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BUSINESS & ECONOMY Fox Market is Vermont's 1st LGBTQ+ bar in 15 years. What took so long? By Erin Pe
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
Fox Market is Vermont’s 1st LGBTQ+ bar in 15 years. What took so long?
By Erin Petenko
Apr 3 2022
In spring 2006, Vermont’s last bar catering to the LGBTQ+ community, Burlington’s 135 Pearl, closed its doors for good.
Shooka Dooka’s in Rutland closed weeks before. The Rainbow Cattle Company in Dummerston shut down years earlier, and the iconic Andrews Inn in Bellows Falls had faded away decades ago.
But when 135 Pearl announced its closure — the owner cited the struggles of owning a small business — no one knew it would take 15 years to fill the gap it left for LGBTQ+ Vermonters.
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Fox Market is Vermont’s 1st LGBTQ+ bar in 15 years. What took so long?
By Erin Petenko
Apr 3 2022
In spring 2006, Vermont’s last bar catering to the LGBTQ+ community, Burlington’s 135 Pearl, closed its doors for good.
Shooka Dooka’s in Rutland closed weeks before. The Rainbow Cattle Company in Dummerston shut down years earlier, and the iconic Andrews Inn in Bellows Falls had faded away decades ago.
But when 135 Pearl announced its closure — the owner cited the struggles of owning a small business — no one knew it would take 15 years to fill the gap it left for LGBTQ+ Vermonters.
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