A bar for the others
For the Othered: Why Anna’s Place Is in the Conversation (Even If It’s Not a Gay Bar)
A quiet kind of safety in Omaha
You won’t find a rainbow flag out front.
There’s no disco ball. No drag brunch.
But people still ask:
“Is this a gay bar?”
And the honest answer is… not exactly.
But we are a bar where queer people feel safe.
Where the energy is protected.
Where respect isn’t a request—it’s the floor.
Anna’s Place is a third space. A place that’s not work, not home, but somewhere you can show up and exhale. And for a lot of people—especially people who’ve been “othered” in louder rooms—that’s something rare.
Why Inclusion Matters Here
We didn’t build Anna’s Place to be exclusive.
We built it to be intentional—and that means making room for the kinds of people who often get left out of the room altogether.
We’re inclusive because so many of us—ourselves, our friends, our guests—have been the ones who were too much, too queer, too neurodivergent, too sensitive, too quiet, or just plain unwelcome in traditional bar culture.
We know what it’s like to be scanned instead of seen.
We know what it’s like to be talked over.
We know how exhausting it is to shrink in a space that never made room for you in the first place.
So we decided to build a place where no one has to do that.
Where your full self is welcome—without commentary, without correction, without the need to explain.
Inclusivity isn’t branding here.
It’s how we survive.
It’s how we build something better than what came before.
What We Actually Are
We’re a small bar, tucked inside a building with history.
The lighting is low. The volume is lower.
We don’t do beer or wine—not because we don’t respect it, but because cocktails are our medium. It’s what we study. It’s what we serve.
We’re not here to chase trends.
We’re here to make something intentional.
We test every drink a hundred times before it ever touches a guest’s lips. We make our own cola. We curate every detail so the people who walk through the door know they’re walking into a space that’s been built on purpose.
And that carries over to everything—especially the atmosphere.
The Door Speech
When you come to Anna’s Place for the first time, we meet you at the door.
We don’t do bouncers or ropes.
Just someone who cares about the energy in the room.
We ask everyone to:
Use their inside voice
Respect their phones (no flash, no loud videos, no FaceTiming your cousin mid-Old Fashioned)
And most importantly: understand that the people inside matter.
The door doesn’t open unless a staff member opens it.
That’s not exclusivity—it’s careful access.
It means that everyone inside has agreed, even silently, to keep the room sacred.
A Home for the Othered
We’ve seen what happens when the right people find the right space.
We’ve watched guests cry into napkins, laugh through grief, admit things they’ve never said out loud. We’ve watched strangers become chosen family.
And while we’re not exclusively a gay bar in Omaha, we are:
Queer-friendly
Sex-positive
Big believers in autonomy and body respect
And fiercely loyal to the idea that everyone deserves to feel safe.
This isn’t a bar for everyone.
But it is a bar for the people who’ve ever felt out of place in most rooms.
Find Us. Or Let Us Find You.
Anna’s Place is where the conversation can go deeper.
Where you don’t have to yell to be heard.
Where you don’t have to prove you belong.
Whether you’re part of the queer community, the kink community, the artist crowd, or just a person looking for some kind of peace—we built this place with people like you in mind.
No hashtags. No theme nights.
Just intention.
You can read the room when you walk in.
We just make sure it reads you back.
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Come curious. Come calm. Come as you are.