WHET to him? His IG page with almost 400K followers disappeared - he is not in any recent pics from The Eagle on IG - there is nothing recent anywhere. Has anyone been to The Eagle lately and knows if he’s still there bartending? He literally vanished….
Hmmm - I did a quick search and he does seem to be nowhere to be found!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 1, 2022 11:34 PM |
Well, OP, if he "literally vanished" -- you've answered your own question.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 1, 2022 11:34 PM |
I miss him.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 1, 2022 11:39 PM |
Swept away by a wealthy eldergay?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 1, 2022 11:59 PM |
Wife and homemaker of twins now going by Madeline residing in Prairie Rose, North Dakota.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 2, 2022 12:21 AM |
What could’ve been is all that’s left now.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 2, 2022 12:27 AM |
He disappeared into one of his own ab valleys.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 2, 2022 12:35 AM |
He floated out to sea in one of his cum gutters.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 2, 2022 12:37 AM |
R9 He came so much he was known as "Puddles."
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 2, 2022 12:38 AM |
Why did he have to leave? He was so beautiful. He was my teacher and my friend.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 2, 2022 12:46 AM |
I wonder….
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 2, 2022 1:27 AM |
Gregory was one of the most talented bartenders ever. He also had a lot of pain and struggle throughout his life. Despite that, he had a good heart, which is hard to encounter in New York City. At a time when gay people were oppressed beyond belief, they identified with his struggles and he theirs.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 2, 2022 1:32 AM |
He always had the biggest smile - and made you laugh when he could tell you were feeling down. I hope he’s OK.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 2, 2022 1:34 AM |
If anyone knows him personally, please give us an update and let us know he’s all right.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 2, 2022 1:37 AM |
Was he the one who shaved his beard into muttonchops one Halloween so he looked like Wolverine? He was really hot.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 2, 2022 1:38 AM |
I can't iMaginE whaT could Have happened.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 2, 2022 1:39 AM |
Tell him Angela and I don't want the two dollars back: just him.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 2, 2022 1:40 AM |
He was adorable.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 2, 2022 1:43 AM |
He is very hot, disarmingly nice (in the way of some very hot men who you expect to be a cunt but aren’t),and photogenic. Also somewhat unattainable as a friend and a loner. So, yes, the qualities of a star bartender. He was a fixture in ny’s gay nightlife scene since the earlyish 1990s. That scene has ceased to exist. No idea where he is. Last I noticed he was back to work at the reopened, post Covid lockdown Eagle, but that was a long time ago.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 2, 2022 3:31 AM |
What's with that nose?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 2, 2022 3:55 AM |
So - is he still a bartender at The Eagle??
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 2, 2022 1:29 PM |
I haven’t seen him there. What gives? I know someone here must know something.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 2, 2022 5:28 PM |
I do recognize him, have definitely seen him at the Eagle precovid. He wasn't there the last time I went though.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 2, 2022 5:38 PM |
How does The Eagle manage to stay open? Not just b/c of covid, but it's location has become so gentrified.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 2, 2022 5:48 PM |
Well if they are now holding queer storytelling events they may be hanging on by a thread….
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 2, 2022 6:05 PM |
Used to follow him. Very hot guy. Hope he is okay.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 2, 2022 6:21 PM |
Gregory….where are you??
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 2, 2022 7:34 PM |
He's got a pair of ass-slappin balls man. Nice and when hard, he's gonna fuck you with some seriously big cock. Jeez... I never heard of him until this thread - did he ever do porn? I hope so, as a foul-mouthed, piston-hipped top.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 2, 2022 8:11 PM |
R30 I’d like to feel it
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 2, 2022 8:13 PM |
He gave up social media for Lent, Rose.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 2, 2022 8:19 PM |
Any sightings yet??
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 2, 2022 11:56 PM |
It’s funny how the minute someone ok DL posts some IG link with some vapid criticism about some instaho, someone immediately contacts the owner and the photo or video is deleted. Yet if we ask about someone’s well being, no one knows anything.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 3, 2022 1:08 AM |
[quote] So - is he still a bartender at The Eagle??
In October 2021, someone at LPSG reported that he was still there.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 3, 2022 1:38 AM |
According to Intelius, he's 55.
So he was already two decades past death in the gay world, according to DL.
