The Hawk has been slinging drinks since 1933 and has become a premier gay bar in Cleveland. Enjoy the pool table, fully stocked jukebox, and a patio during a night out with locals.
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everyone's a hater (almost)
Some guys think they're so cool. Bars are the same everywhere. Don't diss 'our' bar. Whatever. All you girls who think you're so hot, why don't you get up off your barstool and talk to someone for a change instead of congratulating yourselves on how pretty you are and how boring other guys are. I looked at 'Wolf's' profile and he's a damned good looking guy. Funny thing, these good looking guys make the rounds of the bars but usually go home alone. I wonder why. And the guys who think the bars are always so lonely---but they never strike up a conversation with someone they don't know. No wonder the bars are boring. The bars are dives where bartenders serve drinks. The bar is what you make it to be. That's all there's to it. Yes there will be ugly men, there will be obnoxious drunk ass queens. But most guys aren't like that. You want a change? Cut the attitude. That goes for out of towners and the regulars and the news guys checking out the Hawk or wherever. You want a change, be the change. Not that difficult, unless you're a fake.
strong opinions!
the hawk of all places brings out the best and worst in gay men. it may not be as horrid a bar as some of the posts suggest but it surely is not a good as other say. it is a dive it is in need of a good scrub down it has more than its share of trolls and other monsters but it also has some down-to-earth and easy-going guys and it is in a better area than either cocktails or mans world
this is an awsome bar
Ok guys all of u writting this negative stuff about this place need to check urselves. This bar is an awsome friendly very clean place to go. I thought the same thing about it when i first went here and i dont think that way anymore which is why i picked it as the bar i wanted to work at. The stuff and patrons are great people and we , unlike some of you, respect everyone. It is a fun bar full of fun people. If you didnt like it then go to your stupid twink bar and pose like always do.
Barfalicious
by reading these reviews, you can easily tell who's real and who's a marginal member of society. men who like the hawk are fringe at best. here's the low down. the hawk is a bar in the west edge of cleveland, near the lakewood line. its a run down, petri dish of human filth. i went there with a friend tonite (saturday nite) hoping for a hook up or fun or whatever. as it turns out, the place was a total dive and gross in the fullest sense of the word. the customers ranged from fat ugly trolls to super skinny dudes who looked like they hadnt eaten or bathed in weeks. to make it all the worse, this loud gross fat man, who told us his name was damon, would not leave us alone and bragged about some horrible songs he claimed he played on the jukebox. yeah, thats a nite at the hawk. we left cocktails for this! after putting up with this fat black terd for way too long, we headed off to twist and had a quieter but much more normal time. skip the hawk! it truly is where old gay men go to prepare for death.