Candy Bar was a lesbian bar that was based in Carlisle Street in Soho, London.[1] It was started in 1996 by Kim Lucas who decorated the interior pink and provided lap and pole dancing.[2][3] Men were allowed into the bar if accompanied by a woman.[4]
In 2011, the bar was sold by Lucas to Gary Henshaw, owner of the Ku chain of London gay bars. New management brought in by Henshaw toned down the bright pink decoration.[3] The bar was featured in a Channel 5 six-part fly-on-the-wall documentary series named Candy Bar Girls.[5]
The bar closed in January 2014 following an increase in rents.[6]
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^"4, CARLISLE STREET W1, Non Civil Parish - 1066346 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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