He had a good run.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 3, 2022 1:41 AM |
According to the Eagle IG page comments, he's alive and well, and appreciates your concern.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 3, 2022 1:57 AM |
He's hot, all the dumb frau fish would constantly ask him if he was gay and why he was gay, lmao. Stupid cunts.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 3, 2022 2:05 AM |
R37, the fug on the right?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 3, 2022 2:33 AM |
“Star” bartenders are always drop dead gorgeous men who smile and talk to all the patrons, no matter how ugly they are.
They all think he’s wonderful just because no one else will talk to them
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 3, 2022 2:34 AM |
I Jude want to know he’s ok.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 3, 2022 2:57 AM |
You sound nuts, r38.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 3, 2022 3:26 AM |
Of DL can’t track him down. He is gone forever.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 3, 2022 3:28 AM |
[quote] all the dumb frau fish would constantly ask him if he was gay
Women now go to The Eagle??
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 3, 2022 3:31 AM |
R40 you're a real cunt. And NO I'm not ugly and I don't spend my time talking to the bartenders.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 3, 2022 3:40 AM |
Well a lot of NYC bartenders are not overtly friendly.
When they are friendly and chatty, it is rare. Unless you’re a “regular” or someone they know.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 3, 2022 3:45 AM |
Do you.think the FBI should get involved? If so I can help!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 3, 2022 4:03 AM |
Dead?
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 3, 2022 4:12 AM |
He's fine, he sends his love.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 3, 2022 4:15 AM |
Spooky crowd at The Eagle.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 3, 2022 4:27 AM |
Whore?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 3, 2022 4:29 AM |
How do you all know the last name of a bartender and personal details of his life?
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 3, 2022 4:42 AM |
R52 Because he was second banana for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, Rose!
by Anonymous | reply 53 | March 3, 2022 4:47 AM |
R52 Besides being a bartender, he tried to launch a singing career. You can still listen to more than a dozen of his renditions of old standards and ballads on Sound Cloud.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | March 3, 2022 6:16 AM |
He was also a model and very much all over the scene in the 90’s and 00’s
by Anonymous | reply 55 | March 3, 2022 6:29 AM |
Sorry - I just can't, R54.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | March 3, 2022 7:11 AM |
[quote] you're a real cunt. And NO I'm not ugly and I don't spend my time talking to the bartenders.
You're ugly
by Anonymous | reply 57 | March 3, 2022 6:26 PM |
iamvictorrcooper I hope Greg Nalbone is doing all right. The Eagle NYC is taking care of him right?? 1w1 likeReply
eaglenyc's profile picture eaglenyc @iamvictorrcooper we love Gregory. He is well, thank you.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | March 3, 2022 7:56 PM |
R56 I can’t either. Wild Horses. Your Song. The Way We Were. Even…Could it be Magic. Even if he can hold a tune, this is not where you start.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | March 3, 2022 10:34 PM |
I loved him
by Anonymous | reply 60 | March 3, 2022 10:43 PM |
Looks very Ver to me.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | March 3, 2022 11:40 PM |
He was my teacher and my friend.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | March 3, 2022 11:43 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 63 | March 3, 2022 11:49 PM |
I just wish I could’ve said goodbye
by Anonymous | reply 64 | March 3, 2022 11:59 PM |
[quote] I loved him
Why do you use past tense? He is still alive.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | March 4, 2022 12:38 AM |
I’m mourning his internet passing.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | March 4, 2022 12:43 AM |
It seems a lot that the hottest "star" gays everywhere on the scene like that for a time, suddenly just pull up stakes and go off the grid, not to be heard or seen from again. Weird, but to be respected and understood if that's what they want to do.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | March 4, 2022 12:47 AM |
As an Eldergay, I honor his former internet presence.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | March 4, 2022 12:47 AM |
I can’t believe we are 70 comments in and no one has any real info. The bitches on DL usually have all the details by reply #10. You all are slacking!!
by Anonymous | reply 70 | March 4, 2022 2:09 AM |
Is there a GoFundMe yet? #FreeGregory
by Anonymous | reply 71 | March 4, 2022 2:11 AM |
Maybe he’s dropped out? His life/occupations didn’t seem sustainable.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | March 4, 2022 2:15 AM |
His disappearance seems very suspicious.
