Maybe you blinked and missed it. Unlike its now-departed sibling, The Pulse, across the street, the Soch (pronounced “soach”) hides in plain sight. This might explain the more than 30 years they’ve been providing an essential service to queer Albuquerque, a record few other bars or clubs can match. An annual membership is required, and they take it seriously, right at the front door—so if you don’t have one, either ovary up or sign in with a registered friend. But once you’re in, you’ll find an invitingly dark club with some of the best-priced cocktails in town, and across the room, a

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Known among Bears and Sirs as “the twink bar downtown.”

The upstairs patio is your best local bet for convincing your homophobe friends Gay Bar Night is awesome. Don’t get lost in the surrounding office building. Ladies: downstairs bathroom – someone’s ALWAYS locked in the one upstairs. Drink specials ’til 11:00 and dancing ’til you can’t take anymore. Careful or you’ll wake up in the alley off 5^th the next morning.

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