Tabu at 777 Main Street will not be applying for an adult use license after all. The bar, which bills itself as a “gay ultra lounge” had been expected to be before the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals today to obtain a license to operate an ‘exotic cabaret’ less than 1000 feet from a church. The bar is in the commercial space of the Sidway apartments at Main and Goodell, catty-corner to St. Louis Roman Catholic Church.
The bar which is planning to feature weekend drag shows, only needs a dance license, not the adult use license necessary for a strip club according to information in the Buffalo News.
As long as drag show participants remain clothed, the shows can go on under a dance license, standard for local clubs and bars.
Tabu opened on March 8.