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Coordinates: 29°44′50″N 95°23′19″W / 29.74723°N 95.38872°W

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Eagle Houston
Website
The Eagle
Logo
The bar's exterior in 2023

Address	611 Hyde Park Blvd, Houston, TX 77006
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29°44′50″N 95°23′19″W / 29.74723°N 95.38872°W / 29.74723; -95.38872
Type	Gay bar, nightclub
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Eagle Houston, also known as The Eagle, is a gay bar in Montrose, Houston, Texas. It is one of many unaffiliated gay bars in dozens of different cities using the "Eagle" name,^[1] and caters to the leather and bear subcultures.^[2] It sponsors the Mr. Texas Eagle leather competition.^[3]

History

The bar was forced to temporarily close in January 2016 due to a fire.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

In 2016, a mural associated with Mary's was digitized and recreated at the Eagle.^[8]

The gay bar was the ninth most popular in the United States in 2018, according to Logo TV's NewNowNext.^[9]^[10]

Reception

The bar was named "Favorite Community Bar", "Favorite Men's Bar", "Favorite Place to Show Off Your Leather", and "Club or Restaurant with Best Happy Hour" by OutSmart's "Gayest and Greatest" list in 2018.^[11]^[12] The Eagle was also a finalist in the "Favorite Place to Watch Male Dancers", "Favorite Bar to Shoot Pool", and "Club or Restaurant with Best Margarita" categories.^[11]^[12]

References

^ "How "The Eagle" Became One of the Most Recognized Gay Bar Names". NBC News. 2017-10-24. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
^ "Bar & Club Guide". OutSmart Magazine. 2018-04-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ "Mr Texas Eagle". Houston Leather Pride. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ "WATCH: Fire Damages Popular Houston Gay Bar". www.advocate.com. 2016-01-04. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ "Houston gay bar forced to close following fire". Gay Star News. 2016-01-05. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
^ Tharrett, Matthew (2016-01-05). "Police Investigate Cause Of Fire That Destroyed Popular Houston Gay Bar". www.newnownext.com. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ Hennie, Matt (2016-01-05). "Eagle vows to rebuild after fire guts gay bar". Project Q. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ Wolf, Brandon (2018-06-08). "A Brief History of Houston Pride". OutSmart. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ Wright, John (2018-02-06). "Four Houston Gay Bars Listed Among 50 Most Popular Nationwide". OutSmart. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ "The 10 Most Popular Gay Bars in the United States Are..." Instinct. 2018-02-06. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ ^a ^b "Gayest and Greatest 2018: Entertainment and Nightlife". OutSmart Magazine. 2018-10-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
^ ^a ^b "Gayest & Greatest 2018: Drinks and Spirits". OutSmart Magazine. 2018-10-03. Archived from the original on 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-09.

External links

Official website

LGBT culture in Houston

Establishments

Defunct	Brazos River Bottom Chances Bar F Bar Guava Lamp Just Marion & Lynn's Mary's Meteor Montrose Mining Company

Events

History

Organizations

Publications

Houston Voice
OutSmart

Areas

Montrose

Neartown, Houston

Geography

Education

Annunciation Orthodox School
Houston ISD
- Bob Lanier MS
- Baker Montessori K-8 (formerly Woodrow Wilson)
- Wharton Dual Language K-8
- Arabic Immersion Magnet
St. Stephen's Episcopal
University of St. Thomas

Landmarks

American General Center
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral
Bambolino's
Brasil
Broken Obelisk
Bygones
Byzantine Fresco Chapel
Charmstone
Chapultepec Lupita
Eagle Houston
Empire Cafe
Isolated Mass/Circumflex (Number 2)
JR's Bar and Grill
Katz's Deli
La Colombe d'Or (Fondren Mansion)
Menil Collection
Montrose Center
Niko Niko's
ReBar Houston
River Oaks Shopping Center
- River Oaks Theatre
Rothko Chapel
South Beach

Defunct	Chances Bar Dolce Vita Guava Lamp Inversion Just Marion & Lynn's Inversion Coffee House Mary's Meteor Montrose Mining Company

History

This list is incomplete.
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA) was in the Neartown area from 1982 to 2019.
Neartown is within the Houston Community College (HCC) service area, though no campuses are operated there.
Within a section of the Neartown Association boundaries previously shown on its website are: the Houston Contemporary Arts Museum, the Administration/Glassel School buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), First Presbyterian Church, and Presbyterian School. The current (as of 2019) map does not indicate any territory south of I-69/US-59 as being in Neartown.
Gulf Coast Archive and Museum was previously in Neartown.

LGBT in Texas

Culture

By city

Events