DLers…can you help solve a mystery?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | March 4, 2022 2:20 AM |
Maybe he just quit and moved back to Jersey
by Anonymous | reply 76 | March 4, 2022 2:40 AM |
R70 People already answered
by Anonymous | reply 77 | March 4, 2022 2:41 AM |
He’s 6’3?
by Anonymous | reply 78 | March 4, 2022 2:50 AM |
R78 Big time
by Anonymous | reply 79 | March 4, 2022 2:52 AM |
He's quite petite. Like, 5'6".
by Anonymous | reply 80 | March 4, 2022 2:54 AM |
What was the answer?
by Anonymous | reply 81 | March 4, 2022 3:10 AM |
Used to follow him on Instagram. He blocked me after I left a comment, even though I think I just told him he was hot. Nothing negative.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | March 4, 2022 3:30 AM |
That dick....damn.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | March 4, 2022 3:32 AM |
R3
Not much of a thread there; about 90% of posts were flagged as "troll". What remains are largely same ole comments from punters on DL about any moderately attractive man.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | March 4, 2022 3:41 AM |
With a dick and body like that, he was in the right business and probably had some good times. A big cock is currency in the gay world or at least it used to be. You could also get something going if you were hung. Thank God I was born relatively smart because with my cocklet and love of carbs, I wouldn't last a week in the rough and tumble gay hustler/model/trainer/bartender/masseur demimonde.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | March 4, 2022 3:47 AM |
As of 17 February 2020 a Gregory Nalbone employed at The Eagle made political donations to ACTBLUE. Thus we can safely assume unless he died after that fact Mr. Nalbone is still living.
As to why he has dropped off face of earth far as internet is concerned, why don't one of you so bothered go on down to Eagle and ask him yourself.
Parting shot is something for you all to drool over.....
by Anonymous | reply 86 | March 4, 2022 3:56 AM |
^ His face seems weirdly stretched.. botox perhaps?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | March 4, 2022 4:06 AM |
That’s how he got to be 6’3.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | March 4, 2022 4:08 AM |
R26
Eagle largely remains open one supposes because it is last man standing if you will. Manhattan once had several leather/S&M/fetish bars, but they've all largely vanished. So if that sort of thing is up your street, there aren't many other options.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | March 4, 2022 4:08 AM |
Keep in mind this is a new second location for The Eagle after original space shut down in 2000.
Name and certain things are same, but also much is slightly different than Eagle of say 1990's or 1980's, and not without good reasons....
by Anonymous | reply 90 | March 4, 2022 4:14 AM |
Has anyone considered the Occam's razor that he's now in a relationship and the husband doesn't want him spread eagled all over the web?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | March 4, 2022 4:19 AM |
R91
Was just thinking same thing myself.
But unless Ghurls on LPSG missed something (rare for that lot), Mr. Nalbone didn't post anything very risqué on his IG page or elsewhere. That being said according to LPSG posts IG was always taking posted images down for various reasons. So maybe Mr. Nalbone just said "fuck it' and no longer wants to bother.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | March 4, 2022 4:27 AM |
He deserved a better exit. That’s all I’m saying. He deserved BETTER.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | March 4, 2022 4:52 AM |
Per R37, he's still there, Was that post not real?
by Anonymous | reply 95 | March 4, 2022 10:44 AM |
I would wager that he had a stalker. As this thread demonstrates, there are a lot of nosy, possessive men out there.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | March 4, 2022 12:01 PM |
I’d say, a stalker is THE reason most fall away from internet social media.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | March 4, 2022 1:13 PM |
I need him to breed me.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | March 4, 2022 4:01 PM |
R96 R97 Yeah, I thought the same thing, and read one really stalker-ish type post on the eaglenyc instagram referencing him. The guy sounded rather obsessed and from his handle appeared to be located NYC. That would do it.
[quote] ryan_newyork_newyork -- Gregory Nalbone if you can t be friendly learn to love yourself instead of always gossiping about me insanity, what could be said about me????? Didn’t Covid-19 show you that we re not here for ever so be nice , be friendly. When you see me always making me feel uncomfortable, you walk away to the other side of the bar! Chemistry I guess I know you don t like me and you never did!! But just be honest. Where did Instagram get you??? You have to be nice to everyone in life! Pretentiousness and attitude about what ?? You re not Tom Cruise and didn’t achieve a super career to be so full of yourself
by Anonymous | reply 99 | March 4, 2022 7:04 PM |
Dead whore, alive whore, which?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 4, 2022 7:14 PM |
This IG user posted a photo of Nalbone at the EagleNYC as recently as November 22, 2021.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 4, 2022 7:28 PM |
Is 'Nalbone' pronounced like 'Nail bone'?
