Lumber Yard Bar

The lumberjack-themed,{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chase |title=Pride Comes to White Center |url=https://www.thestranger.com/features/2019/06/19/40518180/pride-comes-to-white-center |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603205843/https://www.thestranger.com/features/2019/06/19/40518180/pride-comes-to-white-center |url-status=live }} queer-friendly Lumber Yard Bar operates along 16th Avenue Southwest in White Center. The interior has sanded wood and a skylight with planted succulents.{{Cite web |title=White Center Pride rises from the ashes of Rat City |url=https://www.sgn.org/316563 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323180105/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?316563 |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Christopher Frizzelle of The Stranger wrote: "Logs are omnipresent: logs wrapped around the cords of Edison bulbs, logs chained to walls, log benches, log stools, log pictures, etc. The menu includes 'wood pellets' (olives in cheese breading served with marinara) and a mashed potato bar."{{Cite web |last=Frizzelle |first=Christopher |title=The Stranger's Guide to the Best Gay Clubs, Shops, and Bars in Seattle |url=https://www.thestranger.com/queer/2018/06/20/25137305/the-strangers-guide-to-the-best-gay-clubs-shops-and-bars-in-seattle |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323180300/https://www.thestranger.com/queer/2018/06/20/25137305/the-strangers-guide-to-the-best-gay-clubs-shops-and-bars-in-seattle |url-status=live }}

The LGBTQ-owned{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ-Owned Businesses in Seattle {{!}} 2023 |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/style-and-shopping/lgbtq-owned-businesses |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Metropolitan |language=en-US |issn=1931-2792 |archive-date=2024-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115025219/https://www.seattlemet.com/style-and-shopping/lgbtq-owned-businesses |url-status=live }} bar opened in January 2018.{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Chase |title=White Center Keeps Getting Gayer |url=https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2019/05/13/40186284/white-center-keeps-getting-gayer |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |issn=1935-9004 |archive-date=2023-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301164409/https://www.thestranger.com/visual-art/2019/05/13/40186284/white-center-keeps-getting-gayer |url-status=live }} It claims to be, and has been described as,{{Cite web |last1=Syed |first1=Maleeha |last2=Snyder |first2=Amanda |last3=Martin |first3=Genna |title=Local Pride events signal a shift away from corporate support {{!}} Crosscut |url=https://crosscut.com/equity/2022/06/local-pride-events-signal-shift-away-corporate-support |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Crosscut.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228012728/https://crosscut.com/equity/2022/06/local-pride-events-signal-shift-away-corporate-support |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-05 |title=Fire in White Center burns through neighborhood's first LGBTQ+ bar and damages other businesses |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fire-in-white-center-burns-through-neighborhoods-first-lgbtq-bar-and-damages-other-businesses/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603181456/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fire-in-white-center-burns-through-neighborhoods-first-lgbtq-bar-and-damages-other-businesses/ |url-status=live }} White Center's first gay bar.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-03 |title=The Swallow, a new gay bar, opens in White Center, and a big-name chef comes to Interbay |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/the-swallow-a-new-gay-bar-opens-in-white-center-and-a-big-name-chef-comes-to-interbay/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005061320/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/the-swallow-a-new-gay-bar-opens-in-white-center-and-a-big-name-chef-comes-to-interbay/ |url-status=live }} Owned by Nathan Adams and Michale Farrar,{{Cite web |last=Hemion |first=Carter |date=2022-03-18 |title=Lumber Yard Bar rebuilds: Gay community staple rises from ashes |url=https://www.sgn.org/313945 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111231322/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?313945 |archive-date=2023-01-11 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us}}{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=Just the beginning: White Center hosts its first Pride weekend |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Just-the-beginning-White-Center-hosts-its-first-14049085.php |access-date=2024-03-23 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |publisher=Hearst Communications |language=en |issn=0745-970X |oclc=3734418 |archive-date=2024-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321132321/https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Just-the-beginning-White-Center-hosts-its-first-14049085.php |url-status=live }} Lumber Yard has hosted drag shows,{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Genna |title=LGBTQ bars are ready for Pride after a year of lockdown {{!}} Crosscut |url=https://crosscut.com/culture/2021/06/lgbtq-bars-are-ready-pride-after-year-lockdown |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Crosscut.com |publisher=Cascade Public Media |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228013126/https://crosscut.com/culture/2021/06/lgbtq-bars-are-ready-pride-after-year-lockdown |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Timberlust at The Lumber Yard: "Magical and a dream come true" |url=https://www.sgn.org/328198 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us}} show tune sing-alongs,{{Cite web |last=Baume |first=Matt |author1-link=Matt Baume |date=2022-09-16 |title=Show Tunes Sing-Along Night Makes Its Grand Return to the Lumber Yard |url=https://www.thestranger.com/stranger-suggests/2022/09/16/78444861/show-tunes-sing-along-night-makes-its-grand-return-to-the-lumber-yard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922084444/https://www.thestranger.com/stranger-suggests/2022/09/16/78444861/show-tunes-sing-along-night-makes-its-grand-return-to-the-lumber-yard |archive-date=2022-09-22 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=The Stranger |language=en}} and viewing parties for television shows such as RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.{{Cite web |title=A night at The Lumber Yard |url=https://www.sgn.org/327264 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323180013/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?327264 |url-status=live }} As of 2023, Lumber Yard hosted lesbian karaoke as well as 'tacos and trivia' weekly, and has a monthly event dedicated to kink.{{Cite web |last=Frizzelle |first=Christopher |title=Seattle's Best Gay Clubs, Shops, Bars, and Bathhouses |url=https://www.thestranger.com/visitors-guide-2023/2023/06/15/79037390/seattles-best-gay-clubs-shops-and-bars |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626103441/https://www.thestranger.com/visitors-guide-2023/2023/06/15/79037390/seattles-best-gay-clubs-shops-and-bars |url-status=live }}

