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Bathhouses Have Re-Opened In Toronto!

One bathhouse (Spa Excess) have listed all their new rules and regulations on their website to make the bathhouse experience SAFE and enjoyable - Read below

Staff will wear masks and gloves.

Staff have access to hand sanitizer and need to wash hands often.

Staff will disinfect each room after use (doorknobs inside and out, light switch, table, and locker inside and out).

Staff will disinfect washrooms (toilets, sinks).

Staff will disinfect railings on the stairs and patio lounge chairs, tables and chairs in the lounge.

Staff will disinfect key sets after each use.

Staff will disinfect locker room lockers before each use.

Staff will use UV light on debit/credit machines.

Staff will hand out condoms.

Staff will be tested for temperature and oxygen levels.

Food handling requires new gloves each time.

Food will be served on disposable dishes and glasses/cups

Tables and chairs in lounge and patio spaced to allow for social distancing.

Swing lids from garbage pails have been removed to eliminate touching.

Dry sauna and steam room will be closed.

Signatures on entry receipts not required during the pandemic.

All guests must submit to a temperature scan prior to final entry. Anyone displaying COVID-19 symptoms will be denied entry.

Randomly, customers may be asked to take a test for oxygen levels via an oximeter. This is to test for Invisible Hypoxia which can be present in asymptomatic people. If the reading is below 90 the customer will be asked if they have asthma or COPD to determine if that condition may be the cause of the low reading. The oximeters will be disinfected after each use. The test is random as we only have 3 oximeters.

Hand sanitizers are available at the front desk, exit, dark areas, locker room and second floor hallway, basement area, and all washrooms.

All guests using the gym equipment must wipe down the equipment after each use.

We encourage customers to use tap debit or credit.

All special events have been cancelled.

Signs are installed in each washroom reminding customers that washing with soap kills the virus. Wash genital and pubic areas well after sex.

MASKS will be provided to every customer on entry and must be worn in all common areas.

No group sex. (minimize your contacts).

As required by the Toronto Department of Health, we require first name, and either telephone # or email.

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by Anonymousreply 103February 1, 2021 9:38 PM

almost, almost qualifies as an Onion piece.

by Anonymousreply 1July 11, 2020 5:56 PM

Gyms aren't open in Toronto yet but bathhouses?

by Anonymousreply 2July 11, 2020 5:58 PM

"COVID-19 is an extremely contagious disease that can lead to severe illness and death., Guests with underlying medical conditions, compromised immune systems, and senior citizens are especially vulnerable."

The remaining six guys who might enter are asked not to be too picky.

by Anonymousreply 3July 11, 2020 5:59 PM

The fascist state of Toronto?

by Anonymousreply 4July 11, 2020 6:00 PM

Let’s pretend the virus were Ebola. Would the bathhouses still open so readily?

Heck they closed for HIV, which is harder to get than covid

by Anonymousreply 5July 11, 2020 6:02 PM

Taking precautions against covid! They can't be serious!

Like r1, I assumed it has to be a parody.

by Anonymousreply 6July 11, 2020 6:06 PM

Is the border from the US to Canada still closed?

Asking for a horny friend.

by Anonymousreply 7July 11, 2020 6:09 PM

Who's wiping down the sling?

by Anonymousreply 8July 11, 2020 6:10 PM

What about the nacreous layer of permacum?

by Anonymousreply 9July 11, 2020 6:41 PM

Well from what I understand Toronto is a backwater town full of posers too lame to live in NYC or London, all 8s looking for 12s.

Apparently they walk around these saunas for miles at a visit, getting a good workout in, but never hooking up because everyone is beneath them.

I see why they are allowed to open. Low risk and spa owners have rent to pay too.

by Anonymousreply 10July 11, 2020 6:50 PM

There’s a bathhouse in Northeast D.C. that’s been re-opened. They are only requiring face masks.

by Anonymousreply 11July 11, 2020 7:11 PM

[quote]Food will be served on disposable dishes and glasses/cups

Wait, I have more questions than answers.

-Under what circumstances is food served in a bathhouse?

-Prior to COVID-19, was it served on the good china?

-Are there vegan and nut-free provisions?

by Anonymousreply 12July 11, 2020 7:16 PM

[quote] nut-free provisions?

