The area has had a sizable LGBTQ population since at least the seventies, when several bars catering to our community opened up. Photo by Chris Andoe.Ĭalled “The Island” by many of its cocktail-loving, golf-cart driving residents because of the way the river and highways cut it off from everywhere else, Soulard is the oldest intact neighborhood in the city, as well as St. Soulard’s gorgeous brick homes provide a backdrop to heavy-duty partying.
