Visit us Saturday night for a supper show like no other. Enjoy some drinks, and some delectable food, while The Jumpin' Jupiter entertains you for approximately two hours. Then join us on Friday night for the best burlesque cocktail show around. Singing, dancing, burlesque, cirque and more will keep you thoroughly entertained. And while you're here, you will be tantalized with featured performances throughout the night. Louis!!!Ĭome and visit us Tuesday - Thursday evenings for our delicious French inspired menu selections and great drinks. Support our coverage by becoming a digital subscriber.We are a 1920s speakeasy with a modern twist.Picture this…you enter through the plush, ruby red drapes, into the sultry, sexy, ever so stylish salon known as The Boom Boom Room!!! It's a gorgeous new restaurant in the heart of downtown St. “It almost feels like the way it happened is the way it was meant to be.” “I’m glad that it came full circle,” Carson said. He added that when he first dreamed up Bear Flag Fish Co., he wanted to open it in South Laguna, but those plans never materialized. Carson said the name “Bear Flag” was inspired by the historic Bear Flag in Monterey, “where all the Marines went back in the day.” … It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, you’re welcome.”īefore it became a hub for the LGBTQ community, the Boom - then called the South Seas - was a go-to spot for Marines. “We came to realize very quickly … look, it’s 2019 now, there’s not really any gay or straight bars or gay or straight restaurants exclusively,” Stevens said. Stevens said his client’s “first thought” was to reach out to several LGBTQ bars about reinhabiting the space. I’m not saying I’m opposed to, I just want to find out more about it.” “It’s a lot harder to save a gay bar when it’s been closed for 12 years, but I’m also pretty tenacious - I didn’t put all that into it to just give up it’s not in my nature,” Karger said. Karger said he’s still holding out hope for another gay bar to take the place of the Boom Boom Room. “There’s a lot of nostalgia with that space, so everyone’s really excited to see it get activated.” “A lot of residents feel very strongly,” Stevens said. The bar continued to attract people for two more decades until it closed, despite a fierce battle by local activist Fred Karger to “Save the Boom.” Mourners who lost friends to the disease spread ashes in the green space behind the bar, dubbing it the “Garden of Peace and Love.” In the 1980s, the Boom Boom Room became a community hub for a city rocked by AIDS. Every week, the bar was crowded with a medley of folks - from drag queens dancing through crowds of newbies to regulars returning for a night of fun. The “Boom’s” storied past reaches into the 1970s, when it became a hub for LGBTQ people to meet one another in an open, welcoming environment. The new vision for the Boom Boom Room coincides with Dornin’s plans to reinvigorate the Coast Inn., which he acquired in late 2013.Įxcept for the occasional LGBTQ Pride celebration, the Boom Boom Room has sat vacant and nearly untouched since it closed 12 years ago. The timeline for Bear Flag’s opening is unclear, Stevens said, as the company still needs to submit its plans to the city for approval. “It’s going to be the most active intersection in Laguna Beach,” Stevens said. Dornin also owns those sites.īetter Buzz Coffee, a San Diego-based chain, signed a lease for the space and is working out an elaborate architectural design, Stevens said. Stevens said plans for a coffee shop also are in the works to replace a liquor store across from the shuttered Coast Inn, which housed the Boom Boom Room. ![]() “To bring the freshest, local-caught seafood that I can to my community is my goal.” “I feel Orange County is really my kind of home, and I want to do my best around here,” said Carson, whose mother grew up in Laguna Beach. The two restaurant chains are known for their seafood, much of it caught from Carson’s boat. Coast Hwy., where Johnny Rockets formerly stood. Thomas Carson, owner of Bear Flag - which currently has two locations in Newport Beach and one in Huntington Beach - also is opening Wild Taco in Laguna Beach at 188 S. The fast-casual, order-at-the-counter restaurant and adjoining fish market will be the most recognizable attraction, Stevens said, but Bear Flag also plans to incorporate a cocktail lounge where the dance floor is now, as well as a sushi bar. This article originally reported incorrectly that it was the Seven Seas. 15, 2019 The Boom Boom Room’s former name was the South Seas.
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