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The first bar at the old Hollyfield Cleaners location (now the Empire Cafe) was the Locker. At the time, it was considered to be Houston's first gay leather bar (although Mary's could certainly make a case that it was a leather bar in the 70s). I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Round Table (located next to where the Veterans Center is today). It was very popular on Sunday afternoon during the early 1970s. The crowd literally overflowed into the street (Westheimer) and the crowd was so thick that all sorts of things occurred al fresco in the front yard. The original Tootsie's was across the street.
WRT the bar on California Street, my memory is faulty, but I believe it was called the Silver Bullet, not Quicksilver.
The late 60s music venue on Richmond was Sand Mountain, but I'm not sure it was at the location later occupied by EJs.
My nomination for the most interesting bar: Prufrock's. It was owned by the same person who owned the Round Table and was just a block away. A mixed bar, it only sold beer and wine (no liquor by the drink), had a truly unique juke box, and had the text of the poem written around the walls of the main room. If you found the mistake in the text, you got a free drink. It was a hangout for artists and more than a few politicos. I once saw Dick Wray sign the shadow a lamp cast on the wall as "found" art. There were rooms in the rear that were dedicated to playing card games and chess -- and they were busy.
Oh yea, I remember the Locker/Different Drum and later on Chutes, and the Loading Dock across the street...just a few more odds and ends: next to the Stop and Go on Westheimer@Whitnety was a little dive massage place called Sugar and Spice. Down the street was Hungry International (I ate there a lot) and also the Spud U Like. On Fairview was a place called Grant Street Station (I still have the t-shirt from there) and behind it was a short lived but nice little bar called The Deep. I'll post more as I remember it.
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I remember the Silver Phoenix - never went there, but my best friend in high school came out to his family in the summer of 1979 via a CBS Saturday news program aimed at teens - think it was called "30 Minutes" - and the Houston segment was filmed there. Talk about family fireworks....
He & I used to go dancing at the Old Plantation on Kipling as well. Got in the door and drank at 16-17; never got carded once. Then again, he was cute enough to get away with practically anything. It was fun pretending to be his girlfriend at school. 
Anyone remember when Numbers was Babylon's?
I remember Babylon's, interesting goings on back in those days. Grace Jones performed there if I remember right, seems like Pia Zadora was there at some point too.
The bar mentioned earlier with the truck cab over the entrance was called The Truckstop, you could walk from there to the Badlands bar through the back patio area, they were connected.
Does anyone remember the Boobie Rock, across from Mary's? How about Princes Hamburgers where the Stop and Go is now? Seems like yesterday, I must be getting old! I used to park my car at the old Circus Club and make the rounds from there, it was amazing the things you could see in those few blocks between Taft and Mary's.
He & I used to go dancing at the Old Plantation on Kipling as well. Got in the door and drank at 16-17; never got carded once. Then again, he was cute enough to get away with practically anything. It was fun pretending to be his girlfriend at school. 
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There was a business just to the right of Mary's at 1012 Westheimer. The building was torn down and became a parking lot, but was still there in the early 80s. It was separate from Bellaire Glass. My memory of it is a little vague. Does anyone remember what it was? Maybe a car wash?