A fire in July 2021, later classified as arson,{{Cite web |last=Zhou |first=Amanda |date=2021-07-09 |title=Fire that damaged White Center LGBTQ+ bar, other businesses, being investigated as arson |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fire-that-damaged-white-center-lgbtq-bar-other-businesses-being-investigated-as-arson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211152418/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fire-that-damaged-white-center-lgbtq-bar-other-businesses-being-investigated-as-arson/ |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |language=en-US |issn=0745-9696 |oclc=9198928}}{{Cite web |last=Guarente |first=Gabe |date=2021-07-12 |title=White Center Fire That Destroyed Lumber Yard Bar and Other Businesses Under Investigation as Arson |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/12/22573952/white-center-fire-lumber-yard-bar-arson-investigation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211152418/https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/12/22573952/white-center-fire-lumber-yard-bar-arson-investigation |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Eater Seattle |publisher=Vox Media |language=en}} forced the business to close and relocate.{{Cite web |title=LUMBER YARD ABLAZE: White Center's oldest Gay bar victim of Monday morning fire |date=July 9, 2021|url=https://www.sgn.org/306771 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323172036/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?306771 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Guarente |first=Gabe |date=2021-07-22 |title=White Center's Lumber Yard Bar Lands New Location Weeks After Devastating Fire |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/22/22589079/lumber-bar-yard-finds-new-location-after-fire-arson-white-center |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211152418/https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/22/22589079/lumber-bar-yard-finds-new-location-after-fire-arson-white-center |url-status=live }} The owners called the incident a hate crime.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-11 |title=Several fundraisers to help White Center businesses damaged by arson |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/several-fundraisers-help-white-center-businesses-damaged-by-arson/E3XEH7FWH5GYNGF5FUFBIFCJRA/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=KIRO 7 News Seattle |language=en |archive-date=2021-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711100418/https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/several-fundraisers-help-white-center-businesses-damaged-by-arson/E3XEH7FWH5GYNGF5FUFBIFCJRA/ |url-status=live }} A GoFundMe fundraising campaign led by White Center Pride was successful in raising $100,000 for Lumber Yard.{{Cite web |last=Guarente |first=Gabe |date=2021-07-06 |title=White Center Fire Damages Popular Lumber Yard Bar, In-the-Works Boba Cafe, and Dottie's Double Wide [UPDATED] |url=https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/6/22565376/white-center-fire-damages-businesses-lumber-yard-bar-boba-shop |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Eater Seattle |language=en |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203073714/https://seattle.eater.com/2021/7/6/22565376/white-center-fire-damages-businesses-lumber-yard-bar-boba-shop |url-status=live }} In 2022, the bar hosted an Mpox vaccine clinic in collaboration with local public health officials.{{Cite web |last=Engelson |first=Andrew |title='A lack of care': Monkeypox response echoes homophobia of past crises |url=https://crosscut.com/news/2022/08/lack-care-monkeypox-response-echoes-homophobia-past-crises |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Crosscut.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227234547/https://crosscut.com/news/2022/08/lack-care-monkeypox-response-echoes-homophobia-past-crises |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-14 |title=White Center bar partners with King County to host monkeypox vaccination event |url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/monkeypox/white-center-bar-partners-king-county-host-monkeypox-vaccination-event/281-e37a6a08-b3d2-4863-bcee-d009152424d6 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=king5.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006020600/https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/monkeypox/white-center-bar-partners-king-county-host-monkeypox-vaccination-event/281-e37a6a08-b3d2-4863-bcee-d009152424d6 |url-status=live }}

