Long before gay San Diego found a home in Hillcrest, people looking for a "gay" old time had but one choice -- a little hole in the wall at Tenth and Broadway. The Chee-Chee Club has been around since, as one bartender explained, "before Christ was a toddler." Translation: The bar opened in 1934 and has been a gay bar since the mid '70s.
San Diego's first gay club, the Chee-Chee Club has seen the ...
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