Indeed, the couple acknowledge, the lounge’s popularity has surpassed that of the vodka. New York City’s second Black-owned LGBTQ+ bar drew a wide range of patrons including Lil Nas X, and actresses Meagan Good and Jerrie Johnson from the Amazon Prime series Harlem. Hughes and Solomon say an incident in a New York Black club where the DJ screamed, “Men don’t dance with men here!” that was another factor in their decision to open Lambda Lounge. That’s where the idea of, ‘Well, let’s open a location and sell our spirit ourselves!’” “With so many spirits on the market and with us being a small brand and not having a marketing budget and distribution budget, we weren’t able to maximize our sales. Solomon explains that the clubs are part a natural progression, arising from their efforts to promote their spirits as minority business owners. It was such a success that the couple is now opening their second queer bar, Club Lambda Brooklyn. In 2020, Charles Hughes and Richard Solomon, the gay married couple behind Lambda Vodka launched Harlem’s hip, upscale LGBTQ+ bar Lambda Lounge.
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