At a time when many people are debating whether lesbian bars are sustainable businesses, Cannistraci isn’t afraid at all. Surviving, she says, is about knowing when to pivot, when to reinvent the bar.
“We’ve done that at least three times,” she says. “Because the landscapes change, the way people are going to bars is changing…When I opened in ’91 we had a jukebox. That was it. People came to drink and hook up and be in a safe space and have that feeling of community. Now they want an experience, everybody wants an experience. It really challenged us, but we did it.”
Nowadays, DJs come from all over the world to play at Henrietta Hudson. Sometimes, they have burlesque dancers. They regularly host events for all members of the queer community, and not only those who identify as lesbians.Whether it is comedy for queer women or a queer sports team’s post-game celebration, Cannistraci is constantly filling the bar’s calendar .“We’re affiliated with hundreds and hundreds of not for profits,” she says.
At the end of June, Henrietta Hudson will celebrate World Pride in New York City in a very big way. On June 29, the bar will host Siren, its annual lesbian-centric party , for which Cannistraci spearheads the building of a nightclub from scratch on Watermark Pier 15. This year, she will use the same space the night before to host Pride Soup, otherwise known as Queer on the Pier, for the entire queer community.
At the end of the day, what has kept Cannistraci working so hard all these years is her love of making people happy. “I just open the door and see everybody so excited and happy,” she says. “There’s so much gratitude around it. People really consistently just say thank you so much, and that keeps you going.”
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