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Barney's Beanery
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-27 at 2.05.07 PM_thumb.png2023-03-27T21:06:00+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911"Barney’s Beanery has a history of hostility toward gays. Barney’s Beanery has a complicated history in West Hollywood. The greasy spoon with its multicolored booths and license plates on the walls was a legendary hangout for rockers and movie stars — the place where Janis Joplin is said to have had her last drink before she died, where Jim Morrison was a rowdy regular and where Quentin Tarantino has a favorite table. The gritty roadhouse also has long exasperated West Hollywood’s large gay community. For years, a sign hung over the bar blaring “Fagots Stay Out” in big, bold letters, and a former owner sold matchbooks with the same misspelled slogan"plain2023-03-27T21:06:00+00:001960sGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49