The Pit (San Francisco Gay Leather Bar/60's to 90's) Color:Dark Grey Heather thriving in a space that

thriving in a space that felt like a real neighborhood bar with smoky booths

and Wreckless Eric on the same bill and dared the world to keep up

it offered freedom

it was liberation

Legends — 29 Old Burlington Street

The Pit (San Francisco Gay Leather Bar/60's to 90's) Color:Dark Grey Heather thriving in a space thatThe Pit (San Francisco, California) 1960s1990s Part of the pre Castro, pre corporate landscape of San Franciscos gay nightlife, The Pit was a classic cruising bar that served the citys leather, blue collar, and late night crowd during the years when queer spaces still lived largely in the shadows. Operating from the 1960s into the post Stonewall era, it belonged to a network of unpretentious, dimly lit bars where eye contact, jukebox music, and coded