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 4, 2022 8:57 PM |
I've heard interviewers, pronounce his surname three different ways, but he introduces himself at the start of this clip for EagleNYC.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | March 4, 2022 9:17 PM |
I'm confused. The guy in OP's pic, the guy in R37's pic, and the guy in R101's pic are all Nalbone? He looks different in each pic.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 4, 2022 9:17 PM |
I would love to have him in bed with his big cock and masculine body. He is very hot.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 4, 2022 9:23 PM |
R104 There's a seven year difference between OP's photo of Nalbone from 2014 and the one shown at R101 taken just a few months ago in November 2021.
But neither guy shown in the photo at R37 is Nalbone. .. I'm assuming the link was simply meant to refer people to the reply that was made by EagleNYC in the comments section where someone asked about Nalbone.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 4, 2022 9:31 PM |
Thanks for the explanation, R106.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | March 4, 2022 9:35 PM |
Has anyone gotten publicly fucked at the Eagle? I've only watched while my jealous bf often fended off wandering hands towards my crotch
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 4, 2022 10:08 PM |
R52 Because he's talked about it his background in interviews.
He seems, dare I say ... nice.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | March 4, 2022 11:48 PM |
Didn't put two and two together... Singer Gregory Nalbone is same as bartender at Eagle you lot are attempting to run to ground?
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 5, 2022 3:53 AM |
Is he any good as a singer? Or are we talking another Steve Grand, Colton Ford, etc...
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 5, 2022 3:54 AM |
R111 There are more than a dozen songs you can listen to at the link at R54.
imho - His voice is okay, just not the type of musak I listen to.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 5, 2022 3:58 AM |
He needs to suck more dick to massage his vocal cords. It will improve his voice. I can be a tutor for him and any of you attractive, aspiring singers.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | March 5, 2022 11:32 AM |
So much talent and potential…so many “could’ve beens”. A singing career cut short by the pandemic. Such a shame.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | March 5, 2022 12:06 PM |
He's charismatic and sexy in R103's video that does not come off in still photos. The scene he's describing however seems like something out of 1987 gay life.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 5, 2022 12:15 PM |
r110 r111 r112 I wanted to like his voice because I appreciate his selection and the balls it takes to sing some of the songs on that playlist...Wild Horses? The Way We Were? But his voice is just terrible. Most of the set sounds like it was recorded live with a small crowd of fans who were applauding/making the right kinds of noise in a show of support. I wanted to find something positive about his voice, but I really could not. If he had a big budget and an autotune expert helping...it possibly would have redeemed some of the songs but that did not happen.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | March 5, 2022 12:32 PM |
I want his cock
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 5, 2022 3:12 PM |
Gregory we love you!! get up!!
by Anonymous | reply 119 | March 5, 2022 3:35 PM |
Ok girls, who's had him?
Don't all speak up at once.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | March 5, 2022 3:47 PM |
Where's long time NYC bartender Jeff from Phoenix, Nowhere, Metropolitan, Section 8, Boiler Room, Queen Vic,,,,Kim's Video?
by Anonymous | reply 121 | March 5, 2022 3:49 PM |
I hope he's not in a cage in a basement somewhere.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | March 5, 2022 3:57 PM |
r122 Please. That's EXACTLY where you hope he is.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | March 5, 2022 5:27 PM |
We used to fuck 15 years ago for about 6 months every now and again. It’s every thing you’d expect. I still think about him sometimes when I masturbate. He was incredible in bed.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | March 6, 2022 9:53 PM |
R87, yes botox. He can’t move his entire face
by Anonymous | reply 126 | March 6, 2022 10:59 PM |
Several who followed Nalbone have suggested that his absence is due to Instagram blocking him, indicating that he'd had some issues with them in the past. .. And a photographer of the male form whom I follow just posted last week that IG has been blocking models that he knows, bemoaning the loss of yet another guy for no particular reason. That model started another account, but some get tired of the b.s. and just say forget it.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | March 6, 2022 11:17 PM |
"... sounds like it was recorded live with a small crowd of fans who were applauding/making the right kinds of noise in a show of support."
