'Don't blink or you'll miss it�it's a tiny late-night hook-up joint disguised as a neighborhood bar,' the Chicago bar Project said of the tavern. Gates sold the business and moved to Florida in 2014. Longtime Lake View tavern Little Jim's shut its doors July 2.īilling itself as 'the original hookup bar,' Jim Gates opened Little Jim's in 1975, and it was one of the first gay bars in the Boystown area. This article shared 3260 times since Sun Jul 5, 2020