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Home *The Strangeways Report, Bars & Nightclubs, Business News, Capitol Hill News, Gay News, Gossip Hound, News, Nightlife, Queer News, Seattle News, Seattle Pride 2017, The Rumor MillBreaking: What’s Up With Purr? Barbie Hints That Change Is In The Air For Popular Lounge

Breaking: What’s Up With Purr? Barbie Hints That Change Is In The Air For Popular Lounge

June 8, 2017• byMichael Strangeways

Ruh Roh….there’s something afoot at PURR COCKTAIL LOUNGE the popular 11th Avenue gay venue on Capitol Hill owned by Barbie Roberts the equally popular former bartender at the long lamented Manray who opened up Purr nearly 12 years ago. Barbie posted the following on her Facebook page earlier today:

PurrNews

We reached out to Barbie for any additional info and she responded:

I’m hoping to tell you more information by next week. Just working on some details that I’m not at liberty to discuss.

We asked her to clarify that the news is positive and not anything awful like Purr closing and she responded:

Correct…. Purr IS NOT CLOSING!!!!

Well, that’s a relief…we really can’t deal with any more drama in the gayborhood right now…

Meanwhile, Purr continues their preparations for their big Seattle Pride Week Festivities which include appearances from RuPaul’s Drag Race divas, Violet Chachki and Katya as well as their popular annual Saturday Pride Block Party with The Perry Twins.

As for the here and now, here are some of our favorite crazy rumors we’ve heard about the Purr Mystery:

Purr is taking over the old Broadway Grill

Purr is taking over the old 500 East Pine space

Purr is moving to Pioneer Square

All three seem….unlikely. The Broadway Grill is a dump that needs lots of very pricey structural changes made to it; the 500 Pine space isn’t really that ideal; it’s unlikely that Purr’s clientele would want to go to a Pioneer Square based venue.

But, who knows?!?!? Stranger things have happened…

To be continued.

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.

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