Lies. I just spontaneously drop by places unannounced and people go nuts.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | March 6, 2022 11:18 PM |
"Swept away by a wealthy eldergay?"
Isn't that the dream of every gay male aged 75 and under?
by Anonymous | reply 129 | March 6, 2022 11:20 PM |
The guy at R101 is 55?
Damn. He truly does look ten years younger. A DL myth!
Oh, he'll be hot at 70.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | March 6, 2022 11:58 PM |
Hadn't been in Julius' for awhile. Looked for favorite longtime bartender. Told by a customer he was fired for "dipping into the cookie jar."
by Anonymous | reply 131 | March 7, 2022 12:06 AM |
More details R125!
(As much as someone who doesn't want to kiss and tell can tell without outing themselves...!)
by Anonymous | reply 132 | March 7, 2022 3:50 PM |
Botox with favorable dim lighting can hide a lot r130, before we even get started on instagram filters.
Last time I saw him in person, like r126 said the abundant botox use is obvious. And while he doesn't look bad you can tell he isn't a spring chicken anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | March 7, 2022 3:57 PM |
it must be weird when you're gorgeous, have a huge member, and have some singing talent--but you can't get anywhere in the entertainment field
by Anonymous | reply 134 | March 7, 2022 4:39 PM |
Not weird at all, R134.
by Anonymous | reply 135 | March 7, 2022 4:54 PM |
Lots of people never make it in the entertainment industry. It's more astounding that the people who do make it managed to actually break through.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | March 7, 2022 5:49 PM |
R134
Am presuming your comment was a joke, no one could be so naïve.
Leaving tackle dimensions aside, scores if not hundreds (maybe thousands) of persons ranging from reasonably attractive to drop dead gorgeous men and women have moderate acting talents, and or decent enough voice. Only a select few however have "it*, and more to point find things come together where one break leads to any sort of moderately successful career. Throw in height challenged, not so great looking, etc... and you increase number several fold.
Gregory Nalbone like Colton Ford and Steve Grand (among others) has a nice enough instrument for what it is, but any sort of major performing career just isn't in the cards.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | March 7, 2022 9:20 PM |
Julius bartender who was fired? I think they all just left during pandemic or before. A shame - pandemic forced a lot of long time NYC bartenders to decamp to far away/cheaper places. Won’t be the same,
by Anonymous | reply 138 | March 7, 2022 9:48 PM |
Yeah a bartender I was friendly with had to leave NY and moved to Florida during covid. That is not a rare story. NY is very expensive, people who rely on service industry jobs got hit hard.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | March 7, 2022 9:50 PM |
No small number of bartenders both gay and straight/male or female packed up and moved over past two years.
Covid often produced a one-two economic punch that hit a good number quite hard. Cuomo shutting down bars/nightclubs and so forth was bad enough, but when performing arts and cultural venues were shut as well, that was last straw.
Bartending has always been a steady side gig for actors, singers, dancers, etc.. right up there with other hospitality jobs like waiter. With everything shut down in NYC, and not everyone qualifying for all that free UI money, people did what they had to do...
by Anonymous | reply 140 | March 7, 2022 9:59 PM |
He would have don’t great in porn but has missed that chance
by Anonymous | reply 141 | March 7, 2022 11:54 PM |
I’ve been dreaming for few days how wonderful it would be to have his cock inside me filling my hole.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | March 8, 2022 7:58 AM |
If he ever gets back on social media, then make him an offer r142. I doubt it would be that hard to make it happen.
by Anonymous | reply 143 | March 8, 2022 12:41 PM |
The lady is now trans. Name now is Gloria. Residing in Miami courtesy of an oligarch.
by Anonymous | reply 144 | March 8, 2022 12:47 PM |
I ran into Gregory in Verbier this winter. I asked if he was bartending in town and he laughed and said he was getting his doctorate in computational biology at EPFL in Lausanne.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | March 8, 2022 12:56 PM |
Has the missing whore been found?
by Anonymous | reply 146 | March 8, 2022 11:04 PM |
The body is great for his age.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | March 8, 2022 11:12 PM |
R145 I knew him at Le Rosey.
by Anonymous | reply 148 | March 9, 2022 2:01 AM |
Deceased?
by Anonymous | reply 149 | March 9, 2022 3:35 AM |
R143
Mr. Gregory Nalbone may be getting on, but he's not yet that desperate.
by Anonymous | reply 151 | March 9, 2022 6:00 AM |
Very fuckable
by Anonymous | reply 152 | March 9, 2022 10:59 AM |
R150 beautiful handsome
by Anonymous | reply 153 | March 9, 2022 1:48 PM |
I fucked him last night
by Anonymous | reply 154 | March 9, 2022 4:17 PM |
Mutton dressed as lamb.
