For decades, Lucy’s stood as one of St. Paul’s longest-running gay bars, quietly anchoring the city’s LGBTQ+ community from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Lucy’s was a true neighborhood bar — unpretentious, familiar, and deeply rooted in its regulars. At a time when queer visibility in Minnesota came with real risk, Lucy’s offered something essential: a place to gather, talk, flirt, argue, laugh, and exist openly, even if only within those walls. It served generations of patrons long before rainbow flags or legal protections made public life safer.
