Pro Shop Pub — Restaurant in Clearwater

I waited as a high school student, marching in the band to feel comfortable to walk in and be accepted as a gay man in my community where I grew up. I have been to Pro Shop previously on Valentine's Day a few years ago. My ex was part of a game he ruined that first time in going. Every time I have went recently this year if it's all consisted of 2025, I have been offended and disappointed in my being there, except one afternoon the bartender let me put Freeform on instead of sports. I have had people I know come in while I was there, some made fun of me, some altered their appearance, and it was really not what I thought would be the standard at a gay bar. One of the bartenders has been quite rude and unprofessional. I tried to get his attention to get a drink before happy hour ended, I told him about my drink, and went outside to smoke flower, as was previously told to do. The bartender came outside telling me his shift was over and my tab was $9.75. He didn't offer to transfer the tab, and management didn't have a policy of not inconveniencing me and transferring the tab to the next shift bartender. I put $20 on the bar, and he took a tip out for himself, instead of waiting for me to tip him what I would have tipped him. I didn't want to tip him $3, but he made that decision for me, instead of an envelope for him when he worked next, a service standard in most places. I was also taunted with what I've helped my community in an issue having no addiction to it by staff and patrons as well. I hoped it'd be a gay bar since many have closed and someone stole my phone where I can't use Grindr, Scruff, and such, and being a socially awkward gay man, relied upon them instead of satiating needs like before they were available. Really disappointed at the lack of community, the lack of helping, and the lack of hospitality.

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The oldest gay bar in the Pinellas County area the staff is fantastic especially the management the drinks are very reasonable they only have one problem that I would list and that is that use pour measurer which is ridiculous this is the only gay bar I've ever been in my life that uses this type of device the main reason people go to a gay bar is so they can get a good strong drink and if you're measuring your pours you're not going to get a stiff drink. I would rather pay a little bit more for a drink that is been made without a specific measurement a good bartender knows how much liquor to put into a cocktail doesn't need a tool to do it for you. That is the only thing I would change about this bar other than that it's a fun place to hang out the crowd is always nice and you can always find people to talk to and like I said the staff...

I would give this place a 0 of I could. We went on St.Patricks day and it was less than ideal. We went thinking it would be fun and it was not. The only "good" thing there. The bathrooms were disgusting but the worst part was the fact they let homeless people hang out in there. As a crowd we felt extremely uncomfortable because the homeless people were watching us, asking for spare change, and just made us feel unwelcomed. At no point did management step in and asked them to leave. With all due respect, I will never go back to this place. It was not worth it based on the above...