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The Cuckoo's Nest

(34 Ratings)
Big, dark and dirty basement, and there's a bar too

Opened in 1984 and overseen since 1985 by Cain 'Cal' Berlinger and partner Gail Laarhuis during the golden age of leather, the Cuckoo's Nest now attracts a more casual manliness, though one expressed readily in the basement darkroom. The well-equipped subterranean play space apparently ranks among the continent's largest, with the bar's website providing a map of its labyrinthine layout. Smoking is allowed in about half of the basement area. Since 2004 the bar has been run by...

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Hours
Mon to Thu 1pm—1am
Fri and Sat 1pm—2am
Sun 1pm—1am


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Reviews

italsub
italsub first review First to Review
Over a year ago

a totally waste of time

the men at the door is nice, the one at the bar looks like haevy drugged or drunk, small bar bigger underground playareas, smoking section available but they smoke everywhere and not only cicarettes,


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