Formerly Backstreet, Charlie's is the latest in a string of popular Country and Western gay bars also found in Denver, Phoenix and Chicago.
It is a bright, clean saloon with a disco ball and a glass-encrusted cowboy boot hanging over the shiny wood dance floor.
In a side hallway, the walls are covered by posters promoting rodeos in places such as San Antonio, Phoenix and San Francisco, sponsored by Bud Light and the International Gay Rodeo Association.
-- Staff Report