The Annex is a small dive that you can run to if you just wanna get away from the craziness of The Strip. Not the most attractive bar or clientèle (even by dive bar standards), and it's far from the best of its "genre", but this is as butch as it'll get in San Antonio. All of the bartenders are nice guys and are very good at what they do. The drinks are as cheap as they are strong. Plus, they've started doing monthly Gear Nights, which have been fun so far. Also, as expected, it can be a cruisy atmosphere at times. If you can manage to find something attractive to fool around with, this will be the place to get a bit "warmed up" before heading home. This is a bar that knows what it is and intends to stay that way. If you like an older, more laid-back crowd, this is the place to be. But please, if you have a Fag Hag, leave her at The Strip...this isn't the place for her.

Small and dimly lit. On the corner of San Pedro, a few blocks from the gay strip. They have cheap drinks and they play good music from the jukebox. I go here when I just want a drink or two and to escape the club scene. It's a good atmosphere to chill with one or more friends. Everyone is nice and the bartenders and staff are awesome. I have never had a problem here.