Or is that dried beef dressed as ham?
by Anonymous | reply 155 | March 9, 2022 4:19 PM |
Any new whore sightings?
by Anonymous | reply 157 | March 9, 2022 10:31 PM |
Pay attention guys! That's what 55 should look like!
by Anonymous | reply 158 | March 10, 2022 12:10 AM |
It is R158 if you can afford the steroids and fillers.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | March 10, 2022 12:13 AM |
I want daddy to blow h is babies up my boi butt. I want daddy's sperms!
by Anonymous | reply 160 | March 10, 2022 12:15 AM |
Well one way the Eagle stays open is they now charge a freakin 25 dollar cover every Friday and Saturday. They gave also expanded where there is a real dance floor on the first floor.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | March 14, 2022 2:47 AM |
$25 dollar cover?! Hell no!
by Anonymous | reply 162 | March 14, 2022 4:19 AM |
R161
Friday and Saturdays are prime nights for most bars or clubs. Likely serious cover charge keeps out fraus, and others not desired, leaving just hardcore Eagle crowd.
Or, it could be very well as with other places cover charge is just that, a fee to "cover" costs of entertainment, and to offset prices of drinks. Latter especially if many order cheap drinks and or not many at all.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | March 14, 2022 8:52 AM |
It’s either a serious case of meth addiction, where to recover he had to pull a geographic to recover, OR he got caught stealing and rather than make a fuss, management dismissed him and cut him off. I’m guessing the bar owners let him off lightly but other bar owners would’ve been tipped off to this and not hired him.
I was a bartender in a gay nightclub, on the front page of magazines, etc. and there’s a megawattage of attention foistered onto you that’s very hard to lose. That kind of vibe only works once around , even for the most notorious bartenders.
Splash also charged a cover on Fri/Sat, it’s to cover the extra security payroll and happy hour.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | March 14, 2022 9:03 AM |
Covers are a way to make more money. Clearly the Eagle needs the money to stay in business. I paid it, was just surprised to see they are now doing the 25 cover but I get times have been tough. They also still cash only.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | March 14, 2022 1:09 PM |
His type is rampant in Hell's Kitchen
by Anonymous | reply 166 | March 14, 2022 1:13 PM |
$25 is a hefty cover even in NYC….
by Anonymous | reply 167 | March 14, 2022 2:37 PM |
$25 is ridiculous, as is cash only
by Anonymous | reply 168 | March 14, 2022 3:00 PM |
You dizzy queens will easily pay $300/hour for an escort, but you won't pay $25 to mingle and hook up with super hot guys who are as hot as many of these rentboys?
by Anonymous | reply 169 | March 14, 2022 3:12 PM |
Honestly cash only annoyed me more than the cover, even though the Eagle has always been cash only. They need to get with the times. Seems like they are just doing this so they can cheat on their taxes. No one wants to have to carry around a lot of cash these days.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | March 14, 2022 4:33 PM |
It's much easier for patrons to rationalize $25 entry fee if it's paid by credit card. That's how we rationalize many of our purchases.
Is it cash to keep it from having the place report it to the IRS?
by Anonymous | reply 171 | March 14, 2022 4:51 PM |
[Quote]Is it cash to keep it from having the place report it to the IRS?
Yep, it's much easier for a cash only business to underreport their amount of income to the IRS. They can take more profit off the top and pay less in taxes.
They also don't have to pay credit card processing fees, what they usually give as the justification. But truth is that's only part of it.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | March 14, 2022 4:59 PM |
[quote] You dizzy queens will easily pay $300/hour for an escort, but you won't pay $25 to mingle and hook up with super hot guys who are as hot as many of these rentboys?
