Games are often played in the pool and Pride parties and deck parties are held. Featuring four bars, a deejay, and five bathrooms, Buddies II has a huge, lengthy following of women who frequent the place. They won a 2004 Best of Dallas Award and participated along with some other bars in the recent Pride Parade.
They also have an arcade, dancing, shows, private parties, and charity events.
For more information go to .īuddies II at 4025 Maple Avenue also in Cedar Springs, is one of the oldest lesbian bars in the community boasting of a swimming pool with deck and calling themselves a “Cheers” kind of place where everyone knows your name. Live bands are featured on Friday nights. The club also features after-hours dancing and on the first and third Thursdays the “Be a Rock Star and Earn Cash” contest is held. Pool players compete from all over at Sue Ellen’s and lesbian film screenings are held at the bar. Reportedly named after the female protagonist of the once popular hit show “Dallas,” Sue Ellen’s is a favorite watering hole for women and always has drink specials for cheap prices. Located at 3903 Cedar Springs Road lined with gay-owned businesses, Sue Ellen’s boasts a classy atmosphere, beautiful women, pool tables, juke boxes, large patio for people watching, and participate in the annual street Halloween party held on the same strip. To see where “the Barbie Dolls” hang out, look no further than Sue Ellen’s, a lesbian bar in the Cedar Springs Community in Dallas. On June 9th the annual Tarrant County Imperial Court Empress Starlight AIDS Benefit Show was also held at Best Friends. Gay Pride festivities were also held at the bar. Jones was Grand Marshall of this year’s annual Gay Pride Parade sponsored by the Tarrant County Gay Pride Week Association in Fort Worth and Best Friends was host to the annual Gay Pride Week Pageant in June. Lancaster across from Changes, another gay bar, the facility is conveniently located right off the highway.
The co-ed club was voted Bar of the Year this year. His club () took over a defunct mainstream dance club a few years ago and now Best Friends has quite the following. Scott Jones, owner, is involved in the community at various levels from charity to business events and everyone in the local area who bar-hops knows him. With its entertaining drag charity shows, laidback owner, good mix of male and female customers, pool table, patio, and big screen t.v., Best Friends Club in Fort Worth has made a name for itself.