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For parties up to 12 guests please select the reservation button below. For parties of 13 or more please email: reservation theblackcatla. Please keep in mind that menu items are updated periodically and the exact items you see here may not currently be available. Rhode Island squid, pickled cherry peppers, sauce gribiche, chives.

For full venue buyouts and filming inquiries, please email here. The White Room at The Black Cat is a private dining and event space that can accommodate afternoon and evening dinner parties from 12 to 30 guests, and up to 45 guests for cocktail parties, receptions and screenings.

The Black Cat Tavern opened in October catering to a gay clientele. At that time, homosexuality was medically classified as a mental illness, same-sex relations were criminalized in California, and in Los Angeles, the LGBTQ community faced constant intimadation, harassment and violent oppression at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department.

As the crowd celebrated at midnight, a dozen plainclothes police officers began their raid on the unsuspecting revelers. The frightened patrons and staff fought back against the unannounced officers. It was a confusing scene that quickly devolved into chaos as all resistance was met with brutal police force.

In all, fourteen people were beaten to the floor, dragged outside, and arrested on the sidewalk in front of the bar. Three weeks later, six of those detained were brought to trial by jury to face charges of lewd conduct.

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All six were found guilty of the act of same-sex kissing, a conviction that carried a penalty which required them to publicly register as sex offenders for life. Held on February 11,the event was attended by several hundred brave people. They were met on the street by squadrons of armed riot police officers. Despite this show of force, the disciplined demonstrators remained orderly.

The protest unfolded tensely, but peacefully. Predating the Stonewall uprising in New York by two full years, the Black Cat demonstration marks one of the first moments in US history that the LGBTQ community organized publicly to protest the harassment, brutality, and persecution they were suffering at the hands of the state for being queer.

Soon after, Charles Talley and Benny Baker two of the six men convicted of lewd conduct would appeal their convictions to the United States Supreme Court. The high court declined to take up their appeal. Nonetheless, the case set a legal precedent that would transform the social, cultural, and political tenor of the LGBTQ civil rights movement from that moment on.

Their appeal asserted for the first time that sexual orientation should not preclude someone from enjoying the same rights and equal protections guaranteed to all Americans under the 14th Amendment of the U. A commemorative plaque on the corner of Sunset and Hyperion marks the monumental civil and human rights history of the location.

The Black Cat Silver Lake. Food Kitchen is open until pm nightly. French Fries. Canned Cocktails. Free Spirited- Sparkling.