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133 Turk (at Taylor) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-441-2922

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Best Drag Queen
Award Winner 2009

Hours: Sun 10am-12am, Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 10am-2am
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

Description

Boys, girls - what's the diff? Guys become gals as part of Aunt Charlie's "Hot Boxxx Girls" lip-sync show every Friday and Saturday night. During the day, this place is a Tenderloin dive bar - albeit one more gay than the neighbors - while nighttime events attract both old drag queens and ghetto-fab young hipsters.

The Hot Boxxx Girls

10:00 p.m. every Sat.

w/ Gina LaDivina & Vicki Marlane
Christy Cruse

9:00 p.m. every Sun.
"High Fantasy"

10:00 p.m. every Tue.

Weekends are for amateurs — the really good stuff happens during the week. Well, that might be a little hyperbolic, but it's certainly true in the ...
"Tubesteak Connection"

9:00 p.m. every Thu.

w/ DJ Bus Station John
The Hot Boxxx Girls

10:00 p.m. every Fri.

w/ Gina LaDivina & Vicki Marlane

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2009 | Best Drag Queen

Weekends at Aunt Charlie's Lounge aren't for everybody. This Tenderloin gay joint is where you go when you need a solitary seat by the bar and a drink made with whatever gin it's pouring. A sense ofnostalgia permeates the air, which is maybe why it's become the go-to place for retro kicks -- whether for DJ Bus Station John's bathhouse-disco party on Thursdays or for the old-school drag showfeaturing the Hot Boxxx Girls on Fridays and Saturdays. The girls are all worth a look, but the... More »
2006 | Best Drag Bar

Drag shows can still feel punk as fuck in the right setting. A dive bar barely the size of a long bathroom line is an ideal space in which to crowd a bevy of bejeweled biddies as they strut the catwalk for your crumpled dollar bills. There's something wonderfully surreal about the aura at Aunt Charlie's, whether it's the eclectic parade of Hot Boxx Girls of all ages (and talent levels), the potent charm of the cheap drinks, or the sense that the place is a flytrap sticking a colorful... More »
2005 | Best Drag Show

It might seem a peculiar complaint to lodge against San Francisco drag shows, but too many gender-bending experiences in this town are kind of uptight. We like our drag a little rough around the edges, with equal parts glam and grit, swank and smut. A sweaty Saturday evening in the "Hot Boxxx" at Aunt Charlie's is perfect for the adventurer who savors such combinations. The dank little Tenderloin spot is a warhorse of the city's drag scene -- it's worth paying for a round of cocktails to... More »
2004 | Best Underdog Drag Revue

Sure, "Trannyshack" gets the nod for the most inventive and outlandish drag revue in the Bay Area, if not the world; its reputation is well deserved. But the Hot Boxx Girls at Aunt Charlie's Lounge sashay under San Francisco's drag radar, the underdogs who get little attention, and that's a shame. The Girls' jaw-dropping, highly entertaining performance is akin to the classic burlesque drag shows of yesteryear -- only slightly bent and a bit rough around the edges. Led by Vicki "The Girl... More »

Tubesteak Connection Supplies a Red-Tinted, iPhone-Less Good Time at Aunt Charlie's

By Derek Opperman | Mon, September 26, 2011

The Tubesteak Connection Aunt Charlie's Sept. 22, 2011 Better than: Partying in a room full of iPhone screens. In a city whose edge is slowly being dulled, Aunt Charlie's is a bar on the fringe. Loc... More »
A Trip to the Gay Bar with Hunx and His Punx's Seth Bogart

By Ian S. Port | Fri, April 1, 2011

In a text message, Seth Bogart, the Hunx in Hunx and His Punx, offered us a choice of venue for our interview: His warehouse in the Bayview, "or we could meet at a bar (preferably gay and sleazy)... More »
Aunt Charlie and Uncle Newsom

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, August 05, 2009

So I'm walking down Taylor Street in the Tenderloin, gingerly passing the drugged-out and the drunken, when I see this guy walking toward me, talking with his hands to the person next to him. He's wearing a white button-down shirt and black slacks... More »

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Aunt Charlie's Lounge

133 Turk (at Taylor) San Francisco, CA 94102

415-441-2922

Description

10:00 p.m. every Sat.

9:00 p.m. every Sun.

10:00 p.m. every Tue.

9:00 p.m. every Thu.

10:00 p.m. every Fri.

2009 | Best Drag Queen

2006 | Best Drag Bar

2005 | Best Drag Show

2004 | Best Underdog Drag Revue

By Derek Opperman | Mon, September 26, 2011

By Ian S. Port | Fri, April 1, 2011

By Katy St. Clair | Wed, August 05, 2009