Come on in early and enjoy good company and good drinks, served to you by a dolled-up staff! That’s right, the anniversary party will be coupled with their annual turnabout, and all of the bartenders will be in drag serving you one minute and performing on-stage the next! The turnabout show will begin at 10 p.m., and there will be karaoke in the side bar as well. Jim and the rest of the City Side crowd cordially invite you to the bar’s 25th anniversary party, which will be held on Saturday, November 7. Jim Encke, who became the owner of City Side in late 2013, is only the third person to own the bar, and he has considered it his mission to not only cater to his loyal customer base, but grow the establishment to the best it’s been in the past 25 years.
Since then, the bar and lounge has grown to become a bedrock in the ever-changing bar scene in Tampa Bay. Tampa LGBT Nightlife Staple Celebrates With a Turnabout PartyĬity Side Lounge (3703 Henderson Blvd., Tampa) has welcomed the Tampa LGBT community into its establishment ever since it opened back in November 1990.
