This article examines the processes through which a commercial bar is transformed into a hospitable space. Drawing on a study of a venue patronized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual/ transgender consumers, it considers how social and commercial forms of hospitality are mobilized. The article argues that hospitable space has an ideological, normative, and situational dimension. More specifically, it suggests the bar’s operation is tied to a set of ideological conceptions, which become the potential basis of association and disassociation among consumers. It examines the forces and processes that shape who participates in the production and consumption of hospitality and how. Finally, it considers the situational, emergent nature of hospitality and the discontinuous production of hospitable space. Rather than focusing on host-guest relations, a theme dominant in existing work on hospitality, the article stresses how consumers’ perceptions and actions shape the production of hospitality. By doing so, the article offers an alternative approach to understanding queer spaces, bar operation, as well as hospitality.
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