Garden of Allah (cabaret)

For other uses, see Garden of Allah (disambiguation).

The Garden of Allah was a mid-20th century gay cabaret that opened in 1946 in the basement of the Victorian-era Arlington Hotel in Seattle's Pioneer Square. It was Seattle's most popular gay cabaret in the late 1940s and 1950s and one of the first gay-owned gay bars in the United States. It formed a key part of Seattle's social scene for gay and lesbian people in Seattle at the time.

The Garden catered to all factions of the LGBT community, though heterosexual patrons, tourists and military personnel on leave also visited. Acts were primarily female impersonation, though some male impersonators also performed: these performances would be known as drag today.

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