Who wants nut-free at a bathhouse? I go there specifically FOR the nuts.

by Anonymousreply 13July 11, 2020 7:27 PM

[quote] -Under what circumstances is food served in a bathhouse?

They just have things like pre-made sandwiches and microwavable type food, they serve at the bar

they user paper plates

by Anonymousreply 14July 11, 2020 7:29 PM

A BJ with a condom through a GH sounds like a safe way to play.

by Anonymousreply 15July 11, 2020 7:29 PM

They lost me at 'no group sex'.

by Anonymousreply 16July 11, 2020 7:41 PM

r11 I wish they'd be more specific. I have so many choices

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by Anonymousreply 17July 11, 2020 7:42 PM

GI Joe Bathhouse in Montreal has responded to the outcry that they have opened their doors.

“When the saunas were closed, people still fucked in the parks, the alleys, the cycle tracks, and everywhere where they could but without any hygiene protection, condoms, lubricant and [ Purell] without any cleanliness, "wrote management, who talks about his establishment as a safer place to have sex.

by Anonymousreply 18July 11, 2020 8:43 PM

[Quote] There’s a bathhouse in Northeast D.C. that’s been re-opened. They are only requiring face masks.

Isn’t that kind of missing the point?

by Anonymousreply 19July 11, 2020 9:26 PM

[quote] A BJ with a condom through a GH sounds like a safe way to play.

You're right, but bathhouses don't have GH's like video stores.

by Anonymousreply 20July 11, 2020 9:46 PM

R20 many bathhouses have glory holes

All the Steamworks locations, for example

by Anonymousreply 21July 11, 2020 10:05 PM

Flex in Atlanta has been open for a few weeks. I was driving down 85 last week and the parking lot was packed! I was shocked.

by Anonymousreply 22July 12, 2020 12:15 AM

Wash yo après poke poonannies bitches!

by Anonymousreply 23July 12, 2020 12:20 AM

it's a reductio ad absurdum of the preventive measure shit going around. I wear a mask continously when out and go in and out of necessary inside places as quickly as possible, and wash my hands when I get home. Everything beyond that is there to make people believe we can control this and everything is normal. Not till we get a vaccine sweethearts.

by Anonymousreply 24July 12, 2020 12:28 AM

it hasn't re-opened yet, these rules are for when it does,

by Anonymousreply 25July 12, 2020 2:27 AM

[quote] Apparently they walk around these saunas for miles at a visit, getting a good workout in, but never hooking up because everyone is beneath them.

That’s Toronto everywhere. Cold town but it barely matters because the population is so pointless.

by Anonymousreply 26July 12, 2020 3:07 AM

I'll get their argument that people are going to hook up anyway, but don't pretend like putting out hand sanitizer and wipin down really does anything. You have people coming into an indoor environment, breathing all over each other and exchanging bodily fluids. There is no such thing as anti-covid measures.

by Anonymousreply 27July 12, 2020 4:04 AM

True story - I was at the sauna in Mexico City the weekend before all the stay at home orders.

The employees were literally spraying Lysol in the dark room while people were going at it, yours truly included.

I survived, I'm sure the Toronto sluts will be OK.

What a fucking time to be alive.

by Anonymousreply 28July 12, 2020 5:06 AM

Cumdumps will be doing temperature checks before breeding. Please wash your hands and wear a mask. Doggie style only.

by Anonymousreply 29July 12, 2020 5:11 AM

I’m ok because I take PREP.

by Anonymousreply 30July 12, 2020 5:14 AM

Montreal is so crazy. I'm surprised those queens are surviving at all. Gay life there seems stuck in 1978.

by Anonymousreply 31July 12, 2020 9:39 AM

Sex without kissing is meaningless to me which is why I’ve had to be celibate since this thing started and will likely continue until this ends

by Anonymousreply 32July 12, 2020 11:45 AM

I want to get dicked so badly but going to a bathhouse is like going to a Trump rally when it comes to Covid

by Anonymousreply 33July 12, 2020 11:46 AM

What if you just lie there presenting hole and your cubicle door ajar and take any covered dick? Not that I've ever done it but heard of this depraved practice from a friend, but would that be safe?

by Anonymousreply 34July 12, 2020 1:35 PM

Can't wait for this crap to be over so I can go to a bathhouse again, seriously. Mystery sex is hot.

