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There are many gay or gay-friendly cafés, bars and restaurants on Broughton St and several of these are listed elsewhere in the 'Eating', 'Cafés' and 'Bars' sections
Blue Moon Café (see 'Cafés' above). Gay-run but straight-friendly café that's always busy.
Café Habana 22 Greenside Pl (at the front of the Playhouse Theatre), Tel: 5564349. Outside seating in summer. Popular with bright young things. Open daily till 0100.
CC Blooms 23 Greenside Place (next to the Playhouse), Tel: 5569331. Packed almost every night upstairs and downstairs on the dancefloor. This is where everyone ends up. Open daily till 0300.
Claremont 133-135 East Claremont Street, Broughton, Tel- 5565662 This buzzing place attracts a huge male dominated crowd in normal week days meanwhile it gets busy during weekends. The menu offered in the bar has variety of delicacies and fair prices. Open Mon-Thur 1100-midnight, Fri-Sat 1100-0100, Sun 1230-2300. Web:http://www.claremontbar.co.uk
Street 2 Picardy Place, Carlton Hill, Tel: 5564272. Beautifully nestling on the Broughton Street, this jewel of a place among the local gay and lesbian communities has a lot to offer. Enjoy upstairs and sit on the Chrome and cream leather barstools or enjoy a variety of drinks at the bar below. Do have a visit to this stylish and happening place atleast once. Open- Mon-Sat noon-0100, Sun 1230-0100.
Twist 26b Dublin Street, New Town, Tel: 5387775 This stylish bar is a men's den, the cosy ambinace and wide selection of drinks and snacks adds more colour to the place. Well, what more the basement club offers a female DJ on Fridays and Saturdays, you guys have a lot to enjoy here. Open- Mon-Thurs Noon-0100, Fri-Sat Noon-0200, Sun 1230-0100.
New Town Bar 26 Dublin St, Tel: 5387775. Fairly mixed crowd upstairs. Downstairs is called Intense – appropriately named and full-on. Open daily till 0130, weekends till 0230. Intense open Thu-Sun.
Sala Café - Bar and Restaurant 60 Broughton St, Tel: 0131 556 5758. Comfortable and laid-back spot overlooking the garden behind the Gay and Lesbian Centre. Good all-day breakfasts (also vegetarian) and reasonably priced snacks. Good pre-club meeting place. Open daily 1100-2300 (until 1AM on Friday and Saturday nights). Website at http://www.salacafe.co.uk
Planet Out 6 Baxter's Pl, Tel: 5573379. Close to the Playhouse. Lively place in the heart of the action. Open daily till 0100.