Chaps (San Francisco Gay Leather and Levi Bar/70's to 90's/SoMa Gay Bar) Color:Heather Navy State-of-the-art sound (for its time)

State-of-the-art sound (for its time)

and impossible to forget

making original transfers highly collectible pieces of vintage graphic design

and a community that knew exactly what it had

The paper became especially significant during the early years of the AIDS crisis

Chaps (San Francisco Gay Leather and Levi Bar/70's to 90's/SoMa Gay Bar) Color:Heather Navy State-of-the-art sound (for its time)Chaps San Francisco, CA (1970s1990s) Located near 11th and Harrison in San Franciscos SoMa district, Chaps was one of the defining leather and Levis bars of the citys hyper masculine clone era. Small at first but increasingly popular through the 1980s and early 90s, it became a staple of a nightlife scene built around denim, boots, plaid shirts, and unmistakable leather bar energy. The atmosphere was direct and unapologetically SoMawestern style