Sidewinders Bar
Sidewinders has established itself as a pillar for the LGBTQ+ community in ABQ and focuses on charity events throughout the year to strengthen the community it serves. This bar boasts a Drag Queen Bingo Night, karaoke, and retro dance events!
- trans-friendly
- country
- dancing
- leather
- happy hour
- bears
- karaoke
- live entertainment
- dive
- bar food
- LGBTQ+ owned
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I think I saw Pablo Escobar
There was so much snow falling in the bathroom, I thought I was in upstate New York. Other than that, a decent sleazy dive in a city with very few options. You'll be heading home early.
This is not San Francisco
This bar was strictly C&W during the days Nashville had good music. This bar has adapted well to a changing scene in a town of just a handful of bars. It is not dirty or have a street crowd, GROW UP!
Agreed, better when it was The Ranch
Bar name misleading, in that it only seems to be a C&W place for 2 hrs. on Saturday night. Friday night is dance/hip-hop type venue, as well as after 10 on Saturdays. Definately play to Gen-X/UNM crowd. 'was there 2 consecutive nights happy hour and regular evening out. Bartenders ignore you, need a bell if you want a drink, even if you are at end of beer and place out in front of them. Bar service not appropriate for a $5 cover these nights, and, no very few options to go out in this town.
Interesting
Write up is misleading...is not a huge entertainment complex. Is fun and laid back though.
Dirty and smells
Not near a clean as it was when it was the Ranch. Crowd is pretty rough, sort of street people. Service was poor. Bartenders rude, doorman rude and a lot of drunks later in the evening. A nice place gone bad.