In January 2024, Lumber Yard was one of several bars raided by the Joint Enforcement Team (JET), a coalition of Seattle Police, Fire, and the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB), among other groups.{{Cite web |last=McCall |first=Vivian |title=Police, Fire, and the Liquor Board Raided Two Seattle Gay Bars |url=https://www.thestranger.com/queer/2024/01/29/79363398/police-fire-and-the-liquor-board-raided-two-seattle-gay-bars |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224062249/https://www.thestranger.com/queer/2024/01/29/79363398/police-fire-and-the-liquor-board-raided-two-seattle-gay-bars |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=McCall |first=Vivian |title=Seattle's Queer Community Demands Swift Change After Raids of Gay Bars |url=https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/01/31/79366392/seattles-queer-community-demands-swift-change-after-raids-of-gay-bars |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The Stranger |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205064235/https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/01/31/79366392/seattles-queer-community-demands-swift-change-after-raids-of-gay-bars |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=Seattle's gay community crying foul after SPD joins liquor agents on 'premise visits' |url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattles-gay-community-crying-foul-after-spd-join-liquor-agents-premise-visits/X33JVVHRYBAS5G4EZ343727Q6U/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website= |publisher=KIRO-TV |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204043020/https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/seattles-gay-community-crying-foul-after-spd-join-liquor-agents-premise-visits/X33JVVHRYBAS5G4EZ343727Q6U/ |url-status=live }} The raid prompted a backlash and a policy review.{{Cite web |title=Backlash on Queer bar raids: LCB drops indecency citations, changes course |url=https://www.sgn.org/331386 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323172036/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?331386 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=John |date=2024-02-06 |title=Seattle LGBTQ+ venues get a major victory as state review policy that led to bar raid |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/02/seattle-lgbtq-venues-get-a-major-victory-as-state-review-policy-that-led-to-bar-raid/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=LGBTQ Nation |archive-date=2024-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213125403/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/02/seattle-lgbtq-venues-get-a-major-victory-as-state-review-policy-that-led-to-bar-raid/ |url-status=live }}

Esquire included Lumber Yard in a 2022 list of the 32 best gay bars in the United States and said,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-28 |title=Top LGBTQ Bars in the U.S. According to Esquire! |url=https://bearworldmag.com/top-gay-bars-in-the-u-s-according-to-esquire/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Bear World Magazine |language=en-GB |archive-date=2023-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923190029/https://bearworldmag.com/top-gay-bars-in-the-u-s-according-to-esquire/ |url-status=live }} "Comfortable and fun for leather daddies, trans women, bears and cubs, and lipstick lesbians alike, Lumberyard is a throwback to an earlier era, but in the best possible way. The original was burned down in an anti-gay hate-crime a few years back, but the revival has just opened across the street and is bigger and better, with a new performance space."{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=The 32 Best Gay Bars in America |url=https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/bars/a41567406/best-gay-bars-clubs-in-america/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211153919/https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/bars/a41567406/best-gay-bars-clubs-in-america/ |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=Esquire |language=en-us |issn=0194-9535 |oclc=824603960}} Christopher Frizzelle included Lumber Yard in The Stranger{{'s}} 2018 and 2023 overviews of Seattle's best LGBT establishments. In a 2023 overview of the metropolitan area's queer establishments, Seattle Gay News said Adams and Farrar "[offer] an experience that calls back to the pair's love for hosting".{{Cite web |title=Liquid Pride: Queer spaces to drink around town |url=https://www.sgn.org/326212 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Seattle Gay News |language=en-us |archive-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323180014/https://www.sgn.org/story.php?326212 |url-status=live }}

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