Old Hollywood stars like Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable are tacked to a bathroom wall, and movie soundtracks play in the background while you pee.īut of course it’s not really the decor that people come for, or even the ridiculously cheap drinks (a Long Island Iced Tea is like, $3). A TouchTunes jukebox provides music when the stage isn’t in use. Decades-old stained glass chandelier lamps dangle near a disco ball that, when turned on, signals two-for-one specials with fractured light. In business since 1968, a year before the Stonewall riots, the bar's decor spans its history. Out front, the patio was recently given its own rainbow makeover-a splash of color that lets you know if you’re looking for the oldest gay bar in Wisconsin, well, this is it.
Right off Cathedral Square Park in downtown Milwaukee, its brown brick wall is painted with diamonds the color of the rainbow. The façade of This Is It! -or “Tits,” if you’re in the know- is hard to miss.
