The Fountainhead Pub is a

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's West End, in

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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."

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rates the bar 2 out of 3 stars. The website's Joanne Sasvari wrote, "Reflecting the graying and mellowing of Vancouver's

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-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." ''

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'' 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

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s 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

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A man was the victim of a gay-bashing incident at the bar in 2009. The bar launched the "To Russia With Love" campaign in 2014.

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visited the bar in 2019. According to ''

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'', he was the "first Canadian head of government to make an official visit to a gay bar". Anthony "Scotty" Larin, who managed the bar and was a community organizer, died in 2020. Plans for expansion were approved in 2022.

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