Cheers:

eXile alert! In honor of our new "Gay Alternative" self-outing, we're rousing everyone to make that trip to Chameleon. You won't regret it! Finally, a gay club has arrived to replace Chance, which got tiring after a while. Beer garden said to be kicking but. Mixed crowd includes hardcore gay and mega-babes. Darkened labyrinths to allow for anonymous, hidden trysts, a sex shop, and in-yo-face snaking. Features restaurant, bar area, and a large dancefloor.

Jeers:

eXile alert: gay sources say this place is no longer gay, but rather flathead central. So far, may not be mixed enough for the progressive straights; gets packed solid with a line by 1am.

Cover:

40R for men, 70R for women

M:

Ulitsa 1905 Goda

Phone:

253-6343

Address:

Presnensky Val, 14

Hours:

18.00 - 06.00 daily

Cheers:

Some think it's the best club in Moscow, but we don't. Handsome mixed crowd who comes to dance and enjoy. Gay soft porn, striptease, and mermaid act.

Jeers:

It's been over-discovered - including by OMON troops, who occasionally pop in to bash your head, take you into jail, and plant drugs on you. Very little hetero-macking.

Cover:

Free before 23.00, 50.000 rubles after (men)/ 100.000 rubles (women)

M:

Ploshchad Ilyicha

Phone:

956-7102

Address:

Ul. Volocharskogo 11/15, inside Dom Kultury Serp i Molot

Hours:

Daily from 23.15 to 6.00

Cheers:

Unpretentious, student-aged gay club. Mix of straights, dykes and TVs. Music ranges from cool techno to Russo-cheese. Cheap drinks

Jeers:

Supposedly is totally empty. Quality varies from night to night.

Cover:

50 - 70 rubles

M:

Barrikadnaya

Phone:

290-4489

Address:

Ulitsa Povarskaya 33

Hours:

Thursday thru Sunday, 23.00-6.00

Cheers/Jeers:

New men's-only gay club that we were too stupid to find. It's here, it's queer, get used to it!

M:

Krasnoye Vorota

Address:

Sadovaya-Spasskaya d. 18 (around the side of the building, look for the door with the domophone - we'll try to find it before next issue)

Cheers:

eXile alert! Recent 1-year-anniversary party was packed to the gills, and boy was it a blast (though we don't remember it). Folks, forget Chance and Chameleon - this is THE mixed club of 2000. Packed with model babes accompanying their gay model friends, they come here to escape the likes of you. Apparently rudely refused to allow Afisha's publisher and editor inside, which made those wannabe dorkadents all huffy Ôn stuffy. Waytago, Studio! Don't let that stop you though. Come to the club, forget about the male hunks because they're after a different sort of tail, and put on the full Vijay court press. Way better than Galereya and Circus if you ask us. Don't forget to try their amazing 4-course business lunch for 195 rubles! Somewhere between Gay Yuppie San Francisco and Gay Galereya-dorkadence. Enormous amounts of shiny chrome metal adorn the bar/stage downstairs; live male striptease in which your waiter will participate, however awkwardly; these guys show their johnsons, so be prepared; upstairs disco is quality minimalism. Has a mixed gay/straight crowd with about 30% women.

Jeers:

Drink prices just went through the roof, but it seems to have worked attracting super-cool types. Proudly announces strict face control; so much chrome you might get a tan; annoying fat TV emcee was so tres 80s. Come on, fellas!

Cover:

250R (strict face control)

M:

Tverskaya

Phone:

292-5080

Address:

Tverskaya Ul. 10 (the big metal door is on Glinishchevsky Per.)

Hours:

always open