti-Jason Yelp! review... I felt like I had to amend my review. Â Jason isn't crazy (well, yeah he is, but in a fun way), just very very very o-p-e-n. Â He's someone who presents things at face-value. Â In this sense, if you wanna hyper-extroverted night -- as in leaning over the bar and kissing you or having discussions about your life -- then hang out with J. Â
G) More importantly, now that we have stroked Jason's ego and he can calm down about online reviews, I gotta say that the Sunday Beer Bust rocks my world. Â There is nothin' better than a whole buncha cool old people kickin' back and drinking beers. Â
Oh yeah, and a side note: WTF was up with the group bringing the entire bar down with Eraser and Sonic Youth?  Jesus, kids, we know you probably have good taste in music, but fuck me, are you trying to make me slice my wrists?  Cut some grooves on a  speaker, not up my arm.
Yay Falcon! Yay! It truly is a great bar, a hidden gem in Long Beach (well, not so hidden since there's a giant sign out front and the street is also called falcon and there's a weird gay eagle-rainbow thing on the door). My only quip (is that the right way to use quip?) is that it's too small (that's what he said). I always end up feeling claustrophobic and awkward. But then I am always claustrophobic and awkward. Also I always end up drinking too much. But then I always drink too much. Also of note: the music is not as terrible as your usual gay dive, I believe Brian A. said it best - "MGMT and Santogold right next to Fleetwood Mac and the Clash," but he forgot to add also plenty of shitty gay dance music mixed in too, unfortunately.
Review Source:I must give this place 5 stars for 1 reason only:
When the lady and I went here to grab a cocktail, the bartender gave us sad look of  "oh, poor folks.  They're straight.  They must not know that I won't serve them."
This was the first time either of us have not been served in our lives. Â Fantastic.
The great news is that we are locals and live 2.5 blocks away and still can't get served.
Don't half step. Â Go to see Herb at Broadway Cocktails.
2 buck chuck got me wasted and my roomie suggested we hit up the falcon. Â i'd never been before. Â monday nights there's karaoke at this tiny joint and it was kinda hoppin. Â i quasi remember liking it a lot. Â the house red wine was $4. Â that's right. Â i kept it classy. Â i didn't need either of the two glasses i had. Â
overall, i think i had a good time and i'd definitely go back!
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The Falcon is my favorite bar in my town. Â At first I fell in love with their digital jukebox... I had never realized that you could type in an artist or band and it would like serach the internet. Â That is what it does. Welcome to the future. Â I listened to Halloweenhead by Mr. Ryan Adams on Halloween 2007. Â I was sold. Â It doesn't take much to make me happy. Â Why should it?
The bar is a tiny little place and fills up in the blink of an eye, making a Wednesday evening feel like a Friday night sometimes. I dig the times when the place isn't totally jam packed. Â We have met some unique individuals, but always before 8pm. Â The mustached "dripper" and Southern Dan hold memorable, as do countless others.
Hector is the best there is. Â Like any good bartender he knows about makin' the rounds and gives a sincere thank you for a decent tip. Â I can't tell you what he says when it is a bad tip. Â So here is to the people who mean what they say... cheers!
Soooo, imagine you have this kinda creepy uncle who has this big house, where he lives all alone. Â You only get to see him on the holidays, and the other family members aren't too keen about you being left alone with him for more than 20 minutes at a time. Â You know its not right, but you can't resist, I mean, he has the best jukebox in town!
The Falcon is the bar this uncle builds in his basement. Â
Super narrow and neighborhoody, I have been addicted to the Falcon since going there for the first time more than a year ago. Â Become a regular there, and you can die a happy man. Â
The drinks are the cheapest I have found, outside of my refrigerator, and quite stiff. Â You might actually wince once or twice when you order the $3 rum and coke. Â This differs markedly from my last experience, say at The Abbey, where I was forced to wade through a cadre of pretentious, overly-dressed, and furiously coiffed trendyfolk, just to get a $12 captain and COKE. Â I capitalize because it is really the best way to describe the portions in the glass. Â
But back to the Falcon, their Bartenders are awesome, knowledgeable, and face it....are all pretty hot in one way or another. Â
Even the morning shift, a duo of heartwarming octogenarian lesbians, can pour you a mean drink at 10:00 AM. Â Just don't diss the Price is Right. Â We know Drew will never be Bob...just let it go. Â
While you are there, don't forget to molest their digital jukebox before the guy who plays the old country songs gets there. Â Its helpful to put in a five-er just to protect the other patrons with some Madonna, Stevie Nicks, or Jimi Hendrix. Â
All in all, this is my home-base watering hole. Â I can always find someone interesting to talk to when I go there. Â Be it the 80 year old former hairdresser who tells stories of being gay in the speakeasies of the Noir Era, or the SUPER drink chick being thrown out to the waiting cab, you can ALWAYS find a stimulating conversation, and hopefully, even a free drink, at the Falcon.
I'm not a huge fan of crowds or small bars, so when I left Paradise after an event for my non-profit and waundered into Falcon, I was a little unnerved.
