The Cage   

"ENTER," commands the sign out front. This popular Hoboken gay bar occupies a handy and highly prominent position just off the main drag, close to the PATH station and a stone's throw from buckets of good dining options. The place itself isn't exactly fancy -- a beat-up, wood-paneled exterior accoutered with neon and the requisite rainbow flags, concealing an open space for drinking cheap drafts, mingling, picking up guys and (for the unself-conscious) dancing. Buff and cross-dressing deejays with names like Big Blanche, Eddie Love, and Johnny FeelGood spin the tunes, while male revues of go-go dancers parade their wares. Not exactly sure how this is supposed to represent the finest gay culture has to offer, but there you have it.