Comments on: A different narrative regarding the Lexington Club’s impending closure

By: troll

troll — Mon, 04 May 2015 21:19:44 +0000

I think it’s cute that you’re trying to be me.

By: troll

troll — Sat, 02 May 2015 08:32:16 +0000

I think it’s cute that nobody, but NOBODY, who uses the word “gentrification” here, knows or cares what the word actually means. But carry on.

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’” — Lewis Carroll

By: Caviar dreams

Caviar dreams — Sat, 02 May 2015 07:06:06 +0000

Mission gentrification did indeed begin in the 90s. Slanted Door opened on Valencia in 1995. In 1996, a friend said, “They should call it 2 neighborhoods: The Mission and The Valencia.”

By: BGS

BGS — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:21:31 +0000

I completely understand the love-hate relationship many folks have with this bar. I went to the Lex regularly (i.e., almost every day) from around 2007-2011— weeknights, happy hours, birthdays, going away parties, christmases, thanksgivings, new years, pre-dancing, post-breakups, the L word, election nights…you name it. Hell, I even got mono at the Lex. I met some of my very dearest friends here, and have the Lex to thank for a very large portion of who I today call my family. Probably half the people I invited to my wedding I wouldn’t have had relationships with had it not been for the Lex. I will always be grateful for what it has been for me personally and for my community. That being said, I can’t help but agree that gentrification is/was only a portion of what led to the Lex’s demise. I stopped frequenting the Lex for a number of reasons, but the one that bothers me the most was the attitude I got sick of dealing with from some (though most certainly not all) of the bartenders. Really, it only took one or two people to really make my trip(s) to the Lex less enjoyable. Only one or two of them who were rude, self important, arrogant, and who clearly gave two shits about hospitality, customer service, and broader notions of community. I am trying my very hardest not to turn this into the ranty Yelp review that I never ended up writing, but I have to agree with others that there were some serious issues with staff that always made me think that fostering community and maintaining a “safe” space was no longer a priority for this place. I just wish that there could have been a bit more thoughtfulness about who was hired, kept on as staff, and motivations behind those who we, the community, depended on to keep this place somewhere we actually wanted to continue patronizing. Maybe I just grew up. Maybe I’m just bitter about the couple of dicks who always treated me like I was competition instead of a customer and/or family. At the very least, I hope that we can learn something here–whether it be about capitalism, displacement, ego, community, or something else. I am still heartbroken and in mourning for this truly devastating loss, but I appreciate the sentiment of hope for something new and better in the future.

By: soph

soph — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:57:05 +0000

The Mission was most definitely being gentrified in the 90′s and yes, lesbians were the first wave of gentrification in the Mission.

By: WaitingForMyDrink

WaitingForMyDrink — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:02:56 +0000

Sad to see the Lex go but it was poorly managed. There is a basement downstairs twice the size of the first floor that can’t be used due to gross (no pun intended) negligence of a sewage issue. Also having staff that chat up their groupie friends for several minutes before acknowledging you at the bar -or- make 2 drinks and run off somewhere to the back and return empty handed (why did you disappear for 5 minutes?) – OR – have trouble counting how much your drinks should be and admittedly make a pie in the sky total that is far less than what should be charged will not reap a profit. It’s a dive lesbian bar, suitable for folks looking for that type of hangout, I don’t think they needed to glam up the place for the urban outfitter lesbians moving to The City however basic janitorial duty would do wonders. Honestly the Lex was an old standby, that girl you visited when you wanted to get laid but with minimal effort or sense of attraction – never your first, second or third choice but always an option. Sorry Lex, sad to see you go but you dug yor own grave thanks to the people you hired.

By: Lezzie New to SF

Lezzie New to SF — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:45:46 +0000

This article could not be more accurate. The bartenders were not welcoming to newbies, only catered to the regulars. They gave off pretentious vibes and only served the people they liked right away.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:40:28 +0000

While I wasn’t a big patron of the Lex, it wasn’t because I never felt welcomed by the staff there. As someone who is told that I seem “very LA” (having just moved here from LA recently, I don’t take this as a insult) on a routine basis, one would assume that i would have experienced some kind of shunning or lack of help from the bartenders at a hip queer establishment in the heart of the Mission… but that wasn’t my case at all. I was always greeted with a smile and helped in a timely manner.

My point is… maybe when you go in with the attitude that people don’t like you… they vibe off of it…?

By: LOL

LOL — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:39:56 +0000

Will miss the Lex! Good times, for sure. Always felt welcome there, but definitely understand how some may have felt indifferent/not a part of whatever was there. Very clique-y but all good.

By: LOL

LOL — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:38:23 +0000

^^^^^^ WOW. LOL! Intelligentsia rules again.

By: brewski jackie

brewski jackie — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:20:39 +0000

First of all …im brewski and i heart this place alot and its the best bar i love and yes it is my living room …all day every day ..u make ur owen self a out cast… man up and take more time making freinds, and less time bitching… the lex was a great and welcoming place for me ,,,for 11 years ..i have found myself made awesome freinds and girlfreinds… long live the lexington… 18 years of glory.. wake up and lick some pussy in the lex bath room…city by the vajj..

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:29:51 +0000

the fact that the people refuting her are acting in a very exclusionary and clique-y manner seems to hammer her point in even more.

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 23:25:51 +0000

if you think there wasn’t gentrification in the Mission in the 90s and the Lexington wasn’t a part of it, then you don’t understand what gentrification means.

By: RP

RP — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:50:59 +0000

The Lex opened in ’96, which was not the beginning of gentrification in the Mission.

But it’s cute you think so.

By: makeitgood

makeitgood — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:52:19 +0000

preach