There's one form of entertainment that's popular at Stilettos that won't be finding a home at Pink. 'I wanted a lesbian bar for lesbians run by lesbians,' Faulk said. The intimate ambience of Pink maintains the club aura of Stilettos, but allows lesbians to experience what gay men have for years at bars like Pronto in Ferndale. They (other bars) don't understand that that's what women are looking for.
'Guys just want to dance and party and women are different,' Faulk said. And that therefore it was quite nice to have a space that catered to lesbian interests and wishes:įaulk, who also owns Stilettos in Inkster, was sick of Detroit bars giving lesbians one night a week and, even then, not grasping that gay men and women are polar opposites. 'We probably would have reached close to 700 people,' said Alana Faulk, owner of Pink.Īnd unlike many queer/gay bars in recent years, there was also a recognition that gay men and lesbians (very generally speaking) were not necessarily looking for the same things in a drinking establishment. The turnout at Pink was so vibrant this past weekend that, although 550 people made it into the new lesbian bar in Detroit, others had to be turned away. Like so many new lesbian bars, Club Pink was greeted with great acclaim when it opened in the fall of 2006: Location: 19910 Hoover Street, Detroit, Michigan, USA
