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Mandelman's office responded to Chude with the minimum standards set by the San Francisco Department of Public Health for an adult sex venue that were set after the passage of an ordinance last year that as the B.A.R.
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The request asked for "any communications with would-be proprietors of a bathhouse in San Francisco between Januand October 18, 2021."
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via a California Public Records Act request. Chude stated that, wherever it is, the bathhouse would "be an inclusive space," and so "both trans men and women would be invited."Ĭhude contacted gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman's office in June to inquire about opening an adult sex venue, according to emails obtained by the B.A.R. If that location doesn't work, Pier 1 on the Embarcadero or a warehouse elsewhere might do the trick, Chude said. Saying that he wants to "bring a luxury to it," bathhouse patrons would be given "a nice robe and nice shoes" and would pay a monthly fee through an app. "I also want it to be a community-type place people can go to, like a place with Wi-Fi where you can sit down and meet new people," Chude said. "For me, it's about bringing a mix of a Turkish bathhouse and a European bathhouse to San Francisco," he said, adding that there will be a "sauna, Jacuzzi, and play area" as well as testing for sexually transmitted diseases.Ĭhude said he wants it to be "more than just a bathhouse." that he doesn't want to open Steamworks 2.0. Part of a chain with locations in Chicago and Seattle, it has been open since the 1970s.Ĭhude, a 35-year-old IT director, told the B.A.R. As its website states it caters to gay and bisexual men, whether they are cisgender or transgender.Ĭurrently, Steamworks in Berkeley is the only traditional gay bathhouse open in the Bay Area. "My eyes are set on the former location of 24 Hour Fitness," Curtis Chude, a gay man, told the Bay Area Reporter, referring to the site at 2145 Market Street between Sanchez and Church streets that permanently closed last year at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.Ĭhude's revelation about a potential bathhouse comes as Eros, the Castro's only sex club and sauna, announced it'd be moving to a location closer to downtown early next year after close to three decades in its current location. As the Castro neighborhood loses its only gay sex club and sauna, a would-be proprietor told the Bay Area Reporter he is interested in opening a gay bathhouse nearby at a former gym location.īut before either can open again, adult business zoning rules are going to have to be changed.