by Anonymousreply 35July 12, 2020 1:43 PM

R10 Awwww poor bitch. Did you get rejected there? Listen bitter Betty, try Isabella street after 10pm.. anyone will have your cock there. Now, run along and be a good girl

by Anonymousreply 36July 12, 2020 2:51 PM

Glorious Heath Club and Art Gallery (bathhouse in Northeast D.C.) has a large patio space for outdoor fucking.

by Anonymousreply 37July 12, 2020 4:16 PM

[quote]Gay life there seems stuck in 1978.

r31, you say that like it's a bad thing.

by Anonymousreply 38July 13, 2020 4:22 AM

[quote] Glorious Heath Club and Art Gallery (bathhouse in Northeast D.C.) has a large patio space for outdoor fucking.

I had never heard of this place until this thread (I go to DC often for work). Apparently there was a suicide there last year that led it to close for a bit.

by Anonymousreply 39July 13, 2020 4:22 PM

Can't get into Canada unless it's essential business. Well, some would argue that getting plugged up in a wet area qualifies. What about Remington's? I love that place!

by Anonymousreply 40July 13, 2020 4:41 PM

Why does this keep getting bumped? Who cares?

by Anonymousreply 41July 13, 2020 4:45 PM

[quote] it hasn't re-opened yet, these rules are for when it does,

It HAS been reopened - they just opened their doors this past Saturday

by Anonymousreply 42July 13, 2020 4:49 PM

[quote] What about Remington's? I love that place!

They closed their doors years ago

by Anonymousreply 43July 13, 2020 4:50 PM

Glorious is much more like the bathhouses of the 1980s than what you get at Steamworks. There are no private rooms so all the fucking takes place out in the open. There is a very active dark room in the upstairs area and tasteful living room areas with art everywhere. I got fucked by three men on the outdoor patio recently and it was very hot.

by Anonymousreply 44July 13, 2020 5:40 PM

r44=The Senatrice

by Anonymousreply 45July 14, 2020 2:31 AM

[quote] and tasteful living room areas with art everywhere.

Funny.

by Anonymousreply 46July 14, 2020 2:49 AM

It’s fine you guys! Go and have fun! Just remember to douche with hand sanitizer afterwards.

by Anonymousreply 47July 14, 2020 2:52 AM

Is like that retro basement decor from Joe Gage pornos?

by Anonymousreply 48July 14, 2020 2:52 AM

I’m no prude but...

That said, doesn’t it seem kind of dumb to foster places where the nature of its purpose can create outbreaks? Bars, gyms and baths... hate to say it but it having shut them down it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me for the government to allow them back open. Yep, people can get laid anywhere, but at least that’s on their own time and working from home even the biggest whore would face logistical challenges not in place at a bathhouse.

by Anonymousreply 49July 14, 2020 11:29 AM

Contrary to the misinformation above, Bathhouses and saunas have NOT reopened in Ontario and will have to wait until directed to do so.

by Anonymousreply 50July 14, 2020 6:33 PM

Dammit.

Thanks for the heads up, r50. I was just nearing the border, I’ll have to turn back around.

Those some of those border guards are hot...nah, never mind.

by Anonymousreply 51July 14, 2020 6:59 PM

[quote] Bathhouses Have Re-Opened In Toronto!

So has my prolapsed hole!!

by Anonymousreply 52July 14, 2020 7:02 PM

Preposterous.

by Anonymousreply 53July 15, 2020 1:08 AM

Probably never shut down in Montreal, tho.

by Anonymousreply 54July 15, 2020 1:10 AM

[quote] Contrary to the misinformation above, Bathhouses and saunas have NOT reopened in Ontario and will have to wait until directed to do so.

Again they just opened last Saturday

by Anonymousreply 55July 15, 2020 1:14 AM

By the way, the scene at Glorious Health Club in D.C. was incredible last night. Tons of guys there are plenty of fucking going on. Every guy that fucked me was wearing a mask which added an element of anonymity to the whole scene. There’s also nothing liked getting topped al fresco under some trees.

