“The Long Beach Teams Project was started because a gay many was murdered coming out of Paradise in the 1990s,” said Long Beach attorney Stephanie Loftin, a long-time LGBTQ activist. It hosted numerous group meetings and AIDS fundraisers as well as a the Long Beach Teams Project, which helped prevent gay bashing in the 1990s. In 1980, The Paradise took over the space.įor the gay community, it was more than a restaurant-bar. From 1937 to 1980, it housed the Ambassador cocktail lounge. The Paradise building dates to 1924 when it was a grocery store and ice cream parlor. The entire process can take 90 days to complete. The application also needs approval from Alcoholic Beverage Control headquarters in Sacramento. 14, and it has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s office.
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The new business owners are expected to be Bethany Black and Shannon McManus, who ran the Sunset Strip-based The Viper Room from 1993 to 1998 and operate Hollywood’s Black bar on Santa Monica Boulevard, whose target market is straight skateboarders.Īccording to the application for ownership change, the applicant is Black LB.īlack and McManus are in the process of acquiring Paradise’s license that would allow them to continue selling booze and operating the restaurant. ‘Black Panther’ cinematographer Rachel Morrison makes Oscar history with ‘Mudbound’ “For now, I’m going to focus on the Eagle 562 and The Falcon. “I have a lot on my plate,” Barber said during an interview.
Previously, Paradise also was gay owned and operated.
Realtor Michael Barber, who also owns The Falcon, just down the street from Paradise, and Eagle 562, the Levi-leather bar in North Long Beach, has owned Paradise 13 years.