Café Domino

Title

Café Domino

Subject

Lesbian bar

Description

Located at Marburger Straße 13, Café Domino was a lesbian pick-up bar in West Berlin that lasted between the years of 1921 and 1930. South of the memorial church, they are known for their speciality aphrodisiac drink, “Cherry Cobbler.” The clientele are wealthy, dressed in expensive perfume and jewellery, and the men are plentiful and ignored. The café was known as the “Intimate Bar of the West.” Both lesbians and confused men attended and adored the café’s midnight shows with various themes.

Creator

Rhones Agrawal

Source

Gordon, Mel. 2000. Voluptuous Panic The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin. Feral House. California: Los Angeles. https://monoskop.org/images/4/44/Gordon_Mel_Voluptuous_Panic_2006.pdf

Relation

Midhani, Rory. 2022. Hier Ist's Richtig! Augmented Reality Scenes of Queer Berlin's Nightlife Past. Neu Start Kultur. Germany: Berlin. https://www.rorymidhani.com/hier-ists-richtig

Coverage

Weimar Berlin, Germany

Dates

1921-1930

Address

Marburger Straße 13

Participants

Gertie
Jonescu