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TOMS BAR IS 30

Toms bar is 30 tomorrow. They opened 1.4.82 and the theme tonight is 80s! Big bar upstairs and big darkroom downstairs with warnings in several languages to beware of pickpockets. Toms bar is at Motzstr. 19, Schöneberg.

CONNECTION AND TOMS AT IT AGAIN

Malcolm at Toms bar and Dean at Connection have both experienced discrimination in the last week. There have been frequent complaints here of people being turned away from Toms due to their (old) age and discrimination against Asians at Connection. But then some say that Connection is a haven for Asians and that's been my experience. If you want to report it to the police here's how. Having said that Berghain discriminate on grounds of looks attitude and other random factors, Fickstutenmarkt will refuse admission to dogs (you may submit photo in advance if you like) and most Schöneberg bars discriminate against the ladies... ROAR?

POLICE RAID GAY BARS

Last week (Wednesday/Thursday) Berlin police raided four gay bars in Berlin-Schöneberg: Mutschmann’s, Woof, Tom's Bar and Scheune. The police say they were called in by the cigarette police and ended their intrusion in darkrooms, torches on, taking names of shifty smokers. Green politician Thomas Birk said that the raids on darkrooms were over the top (unverhältnismäßig). Rumours are running round Schöneberg. Are they just proving they are worth the money we pay? Are the conservative burgers of Schöneberg showing their muscle? Or is dome anti-smoking queen on it's high horse? Read more in German at siegessaeule.

Stop press Sunday morning: Somkers are still flouting the law in Scheune.

NO WELCOME AT TOMS

Three visitors to Berlin were last night turned away from the 'famous' Toms Bar in Motzstrasse. The three men from the UK had gone to Toms on a recommendation from locals that , on a quiet Monday night in town, Tom's 2-for-1 night might be a lively party for their first night in Berlin.
As they entered the open bar a member of staff emerged from the cloakroom and said "not for you", escorting them back out the door. On asking why. They were told it was a 'Leather Night'. When one of them returned to enquire further as to why they were not allowed entry, he was then told by another member of staff that it was 'Locals Only'.
It is encouraging to see that in this economic climate, Toms is doing so well that it can afford to turn away three affluent older gay men looking for a night out on their trip to Berlin.  But, if Toms now has an upper age limit for entry, maybe they should just be honest and say so!

Tom's Bar - DD Review

Toms is one of Schöneberg's most popular sex bars. It has a large busy darkroom. They have a 2 for 1 night on Mondays, which is not heavily publicised. It gets busy around midnight to 1am when they open the darkroom. There's a good size bar upstairs and a bigger darkroom downstairs. One Monday I visited and the talent ranged from a one eyed gnomish Irishman who assaulted me in the toilet (I consented in the interest of research, but it didn't work) to a sexy guy in the dark room. When I had finished fucking him he said "Ganz geil". Loosely translated that means great fuck. Also there were nice people to chat to upstairs.

Where	Motz Strasse, Schöneberg Berlin
When	Every night from ~ 10pm - 2-for-1 on Mondays
Web	http://www.tomsbar.de/ (under construction July 07)
Attracts	Sex hungry gay berlin men, ages 20s to 40s
Quantity	20-100 - sometines the bar looks empty. Eveybody is down in the darkroom.
Darkroom	Yes - cruisy
Dance	No