Scanning recent photos of The Eagle's Instagram feed, that hottie in the harness off to the right looks well worth the price of admission!!!
by Anonymous | reply 173 | March 14, 2022 6:26 PM |
puke
by Anonymous | reply 174 | March 14, 2022 6:30 PM |
Eagle, it's time to enter the 21st century. Hardly anyone uses cash any more.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | March 14, 2022 6:54 PM |
Where does one keep their cash on Jockstrap Wednesday?
by Anonymous | reply 176 | March 14, 2022 7:31 PM |
Socks, R176
by Anonymous | reply 177 | March 14, 2022 7:42 PM |
[quote] a fee to "cover" costs of entertainment
The Eagle has entertainment?
by Anonymous | reply 178 | March 15, 2022 2:33 AM |
R178
Ohh yes, if you count watching some of the patrons and what they get up to (or try anyway).
by Anonymous | reply 179 | March 15, 2022 4:29 AM |
We need to see more of this guy's dick pics.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | March 15, 2022 4:33 AM |
Has the whore been located?
by Anonymous | reply 181 | March 15, 2022 4:46 AM |
Anyone remember a really hot muscular Israeli bartender named Amir who tended bar at the Eagle in the mid/late 2000's? He worked the downstairs bar on Sunday evening. He was my bartender crush. So beautiful.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | March 15, 2022 7:26 PM |
There was a really hot dancer named "Amir' of Israeli background who was part of John Blair's stable, used to work at Roxy on Saturday nights along with Tracy James and others. Wonder if this is same guy mentioned in R182.
by Anonymous | reply 183 | March 16, 2022 10:38 PM |
R175 et al, obviously enough persons still use cash that Eagle does enough business to remain open.
For the record there are plenty of bars, clubs, service based businesses, etc.. that do not accept credit or debit cards.
Accepting credit cards first and foremost is mostly a convenience to customers. Associated merchant and other fees/surcharges act as a tax to business accepting, and those sums often represent a substantial cut of every sale. For this reason every effing business that accepts credit/debit/charge cards builds said costs into prices.
There is also fact for sales below certain amount cost per credit/debit/charge card are rather steep. Visa, Mastercard, Amex and rest once forbade those with merchant accounts from attaching minimum purchase surcharges, though now IIRC it is allowed but must be < $10.
For a bar or club depending upon prices for beer and booze versus transaction fees it may not make sense to accept credit or charge cards. Drink/beer prices at Eagle are rather reasonable for NYC, thus perhaps dealing only in cash plus cover charge on certain nights seems to be working out well.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | March 16, 2022 10:54 PM |
Yeah, I would assume 25 bucks is not outrageous in NYC. Keeps out the lookyloos who order one drink all night and take up space.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | March 17, 2022 12:22 AM |
[Quote]et al, obviously enough persons still use cash that Eagle does enough business to remain open.
People gripe and use the ATMs on site.
People are willing to accept with cash only because they are horny and they can have sex there. The only other cash only gay bar in NY is The Cock. Another bar people will out up with it because there is sex which they can't just find at another bar.
Most bars couldn't get away with it because people would just go elsewhere.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | March 17, 2022 12:25 AM |
Wait... this is all still going on today, in 2022 and this isn't a bumped thread from 2011?
I thought gay bars all died in the 10s.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | March 17, 2022 12:33 AM |
The Eagle is now a hot spot for nelly bottoms who think going there makes them butch. Once upon a time, it was packed with a range of hot guys of all ages. Not anymore.
Now it's all just Millennial and Gen Z sibilance. And truly tragic fashion.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | March 17, 2022 12:49 AM |
“He’s fine” is it what they tell you at work when you ask about someone who got fired, just wanting to make sure they are OK. It’s a non-answer. Seems sus.
by Anonymous | reply 189 | March 17, 2022 12:59 AM |
Say what you want, maybe it's the cover charge or something else but the Eagle manages to remain frau free on most nights. That's saying something anyway....
by Anonymous | reply 190 | March 17, 2022 1:21 AM |
I see nothing wrong with a non-answer. .. If some random customer came up to me and asked me where my long-term assistant was, I would protect her privacy over their nosy curiosity.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | March 17, 2022 5:16 AM |
Just because you ask questions to someone does not mean they have to provide answers.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | March 17, 2022 5:45 AM |
Perhaps Gregory switched to pizza delivery.
