This business closed in 2020.

Industry: Food and Beverage
Location: San Francisco, California
Number of employees: 12
Became employee owned: 2017
Assistance: ICA Group

Learn more

• Bay Area Reporter: COVID-19 leads to closure of the Stud, SF’s oldest LGBT bar (2020)
• KALW – An iconic gay bar changes its business model to survive gentrification (2019)
• SF Weekly – How the Stud Was Saved (2017)
• KPFA – The Stud is Saved From Closing (adio)  (2017) 
• SFist –  The Stud Is Saved, For Now, As 15-Member Co-Op Secures Funds To Purchase Historic Club (2016)
• ABC News – Stud Bar Owner Says He Will Sell to San Francisco Co-op (2016)
• Hoodline – With Savvy Members, City Hall Support, Collective Charges Forward To Save The Stud (2016)
• Hoodline – Co-Op Forming To Save SoMa’s The Stud After Massive Rent Increase (2016)
• 48 Hills – ‘SOS’ effort launched to save The Stud (2016)
• US News & World Report – The Stud May Close (2016)
• Confessions of a Boy Toy – Meet the 15 Artists Who Banded Together to Save The Stud, San Francisco’s Iconic Gay Club (2016)

 

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