Highly recommend it on a Friday or Saturday night. Sunday afternoons are also apparently quite popular.

by Anonymousreply 56July 19, 2020 3:29 PM

It's Canada. Nobody cares. Wake me when Los Angeles bath houses are open.

by Anonymousreply 57July 19, 2020 3:31 PM

[quote] Again they just opened last Saturday

And, AGAIN, you’re full of shit.

by Anonymousreply 58July 19, 2020 3:49 PM

r57 Don't hold your breath. In the meantime, CCBC is open.

by Anonymousreply 59July 19, 2020 5:06 PM

CCBC is depressing AF.

by Anonymousreply 60July 19, 2020 5:15 PM

What is CCBC?

by Anonymousreply 61July 19, 2020 8:53 PM

It's what happens when you haven't partnered down and moved on from your 20-30 something life at 50-70.

by Anonymousreply 62July 19, 2020 8:55 PM

I want Club San Diego to survive. It’s a decent place, fairly well maintained and the only bathhouse in town. I hope the place can make it given this extended closure. Even in healthy, good times, I cannot do Grindr, Scruff. Just not my thing. I prefer a bathhouse environment. It’s a great escape from the world, and I prefer the personal interaction. Covid has fucked up everything. But I won’t go back to the bathhouse until it’s safe, which will take a while. I hope Club San Diego can survive.

by Anonymousreply 63July 19, 2020 9:31 PM

What a relief to be old and married and chubby and gotten that all out of my system. Have fun boys.

by Anonymousreply 64July 19, 2020 9:38 PM

What’s CCBC

by Anonymousreply 65July 19, 2020 10:46 PM

R56, when minorities complain Covid was crate you attack and kill them specifically, I’ll refer them to your post

by Anonymousreply 66July 19, 2020 10:50 PM

Sex without kissing is awful.

by Anonymousreply 67July 19, 2020 10:50 PM

R63 I feel ya. Guys are more DTF in person. Let the bitches make all their bathhouse jokes - they can get carpal tunnel scrolling all day and night for Mr. Perfect 10 on apps.

Steamworks in Berkeley was good for a Sunday afternoon and the lines were out the door. That being said, its very Latin heavy and here in CA that is just a no-no these days as they are the biggest spreaders unfortunately.

They also have some of the nastiest Latin trolls working there. Maybe unemployment did those queens some good.

The Watergarden in San Jose shut down.

by Anonymousreply 68July 19, 2020 11:23 PM

R65. “CCBC” is the acronym for the long-standing and still open “Cathedral City Boys Club,” the gay “resort” (or hotel/motel, restaurant and pool complex) located in Cathedral City, which is the town located next to Palm Springs.

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by Anonymousreply 69July 19, 2020 11:24 PM

R66

??

by Anonymousreply 70July 21, 2020 6:58 PM

Should have said:

[R56], when minorities complain Covid was created to attack and kill them specifically, I’ll refer them to your post

by Anonymousreply 71July 21, 2020 7:39 PM

most of the doctors in Toronto hang out in Bathhouses. .

The government has a death list.

by Anonymousreply 72July 26, 2020 7:41 AM

Trudeau ordered the young doctors to monitor the Glory Holes.

by Anonymousreply 73July 26, 2020 7:41 AM

[quote] What a relief to be old and married and chubby and gotten that all out of my system.

Lol. You just described the majority of bathhouse patrons.

by Anonymousreply 74July 26, 2020 2:14 PM

It was a complete fuckfest at the bathhouse in D.C. last night. Wow.

by Anonymousreply 75July 26, 2020 3:14 PM

r75=The Senatrice

by Anonymousreply 76July 26, 2020 5:02 PM

Spa Excess posts to social media, where they have it up for all to see:

"As we await the official go-ahead to fully reopen, starting Friday July 31st, the Spa Excess Bar & Lounge will be OPEN from 11am-Close. Although most of the club's facilities remain closed, we will be offering drinks, snacks, the pool table and-for the first time-FREE ENTRY."

Steamworks has remained closed. Who exactly is the misinformation troll at R55?

by Anonymousreply 77August 5, 2020 6:03 AM

[quote]Can't wait for this crap to be over so I can go to a bathhouse again, seriously. Mystery sex is hot.

"Will your Mystery Date be a Twink, a Stud ... or a Dud?"

