![]() ![]() The patron first descended a long stairway into a front room which held tables, electronic games, and 2 or 3 pool tables, then turned right (west) into the main bar area. The space was entered from the rear (north side) of the building, which at the time was butted almost up to the elevated eastside freeway- so parking was between and around large concrete pylons, and the entrance was shadowy even during the day. ![]() During its approximately two years of peak business, the Eagle was also home to the largest area leather contests (Daddy's Boy, Mr. On Friday and Saturday nights the relatively large dance floor was packed with dancing half-naked men. The bar often enforced a dress code requiring either leather or levi slacks and boots to enter. The Eagle was a leather/levi bar with a dance floor, and was initially extremely popular. The Milwaukee Eagle was opened in the basement of the Sidney HiH building on Novem(Quest 4-20 pgs 13-14+16), in a location which had previously held two other gay bars: first the disco 'Golden Shaft', and then the Unicorn, about 15 years previously (when Factory II/ Kisses was popular right across the river to the east).
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