{"id":356,"date":"2026-03-17T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/?p=356"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:49:21","slug":"dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI think there’s a real thirst for younger generations to have those kinds of spaces. I think as younger generations maybe look to gay restaurants or gay cafes as possible meeting places, I think that’s also going to bring up interest in the past when those kinds of places were everywhere, at least in gay neighborhoods and also in small towns and medium sized cities as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Erik Piepenburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[878,100],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","tag-erik-piepenburg","tag-lgbtqia"],"yoast_head":"\nDining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by Erik Piepenburg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"khemingway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"khemingway\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"khemingway\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09\"},\"headline\":\"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/220175369.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Erik Piepenburg\",\"LGBTQIA+\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Book\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/220175369.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/220175369.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/220175369.webp\",\"width\":331,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit\",\"description\":\"An ongoing digital archive proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09\",\"name\":\"khemingway\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/hero2.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/hero2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/hero2.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1446,\"caption\":\"khemingway\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/hero2.jpg\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jis.qow.mybluehost.me\\\/website_77f8a501\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/kylehemingway.com\\\/ephemera\\\/author\\\/khemingway\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit","og_description":"by Erik Piepenburg","og_url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/","og_site_name":"Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit","article_published_time":"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":331,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"khemingway","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"khemingway"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/"},"author":{"name":"khemingway","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#\/schema\/person\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09"},"headline":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants","datePublished":"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/"},"wordCount":85,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#\/schema\/person\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp","keywords":["Erik Piepenburg","LGBTQIA+"],"articleSection":["Book"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/","url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/","name":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants - Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp","datePublished":"2026-03-17T22:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-14T17:49:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/220175369.webp","width":331,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/dining-out-first-dates-defiant-nights-and-last-call-disco-fries-at-americas-gay-restaurants\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America’s Gay Restaurants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#website","url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/","name":"Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit","description":"An ongoing digital archive proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#\/schema\/person\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/#\/schema\/person\/a485d727adf23d350b57e4af81383d09","name":"khemingway","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hero2.jpg","url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hero2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hero2.jpg","width":2000,"height":1446,"caption":"khemingway"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hero2.jpg"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jis.qow.mybluehost.me\/website_77f8a501"],"url":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/author\/khemingway\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}