Fountainhead Pub Explained

Fountainhead Pub
City:Vancouver, British Columbia
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Country:Canada
Coordinates:49.2797°N -123.1296°W
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The Fountainhead Pub is a gay bar in Vancouver's West End, in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Fodor's says, "With one of the largest street-side patios on Davie Street, you can do as the locals do here: sit back, down a few beers, and watch the beautiful people pass by."[1] Frommer's rates the bar 2 out of 3 stars. The website's Joanne Sasvari wrote, "Reflecting the graying and mellowing of Vancouver's boomer-age gay crowd, one of the hottest hangouts these days is this relaxed pub that offers excellent microbrews on tap, decent food, and a pleasant atmosphere until the morning's wee hours."[2]

NewNowNext says, "The décor isn’t what you'd choose – unless you were determined to recreate a rural hotel bar from the mid-70s – but the Fountainhead remains the gay neighborhood pub of choice for everyone from baby dykes to teetering drag queens to the gay rugby team. More televisions that you can count screen competing shows as Top 40 hits play on the stereo. It's packed, noisy, welcoming and has the best people-watching patio in the Village."[3]

History

A man was the victim of a gay-bashing incident at the bar in 2009.[4] The bar launched the "To Russia With Love" campaign in 2014.[5] Justin Trudeau visited the bar in 2019.[6] [7] According to PinkNews, he was the "first Canadian head of government to make an official visit to a gay bar".[8]

Anthony "Scotty" Larin, who managed the bar and was a community organizer, died in 2020.[9] Plans for expansion were approved in 2022.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fountainhead Pub Review - Vancouver British Columbia - Nightlife Fodor's Travel . 2022-05-22 . . 2022-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522211328/https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/canada/british-columbia/vancouver/things-to-do/nightlife/reviews/fountainhead-pub-432823 . live .
  2. Web site: The Fountainhead Pub in Vancouver - Nightlife Frommer's . 2022-05-22 . . 2020-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804143849/https://www.frommers.com/destinations/vancouver/nightlife/the-fountainhead-pub . live .
  3. Web site: March 17, 2009 . The Fountainhead Pub-Vancouver-Canada . 2022-05-22 . NewNowNext . 2022-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522211330/http://www.newnownext.com/the-fountainhead-pub-vancouver-canada/03/2009/ . live .
  4. News: 2015-02-02 . Ritch Dowrey, gay-bashing victim at Fountainhead Pub in 2009, dead . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151121135840/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ritch-dowrey-gay-bashing-victim-at-fountainhead-pub-in-2009-dead-1.2942640 . November 21, 2015 . May 22, 2022 . CBC News.
  5. Web site: 2014-02-11 . Vancouver Pub Shows Support For LGBT Russians . 2022-05-22 . HuffPost . en . 2021-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210415031903/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/11/vancouver-fountainhead-pub-to-russia-with-love-lgbt-support_n_4769373.html . live .
  6. Web site: 2019-07-31 . Justin Trudeau makes historic visit to Canadian gay bar . 2022-05-22 . Attitude.co.uk . en . 2021-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210511075327/https://attitude.co.uk/article/justin-trudeau-makes-historic-visit-to-canadian-gay-bar-1/21482/ . live .
  7. Web site: 2019-07-31 . Justin Trudeau visits Vancouver gay bar, shakes hands with patrons . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124195718/https://www.nbcnews.com/video/justin-trudeau-visits-historic-vancouver-gay-bar-fountainhead-pub-64979525689 . 2020-11-24 . 2022-05-22 . NBC News . en.
  8. Web site: Kelleher . Patrick . 2019-07-30 . Justin Trudeau makes historic visit to Canadian gay bar . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518081843/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/07/30/justin-trudeau-gay-bar-canada/ . 2021-05-18 . 2022-05-22 . . en-GB.
  9. News: Mendoza . Gian-Paolo . Vancouver friends, colleagues mourn the death of Scotty Larin, a West End figure known for his kindness . CBC News . 2024-03-02 . 2024-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240302025907/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-friends-colleagues-mourn-the-death-of-scotty-larin-a-west-end-figure-known-for-his-kindness-1.5766020 . live .
  10. Web site: Crawford . Tiffany . 2022-07-06 . Vancouver's Davie Village Fountainhead Pub will expand after all . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220707055729/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouvers-davie-village-fountainhead-pub-will-expand-after-all . 2022-07-07 . 2024-03-02 . Vancouver Sun.