☞ BESPOKE: Harlem Gay Friendly Businesses

Gay Pride week is at hand and we will be featuring things to do in Harlem for the LGBT community.  There are a handful of gay friendly businesses uptown that show support for the gay community at large and some have rainbow flag stickers on the window to show support.  These businesses are often gay owned or staffed and the sticker shows LGBT folks new to the community that are not familiar with the neighborhood that they are not alone.

We noticed that some businesses downtown that are typically not gay hangouts during the week have posted rainbow flags out front to attract out of town tourists during pride week but Harlem shops like The Winery on 116th, Jado Sushi on FDB and Native on Lenox have these stickers in place year round.  Many businesses attract an LGBT clientele in Harlem without the sticker and spots such as Billie's Black, Harlem Food Bar and Lenox Coffee which all seem to have a nice mix of people.  As Harlem even becomes more diverse, the LGBT community will definitely be a more visible part of the population in the future.  Check out our past post on the gay migration uptown: LINK