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Santa Ana, California
Retro Santa Ana dive with live local bands and a gay-friendly crowd
The Fling is a longtime neighborhood cocktail lounge on N Tustin Avenue, running since the 1970s. It's a red-lit, retro dive with strong drinks and live sets from local bands, open daily from mid-morning to last call, and it turns up on Santa Ana's gay-friendly bar lists.
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