'I think it's great that everybody's getting along, but the younger just go with their friends to straight bars,' Mathison says. One thing killing gay clubs and bars like his are hookup apps like Grindr, Mathison claims. Mathison states multiple reasons for the closure of the bar, including smoking bans and high taxes.
“It's just bittersweet when you’ve done something half your life, seeing it end,” Tom Mathison, the owner of The Quest, tells the Baltimore Sun. The Quest, a gay pub in Baltimore's Highlandtown neighborhood, closed its doors after 15 years of operation.