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by Anonymousreply 78August 5, 2020 6:17 AM

I might go to a bathhouse, as long as Pierre Trudeau says it's safe.

by Anonymousreply 79August 5, 2020 7:48 AM

Could be long wait, R79. He died nearly 20 years ago.

by Anonymousreply 80August 5, 2020 11:02 AM

He wouldn't say anyway. He said the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation and he meant it. Which I think was a polite way of saying he's indifferent to whether you get laid or not. Which is [italic]so[/italic] Pierre.

by Anonymousreply 81August 5, 2020 12:02 PM

A bathhouse ain’t anyone bedroom

by Anonymousreply 82August 5, 2020 1:37 PM

Profound, R82.

by Anonymousreply 83August 5, 2020 2:19 PM

Sounds like it will be much more hygienic than usual - but with the sauna and steam room closed, it's basically just a fuck maze right?

by Anonymousreply 84August 5, 2020 3:32 PM

It’s not hygienic whenever the point is having sex with tons of strangers

by Anonymousreply 85August 5, 2020 7:11 PM

R85 = my Mom

by Anonymousreply 86August 5, 2020 7:14 PM

R84, I love the idea of a “fuck maze.”

by Anonymousreply 87August 5, 2020 7:19 PM

This is the new version of Mystery Date - CATFISHED!

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by Anonymousreply 88August 5, 2020 10:28 PM

[quote]"Will your Mystery Date be a Twink, a Stud ... or a Dud?"

Could be Chris Evans!

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by Anonymousreply 89August 6, 2020 12:50 AM

bathouses still haven't re-opened in Toronto, and they never did re-open. Spa Excess briefly re-opened its bar, but has been closed since mid-august. Steamworks hasn't been open since mid-march.

by Anonymousreply 90October 1, 2020 1:46 AM

Do you have use condoms even for blowjobs?

by Anonymousreply 91October 1, 2020 1:49 AM

They're open in Mexico too.

So interesting to see guys half naked, barebacking, but with a mask on...

Weird times indeed and we are living through them.

by Anonymousreply 92November 29, 2020 8:32 PM

is the bathouse industry done for good? Don't see them opening before fall. and I imagine many of them will just throw in the towel by then.

by Anonymousreply 93December 27, 2020 8:31 AM

I don't know what bathhouse means. What exactly is it?

by Anonymousreply 94December 27, 2020 8:33 AM

It'll be fall at the very least before places like Steamworks can re-open again. Can they hold on that long?

by Anonymousreply 95December 28, 2020 5:41 AM

[quote] It'll be fall at the very least before places like Steamworks can re-open again. Can they hold on that long?

Possibly a lot sooner, once the province starts issuing those proposed vaccination passports.

Ironically an HIV, syphillis, gonorrhea, etc test has never been a requirement nor will it be.

by Anonymousreply 96December 29, 2020 1:12 AM

proposed vaccs or not, there's no way they'll open for summer. Ontario is dragging its heels with the roll-out and not enough people will have been stuck by then.

by Anonymousreply 97December 30, 2020 6:18 AM

[quote]Staff will hand out condoms.

At first glance I though it read: Staff will hand wash condoms.😂

by Anonymousreply 98December 30, 2020 6:37 AM

R93, congrats a decent pun. More of a polite smile than a LOL, but the effort is appreciated!

To me, bathouses everywhere are done. They're chilling in the lounge with Vaudeville, 8 tracks, and the Dinosaurs. if I owned one, I'd sell it and retire. I don't see how they can continue, even with the vaccine out there.....

by Anonymousreply 99January 31, 2021 7:55 PM

[quote] What if you just lie there presenting hole and your cubicle door ajar and take any covered dick? Not that I've ever done it but heard of this depraved practice from a friend, but would that be safe?

R34 yes I admit I did that a couple of times. You leave an unopened condom on the small of your back.

So you know when somebody grabs the condom you know you're getting some action. Just tell them to close the door.

by Anonymousreply 100January 31, 2021 8:35 PM

Would you have to show your Covid vaccination certificate to get in, in future?

by Anonymousreply 101January 31, 2021 8:50 PM

I don’t understand the food handling rules. Who the hell would eat at a bathhouse?

by Anonymousreply 102January 31, 2021 9:10 PM

The one near me has a 5 star food hygiene rating.

by Anonymousreply 103February 1, 2021 9:38 PM
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