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The New Prelude

New Prelude was located at York Street and Route 202 in Bucks County, PA. Ground-level bar and you stepped down a few steps to the dance floor. Weekly nightlife and Fantastic Halloween parties.

Oh, yes, undertake I remember don from The New Prelude! And Don of course, who was apparently one of the proprietors. He liked me and even though there was a five-dollar cover to get in there on Weekends, he always saw to it that

I never paid! After all five dollars was a lot of funds to an underage lad way back then! Right after you walked in on the left was a little cubby – hole of a block, where a nice adolescent man named “Glennie” was the barkeep. He even made ” The Orgasm!” It was a delicious drink, and the first time I had ever heard of it. And ” Glennie ” is still working in pretty New Hope to this very day! Yes, I also remember Nancy; a little on the tough side, though with a heart o’ gold.

She worked in what was then the coatroom, just as you entered the place. In later years, The New Prelude also opened a fine restaurant down a few steps and even a great piano lounge. Boy, do I miss it there. No place around anymore which o

With The Cub Room's give back, is New Hope's same-sex attracted bar scene coming back?

NEW HOPE - The first time Larry Melo stepped into a gay lock he didn’t know what to expect.

“Even as a gay guy, my first experience out in the world was so alternative than what I imagined it would be,” Melo recalled.

It was 1979, in New York City. His cousin, who was also gay, suggested the two grab a drink at Jan Wallman’s on Cornelia Street in Greenwich Village.

"I thought it would be seedy," he remembered thinking as they made their way into the metropolis. But once inside the cabaret bar and restaurant, that notion quickly disappeared.

“I didn’t know it would be so sophisticated. The bar was gorgeous with beautiful lighting and lush seating. The men were so handsome and well-dressed. It was just fascinating to see there was a place they could go and be pleasant, and it wasn’t taboo,” he said.

“It was my first time being in a bar surrounded with all gay men. It made me feel favor there was a normalcy here that I didn’t expect,” he added. “It was home for them.”

This sense of home and normalcy is what Melo hopes to create inside The Cub Room, an intimate bar in Fresh Hope he reopened initial this year.

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Out & About Shop Local LGBTQ+ Friendly Directory

Welcome to historic New Hope, PA & Lambertville, NJ
– home of diversity and equality.
We invite you to explore all we have to offer in our Out And About LGBTQ+ Friendly Directory.

Set along the banks of the scenic Delaware River, both New Hope and Lambertville offer unique shopping, theater, train and horse-drawn carriage rides, museums, art galleries and antique shops, nice restaurants, and casual fare.

New Hope’s nightlife is filled with live entertainment spots, local bars/restaurants, art spaces, and piano bars where people of all genders and cultures mingle and mix with common respect and acceptance.

Welcome to our Out & About Section…

FINKLE’s Hardware Lambertville NJ
Golden Nugget Antique Flea Market
Holly Hedge Estate & The 1740 House – Lumberville
Karla’s Restaurant

Under the Moon Lambertville
Nina’s Waffles & Ice Cream
Zoubi a Restaurant, A Bar
Impact Signs, New Hope

4 The Adore Of Thingz

LGBTQ+ Bucks County

New Hope PrideFest takes place May 10 - 18, 2025. It always begins with the unfurling of the 25-foot eight color Rainbow Equality flag at Starbucks in New Hope, PA. NHC and their partners host fun and educational events all week, including the famous Best Cocktail Contest .The parade starts in Lambertville, NJ and crosses the Delaware River into New Hope, PA with floats and marching bands. The parade is a fun-filled event with entertainment, various vendors, sustenance and beverages.

Doylestown also welcomes its 5th annual Pride Festival this year on June 14 - 28, 2025. The multi-day event will feature a series of Film Screenings, Flamboyant Brunch, Pride Block Party, Music Day, and various pop-up events and celebrations throughout the community.