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Houston, Texas
A Montrose dive bar with drag and karaoke, in the former TC's space.
Barcode is a dive-y gay bar on Fairview Street in Montrose, tucked just behind JR's and South Beach in the heart of the gayborhood. Formerly TC's, it kept the compact, unfussy layout — a small indoor bar and stage with an outdoor patio — and leaned into being the loud, local, less-polished option on a strip full of bigger rooms. The week is built around karaoke and hosted nights: Magic Mic on Mondays, karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays, HumpDay Honeys on Wednesdays at 9pm, and The Steam Room on the first and third Sundays. It's a good pick when you want cheap drinks and a come-as-you-are crowd rather than a dance-club production — the kind of neighborhood bar where the same faces show up every week.
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