Chumley's

A great, cozy spot with professional courteous staff to enjoy time with friends or unwind on your own, this establishment has been a staple of the State College bar and restaurant scene for years! Their bottled beer 🍻 selection includes imported options you won’t find anywhere else in town. The wine 🍷 list is equally impressive, and the food menu, featuring house-made dishes 🍲 prepared to order, is updated weekly on their social media pages.

I’ve visited this place multiple times, and every time I am met with the rudest service and the snarkiest comments. I don’t know if it’s because I look young for my age and they want an older crowd but they always make a snarky comment about how young I look when asking/looking at my ID. Every time I ask a question or make an order, I get met with a sassy, mean reply. Ex: I asked for a gin and tonic and the follow up was “Are you going to give me any specifics or…” instead of just simply asking me what gin I want. One time I went to sit at the bar, and the bartender says, “Isn’t it obvious these seats are already taken?” (It wasn’t, or I wouldn’t have tried to sit, as I have bar etiquette). Also made some weird remarks to my fellow trans friend while going into the bathroom. I visited this place multiple times to give it a chance, some people have bad days, but that’s not the case here, it’s consistent. It’s a shame because there aren’t many queer spaces in the area, and the service makes me feel like I’m not queer enough or able to be in that space. My friends who come with me also notice the behavior towards me. The food and drinks are good, but the service has completely turned me off, and I won’t be returning.

A very welcomed safe haven with fabulous drinks. Was back in town over Christmas and was delighted by the full Christmas cocktail menu. All the cocktails I tried were great. You can tell there is a passion for combination and flavors there. The interior is wonderful and boy did they ever decorate for Christmas. I would love to see what they do for other holidays. I will be back and definitely recommend stopping in for a visit and supporting local gay bars like this.

Horrible experience. My friends and I came in as a stop on our bar crawl for maybe 20 minutes. we all ordered one drink and made sure to tip well even though the drinks were already overpriced. Bartender kept making snarky remarks at us for sitting at the bar. made us so uncomfortable we needed to leave. On the way out the “bouncer” made horrible comments to us and stated that “sometimes it doesn’t matter if you are paying customers,” basically saying that the disrespect we received was somehow excused. don’t go here.

It is a tiny space in the heart of State College downtown. However, as tiny as it was, they had live music. There was a group of Latin@s and Eric (who is American) playing wonderful music of South America. The bar is cozy and opened to everyone. I order a couple of Grand Marnier in the rocks and a basket of nachos (which come from the restaurant next door).

The bartender took our order but ignored us for awhile until we decided to walk away. Very racist cuz I’m a gay asian. I think all gays should stay away from this so called LGBTQ bar. I got treated fairly in other bars in the town to be honest.

LGBTQ local pub in downtown State College...like a gay version of Cheers! Visited during a holiday stay with friends and enjoyed some fabulous cocktails with fun names.

Went for a nightcap. Charming space! Don’t count on the website menu for accuracy of seasonal cocktail drinks.