The Sword Tour of San Francisco Gay Porn Locations

Well, kids, here you go:  a map and key that will aid you in taking your very own, self-guided tour around the town The Sword calls home. Our tour, of course, includes a selection of public and semi-public locations that have been used as backdrops in gay porn films–both for hardcore scenes, like the orgy in BuckleRoos that was shot at The Lone Star Saloon, and for b-roll, like the Francois Sagat/Damian Crosse pickup scene in Titan’s Telescope, shot at Dolores Park. 

1. Big Gay Frat House

Castro Street between 18th and 19th Streets
The private home and popular gay fundraising location was used for the hazing and fraternity scenes in Jerry Douglas’s Brotherhood (Buckshot, 2007)

2. Jet (formerly The Detour)

2348 Market Street
The bar formerly known as The Detour once served as the seedy backdrop for the Jeff Stryker classic, In Hot Pursuit, (Catalina, 1987, dir. William Higgins). The place was remodeled and renamed Jet in 2007,  bearing no resemblance to the Detour besides its address. Jet is currently closed.

3. Hot Cookie

407 Castro Street
The penis-shaped cookie purveyor was used for a scene in Titan’s Detour starring Dred Scott.

4. (Former) The Piano Store

100 Van Ness
Sadly, it’s no longer there, but there was an old-timey piano store (now a credit union) on Van Ness that director Steven Scarborough somehow conned the owners into using for the set of 1993’s Command Performance (Falcon).

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5. mr. Pam’s Playhouse

76 Lafayette
Lucas Entertainment Creative Director mr. Pam‘s home, known in the industry as mr. Pam’s playhouse was a well-used condom of a location, having been used for various web shoots (Jason Adonis, Rod Barry, various indie dyke porn) as well as for Raging Stallion’s Manhattan (the roof deck) and both Big Dick Club & Big Dick Club 2. Of course, the dirtiest stuff happened there after the cameras were turned off.

6. The Powerhouse

1347 Folsom Street
The Powerhouse has been used in several recent films, including Titan’s Folsom Filth (2007), Raging Stallion’s Barback and Hotter Than Hell (both 2008).

7. The Power Exchange

74 Otis Street
This former sex club was a virtual porn set in its heydey was used in Glory Holes of San Francisco (1999).

8. Lone Star Saloon

1354 Harrison Street
Venerable gay dive and bear bar The Lone Star Saloon was used for the orgy scene in BuckleRoos (Buckshot, 2004).

9. Mr. S Leather

7th Street and Folsom
The original location of Mr. S Leather served as the backdrop for 2005’s Leatherbound (Buckshot).

10. Truck Bar

1500 Folsom Street
The butch-themed bar has hosted plenty of adult industry activity and was recently featured in Raging Stallion’s Barback (2008).

 

11. San Francisco Bay

A boat in SF bay, with many lovely shots of Alcatraz and the bridges, was used for a scene in Raging Stallion’s A Porn Star is Born (2003), featuring Michael Brandon and Shane Rollins fucking while floating under the Golden Gate.

12. Marin Headlands

The old army barracks at the Marin Headlands were featured in Rod Barry World; the nearby Point Reyes gun turrets were used in Falcon’s The Renegade (1995).

13. Eros Sex Club

2051 Market Street
For years, the sandwhich board propped up outside this sex club showed a sultry Marcus Iron, but it also served as one of the sets in the first Big Dick Club.

14. Dolores Park

20th and Church
The “gay beach” at Dolores Park, a.k.a. the Fruit Shelf, served as cruising ground for Francois Sagat and Damien Crosse in Titan’s Telescope (2008). The subsequent sex and watersports were shot in a more secluded wooded area further down the peninsula.

15. Blow Buddies

933 Harrison Street
Good old sex club, Blow Buddies, served as a set for Hot House’s Resurrection (2003).

16. Club 8

1500 Folsom Street
The cast and crew of Barback really hot around!  They also shot a scene here.

17. The Presidio

The boys in the opening rugby scene of Falcon’s Rough Play tackled and pawed each other in one of the quads at the Presidio.

18. Land’s End

The cruisy grassy knolls at Land’s End served as the backdrop for a scene in the seminal 1972 Peter Berlin film, That Boy.

19. Ocean Beach

The outdoor scenes from Titan’s Deep Water Beach Patrol (2006, dir. Joe Gage)–starring King of the Bottoms, Mason Wyler–were filmed at Ocean Beach.

20. The Kink.com Armory

1500 Mission Street
The San Francisco National Guard Armory, decomissioned and closed in 1976, was purchased in 2006 by Kink.com and its warren of basement-level rooms are now used for porn shoots, including their gay Bound Gods series.

If we left out one of your favorites, let us know.  Otherwise, enjoy this vintage trailer from William Higgins‘ 1981 classic, The Boys of San Francisco.

RELATED:

Historical Homos: Vintage Gay Porn Trailers From the 80s
B-Roll: Vintage Jeff Stryker in Tighty-Whities
On The Set: Steve Cruz’s Hotter Than Hell
Vintage B-Roll: Jack Wrangler’s Jocks (Catalina, 1980)
Historical Homos: A Roundup of Footage from Prides Past
Behind the Scenes: Jeff Stryker is Weird

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