Blaine’s

closed closed closed CLOSED IN SPRING OF THIS YEAR 2011

I love this bar when I visit Savannah. Awesome staff and great bar specials.

What’s not to like? Dawn and the other bartender were super nice, there’s loud classic pop music on the TV and the speakers and we were the only broads in there. Drinks were reasonably priced and seating was ample. I hear they have karaōke sometimes and there’s definitely a raised stage/​platform area for either karaōke or drag shows — all of it sounds good to me. I’ll be back the next time I’m in Savannah, for sure.

it just keeps getting worse for me, sorry. the staff here though could not be friendlier. they’re so sweet and looking out for you. in all honesty though looking after 8 – 9 people shouldn’t be a hard task.
this would be my third time here and for the third time the place was just empty. nothing going on. maybe i am just coming on the wrong nights?
they have video poker and the likes of those games. pool table in the back. the general feel is just hometown welcome, un pretentious. which is good.

I frequented Blaine’s a fair amount with friends when I lived in Savannah, and while Chuck’s is easily my first favorite gay bar in Savannah, Blaine’s isn’t doing anything wrong: it’s a friendly, fun, neighborhood-​type gay bar that attracts a lot of straight folks at certain times, too. That said, there’s no doubt it’s mainly a gay bar, moreso than Chuck’s is, really. Also, you’ll find more of a local (vs. tourist) crowd here and more older guys than students (whereas Chuck’s has become nearly as much a SCAD student hang-​out as a normal gay bar).
They do karaōke here, and aside from King’s Inn waaaaaay out Victory Drive on the eastern side of town, they do the best karaōke in Savannah that I know of. .. for one thing, they have a good sound system and enough space to properly set it all up. The bartenders are all very friendly and make good drinks, though not as cheap or generous as those at Chuck’s or Pinkie’s (in fairness, Blaine’s put some money into renovating their location from the hair salon it used to be. .. whereas Chuck’s and Pinkie’s both look like not a damn thing has changed since Jimmy Carter was in the Oval Office. .. in fact, I know the owner of Pinkie’s daughter and she told me that about all they ever change is the bottles of liqour when those get empty!).
Straight folks can have fun here, despite it being more gay-​leaning: case in point, I brought a guy’s guy, slightly homophobic but well-​meaning, straight friend here one night and he was expecting to see a bunch a drag queens, florists, and hairdressers running around acting gay but instead we wound up having a great conversation about guns and huntin’ dogs with two older gay dudes. Just goes to show, yo. ..

We had a great time at Blaine’s. The bartender, Richard, was as sweet as can be. He kept the jell-​o shots and drinks a’comin. He even got up and sang karaōke with me (my first time to karaōke I will say too… yay me!). We were there on a Tuesday night so the crowd wasn’t large, but it was still a lot of fun.
If a straight girl can have fun here, then anyone can have fun here! :)

You don’t have to be gay to go in this back door! (You enter through the back door… you dirty, dirty people.)
I don’t go here so much anymore but I used to be a fixture. I love walking down the alley (in a non sketchy way) and seeing that rainbow flag blowing in the wind… it meant I was going to have a good time. Now, I’m not gay, but I don’t think you have to be to have a great time at a gay bar.
On certain nights they have liquor and beer busts which means that, for one price, you get all you can drink. The drinks are actually good, too!
The best thing about this bar, though, besides the pictures of beefy men on the walls, is that there is always some drunk guy singing sad country songs on the karaōke stage. Now at first, you may find that to be a bad thing, but then you have to consider the comedic value of bad karaōke. And, when the singers aren’t the best, it makes you feel better about your crappy voice and now you are doing karaōke too!
I feel strangely comfortable amidst the transvestites, men making out in the hall, and the occasional chick asking to buy me a drink. This place is low key, funny, fun, and even has a couple of pool tables.
Don’t be scared, try it out, and just remember as you leave, Parkers is, like, a two minute walk away!

Good, basic gay bar — friendly to EVERYONE!