First, while trying to get my favorite drag queen's attention as soon as I walked in, a very drunk older mexican guy slurred something over and over. When I finally gave up trying to ignore him and actually attempted to understand what he was saying it was "You want a beer? beeeeer? You want cerveza? Chula beeerrrrrr?". Aww. That's nice. First thing in and I'm being offered a drink. However, afraid he would demand friendship (or possibly more) if I accepted his cerveza, I declined and pushed my way further in.
OK look- it's tiny. Teensy tiny little itty bitty bar. It has an appropriately insey winsey dancefloor at the back. Did that stop us? HELLS NO! We had just worked our asses off selling raffle tickets to drunk people who had never even heard of our organization and put up with snooty wait staff over at Paradise. It was time to get our drink on and dance off some stress.
Oh the music. Perfect wonderful dance mixes. Gay music galore. I love it. And you know what? Eff trying to get to the damn dancefloor! We took over the very small walkspace right at the front of the bar. And you know what else? Everyone else thought it was a great idea. Pretty soon, the whole damn bar was a dancefloor and even people ordering drinks were doin' the Uh-Oh. Man I love the gay bar crowd.
And the drinks. Oh man.. the drinks. I got totally trashed for absolutely free. No, really. Ok, I'm not saying this will happen to you. I happen to have generous friends who were congratulating me on a job well done. Oh, and ok, maybe the bartender had just started dating my best friend and was trying to get on my good side. Oh and yeah, maybe my dear drag friend Jewels was working the bar and "bought" me my last drink of the night.
Um... editor's note: Never never never END the night on Patron. Especially if the drag queen pouring your "shot" grabs a tumbler and fills it up. And really especially if you're stupid when you're drunk and feel you absolutely have to finish said tumbler full of Patron. Eeshk.
So I stumbled out of the bar filled with Grey Goose and Patron and was a very happy girl.
Go to The Falcon. Drink up. Tip well. Tell Joe I said hi. And if Jewels is selling Jello Shots-- seriously-- buy some! She worked hard making them and they are ridiculously strong. And tip the girl!
The Falcon is a great bar in the heart of the Gay Ghetto; it has good hard drinks that are very reasonable in price, friendly staff and a very relaxed atmosphere. Â It is also right next to a fantastic pizza place, so you can grab a beer while you wait for your pizza (or vice versa)
The crowd is another thing that makes The Falcon fun, the crowd can be very diverse. Â It can arrange from young to old, from hot to not as hot, from gay to straight...
The only things that I can say bad about it are the fact that parking in the area is hard to come by, I sometimes have to park down the street by the park on cherry and broadway.
Its also a pretty small set up for a bar. Â That means things can get a little tight when they have an event going on
Reasons I do not hang out at the Falcon:
1. This is my ex's favorite bar to hang out at
2. I used to date someone who ended up working there
3. I once got in a fight here and ended up a bloody mess...but only because that fucker caught me off guard and hit me when I was sitting on a barstool! Yeah, what a loser.
Reasons I wish I could hang out at the Falcon:
1. Heavy pour drinks that are cheap!
2. Digital jukebox
3. "Locals" feeling
4. Western night, yeehaw!
5. More dive bar-ish than any other Long Beach bar
Do yourself a favor: TAKE A CAB. Zero parking.
"PS. If you plan on bringing a straight guy here, please beware....apparently, fresh meat is a rare occurance, and they take it very seriously." -Andrya H.
Spot on. Some friends and I wandered into this bar one night and it was all eyes on us. So much so that some in the party got so nervous that they had one drink and we all left. Too bad, because it looked like if the locals here ever warmed up to you this could be a fun, cozy little bar. It reminded me a lot of the neighborhood bars you used to find on almost any corner in my hometown of Chicago.
This is LBC. LBC has a well-deserved reputation for having 0 parking spaces. Be forewarned, this area of Long Beach is not any different.
Im not gay, but I do like cheap drinks....
About a year ago, me and some friends read that Tori Spelling was spotted in long beach at "the falcon".
In search for adventure, we decide to check it out. We did not realize it was a gay bar until we were already in it....I dont care that its a gay bar, obviously I keep writing reviews on them...Im just saying...Didnt know.
Anyhow, we go on a Sunday Evening....Its a small dive...But let me tell you something....They have $1.00 draft beer on sundays!! Thats right...
Not only that, but I left with the biggest ego boost! I sat next to the nicest man, who kept feeding me with compliments....Apparently I might be cuter than Liv Tyler!
(oh and the bartenders were baffled by the whole tori spelling thing.)
My second experience wasnt any less enjoyable...I actually took a date here....The bartender didnt even charge us for our drinks (since they were only a dollar). He also let us watch greys anatomy and shut the juke box off...(it was sort of dead still)...THEN, a wonderful man came in selling handmade beautiful scarfs....they were 20 bucks a peice, and he ended up giving me three, for free!!
me me me me me me me me me me!!!! I love this place....(In small doses of course.)
PS. If you plan on bringing a straight guy here, please beware....apparently, fresh meat is a rare occurance, and they take it very seriously.
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