Dominguez said the whole system of bars on the Central Coast and in the nation caters to heterosexual, cisgendered people.
If anyone is being alienated, he said, it's the LGBTQ community. Still, Dominguez and his partner-in business and life-Daniel Gomez, who also co-owns SLOQueerdos, agree that opening a gay bar on the Central Coast would be challenging. Rent is costly, liquor licenses are hard to come by, and they questioned whether a gay bar in SLO would have enough consistent business to stay open.
