Sue Ellen's

{{Short description|Lesbian bar in Dallas, Texas, U.S.}} {{Infobox venue | name = Sue Ellen's | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | caption = | image_map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_relief = | fullname = | former_names = | address = 3014 Throckmorton Street, 75219 | city = Dallas, Texas | country = United States | location = | coordinates = {{Coord|32|48|38.5|N|96|48|41.5|W|region:US-TX|display=inline,title}} | elevation =  | public_transit = | parking = | owner = | operator = | designation = | type = | event = | seating_type = | suites = | capacity = | record_attendance = | dimensions = | field_shape = | acreage = | surface = | scoreboard = | screens = | current_use = | production = | broke_ground = | built = | opened = 1989 | renovated = | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | rebuilt = | years_active = | cost = | architect = | builder = | project_manager = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | main_contractors = | tenants = | website = {{Official website|sueellensdallas.com/}} | embedded = }}

'''Sue Ellen's''' is a ladies bar or [[lesbian bar]] in [[Dallas, Texas]]' [[gayborhood]] of [[Oak Lawn, Dallas|Oak Lawn]].<ref name="dma">{{cite news |title=History |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2021/may/history/ |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=D Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name="martin">{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Justin |title=More Than Just A Lesbian Bar: Sue Ellen's And Surviving COVID-19 |url=https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2020-08-17/more-than-just-a-lesbian-bar-sue-ellens-and-surviving-covid-19 |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=KERA News |date=2020-08-17 |language=en}}</ref> It first opened in Dallas on January 19, 1989, and moved to its current Throckmorton Street location in 2008.<ref name="dob">{{cite web |title=Sue Ellen's |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/location/sue-ellens-6444422 |website=Dallas Observer |access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="sarah">{{cite news |last1=Blaskovich |first1=Sarah |title=Dallas' only lesbian bar Sue Ellen's reopens June 4, after being closed nearly a year |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2021/06/03/dallas-only-lesbian-bar-sue-ellens-reopens-june-4-for-pride-after-being-closed-nearly-a-year/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live|access-date=16 June 2021 |work=Dallas News |date=2021-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606234023/https://www.dallasnews.com/food/restaurant-news/2021/06/03/dallas-only-lesbian-bar-sue-ellens-reopens-june-4-for-pride-after-being-closed-nearly-a-year/ |archive-date=2021-06-06 |language=en}}</ref> Sue Ellen's, a two-story nightclub, has a long history of being part of Dallas' [[queer nightlife]], and is the state's oldest lesbian bar.

It is named for [[Sue Ellen Ewing]] of ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' fame and is considered the sister bar to nearby JR's.<ref name="avalon">{{cite book |last1=Widner |first1=Jonanna |title=Moon Dallas & Fort Worth |date=2014-05-13 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-61238-527-3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBuPAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22sue+ellen%27s%22+dallas&pg=PA106 |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="hammel">{{cite news |last1=Hammel |first1=Zoe |last2=Strange |first2=Trey |title=Texas's Oldest Lesbian Bar Faces Its Latest Challenge: Surviving the Pandemic |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/sue-ellens-lesbian-bar-coronavirus-dallas/ |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=Texas Monthly |date=2020-07-25 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="saez">{{cite news |last1=Saez |first1=Rosin |title=Sue Ellen's Is One of 15 Lesbian Bars Left. One Campaign Wants to Keep It Around. |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/food-drink/2020/11/sue-ellens-is-one-of-15-lesbian-bars-left-one-campaign-wants-to-keep-it-around/ |access-date=16 June 2021 |work=D Magazine |date=2020-11-02 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Lesbian Bar Project]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.sueellensdallas.com/}}

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