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It is here you can also find world-class museums, restaurants, a municipal airport, and ferry service to nearby Tampa.
Central Avenue
Central Avenue spans the peninsula from the Bay on the east to the Gulf on the west.
St. Pete has long been known for attracting gay and lesbian retirees, but there is a younger and more diverse crowd
moving here daily, including a growing transgender and nonbinary
population.
Downtown St. Pete
St. This family-friendly Grand Central District brewery is an essential visit, not just because it’s in the gaybourhood.
There are more than 35 independent breweries in St. Pete and neighbouring Clearwater—they call it the Gulp Coast. Expect cormorants to closely follow you along, taking advantage of your paddles stirring up fish so they can dive for a meal.
FloridaRAMA (2606 Fairfield Ave. S., St. Petersburg). There’s a small front terrace and a larger one in the back.
Where to shop
The City of St.
Petersburg has done an astonishing job of keeping its downtown (from the St. Pete Pier all the way to 34th Street) virtually free of chain retailers and eateries. Maybe that’s the enigma. You also have the option to get a day pass to visit.
Gay Bars in St. Pete
The gay bar scene in St.Pete is scattered along Central Avenue in the Grand Central District neighbourhood (gaybourhood).
There is a bar for everyone, however I do have a clear favorite.
COCKtail
This is clearly the place to be as it felt the busiest during my visit.
For COCKtail bar you enter via The Wet Spot, which is the pool bar at the Mari Jean Hotel.
I stumble upon a bookstore with a “We say gay” poster in the window and a large selection of LGBTQ2S+ titles.
Am I dreaming? Pass-A-Grille, the southernmost tip of St. Pete Beach, is home to a growing LGBTQ population, especially for ladies! There’s hurricane season, of course, which can whip the peninsula quite harshly. Iconic.
TradeWinds Resort.For something right on the beach, the two sibling LGBTQ2S+-friendly properties, Island Grand at TradeWinds (5500 Gulf Blvd., St.
Pete Beach) and Rumfish Beach at TradeWinds (6000 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach), share a beautiful stretch of sand. I ordered the coconut shrimp (not on the menu but they still serve it) and some crabs cakes to try.
It’s about a 20-minute drive between the two waterfronts, but if you’d rather not rent a car, the express SunRunner bus can get you from downtown to the beach in about 35 minutes. I highly recommend you check out:
Mari Jean Hotel – All Adults Welcome
This could easily be the best outright gay hotel that I have ever stayed at.
I use the term outright because there is nothing subtle about the Mari Jean Hotel.
This small but mighty queer-championing indie bookstore has an excellent selection of fiction and non-fiction. They had a small outdoor seating area and a much more relaxed vibe.
The Garage
Somewhere between Lucky Star and COCKtail in terms of the style of bar, The Garage was a little more upbeat than Lucky Star with a dancefloor, pool table area and a mixed crowd that had a slightly younger vibe than Lucky Star.
Very kid friendly.
Where to stay
Mari Jean Hotel (2349 Central Ave., St. Petersburg). It makes the branding tough. Housed since 2011 in a quirky concrete-and-glass space on the waterfront, it’s a comprehensive journey inside the brain of the mustachioed eccentric. Pete Beaches
While the crystal sand St.
Pete area beaches don’t specifically have a gayborhood, all are welcoming and inclusive. Sunset Beach, at the southern end of Treasure Island, is a gay hangout.
The Dalí Museum (1 Dali Blvd., St. Petersburg). Pete Pride
St.