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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Intimate Rittenhouse Square LGBTQ+ bar with themed nights.
Stir Lounge is an intimate, lesbian-owned cocktail lounge just off Rittenhouse Square — one of the few women-owned LGBTQ+ bars left in Philadelphia, run by Holly Johnson and Stacey Vey for close to two decades. The room is small and sociable by design: sleek without being precious, built for conversation, cocktails, and a diverse, welcoming crowd rather than a packed dance floor. It sits a little apart from the Gayborhood cluster, which is part of its appeal — a calmer, more grown-up alternative a short walk west. The long-running draw is Thursday's 'Stirsday,' a Philly institution with deeply discounted well drinks and a local DJ spinning late, and the calendar fills out with watch parties and mixers through the week. Go for the company and the bartenders, not the spectacle.
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