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Unlike the glamorous clubs of Hollywood or the emerging leather scene around Silver Lake, this was a \u003cstrong\u003eneighborhood beer bar\u003c\/strong\u003e—unpretentious, local, and unmistakably gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA contemporary description called it a place that \u003cstrong\u003e“keeps grinding on year after year,”\u003c\/strong\u003e noting that its location across from MacArthur Park attracted a crowd unlike anywhere else in the city. Another simply categorized it as a \u003cstrong\u003ebear bar\u003c\/strong\u003e—a particularly interesting description decades before “bear” became the established gay identity and subculture we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that’s what makes places like The Fallen Angel worth remembering. Gay Los Angeles wasn't confined to West Hollywood. 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