I imagine he could earn some really good tips!
by Anonymous | reply 193 | March 17, 2022 5:15 PM |
I moved to NYC summer 1999 and shortly after that because aware of Gregory through his Friday night stint gogo dancing at Rawhide. That bar rarely attracted much of a crowd, fanbase etc., and it was just him on top of a wooden box,, wearing only the skimpiest of speedos or speedo=like covering for down there.
He was built back then but not built up. And I concur with all of those who said he was disarmingly nice. It was not an act; he was just wired that way.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | March 17, 2022 5:47 PM |
He worked as bar tender at Eagle and ALSO worked as dancer at Rawhide?
by Anonymous | reply 195 | March 17, 2022 7:16 PM |
R193 his body is perfect
by Anonymous | reply 196 | March 17, 2022 8:24 PM |
Perfect only if he lost all the icky body hair. Disgusting.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | March 17, 2022 8:40 PM |
R197 I totally disagree
by Anonymous | reply 198 | March 17, 2022 9:12 PM |
R195, he danced at The Rawhide c. 1999-2000 and maybe 2001. This was BEFORE he signed on at The Eagle.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | March 19, 2022 12:16 AM |
R199 Where was/is Rawhide? I can't remember.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | March 19, 2022 1:02 AM |
^Oh right. Thanks. I loved that dark ass place with its Tom of Finland posters.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | March 19, 2022 2:15 AM |
He did a podcast once where he said he danced at a place called Zone Decay as well.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | March 19, 2022 3:24 AM |
Last time one walked by that part of 8th avenue, space was still empty. Don't believe LL ever found another tenant for commercial retail space once occupied by Rawhide
You'll never get another bar like Rawhide or anything else in there now. New gentrified Chelsea don't go for leather, bondage and other sorts that attract rough trade. The power gays with their lovely homes or apartments complete with two children would join rest in protest. Just like they killed Boots and Saddles.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | March 19, 2022 11:08 AM |
Listen to this podcast that Nalbone did in 2021, and you can probably figure out why he left Instagram.
He's the first guest of this episode for his good friend, Steve V. Rodriguez', show (Talk About Gay Sex) in celebration of the host's 50th birthday.
Nalbone's segment starts around the 3-minute mark and lasts for about 17 minutes.
Much of the initial conversation is about life during the pandemic and how he managed lockdown. But then, around the 13-minute mark, the host begins a conversation about Nalbone's presence on social media (IG) and some of the issues he's had to deal with.
Nalbone details problems he's had with imposters and people who have stolen photos and content from him using the material as their own. He describes those actions as "aggravating," but more recently there have been cases that have escalated to what sounds like identity theft and taking his material to make money. That became a different matter for him altogether. He uses the word "cyber-crime" and says that at one point the FBI was involved in an investigation.
I myself have read that dealing with Instagram in these matters can be exhausting. He notes that he's quit IG previously because of this, so it wouldn't surprise me if something of this nature happened again, and he just said, "FUCK IT!"
by Anonymous | reply 206 | March 19, 2022 8:33 PM |
So he’s both off social media AND no longer works at the Eagle and at one point the FBI was involved in an issue and “he’s fine”. Sorry kids but this would all indicate there is some degree of drama going on.
by Anonymous | reply 207 | March 19, 2022 8:47 PM |
Maybe someone helped him move into another line of work. I mean, bartenders don’t have pensions and there comes a point where being on your feet for hours on end loses its charm.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | March 19, 2022 9:15 PM |
Anyone ever hook up with any of the Splash bartenders? OMG, they were so hot. I used to sit at the bar for hours and alternately stare and flirt with them. I know a hot gay guy who had a threesome with one of the bartenders and bartender's gf. I'm ugly, so I never would've had that opportunity, but I'd love to hear stories to live vicariously through.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | March 19, 2022 9:23 PM |
R208 True .. And over time, he may have discovered that he didn't miss the bartending at all when he was laid off because of pandemic/lockdown. .. The cycling that he began doing during that time (described in the podcast) sounded like it could have been something of an epiphany giving him time to reflect on things.
by Anonymous | reply 210 | March 19, 2022 9:38 PM |
R207 If someone knew a co-worker/friend who was the victim of identity theft or cyber-crime, why would they blab to some nosy, random stranger in a bar about it? .. That's the very situation that would call for privacy.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | March 19, 2022 9:52 PM |
Content theft has been rampant since early days of internet. Things have only gotten worse with people taking other's images for catfishing or other nefarious purposes including uploading onto porn sites.
As for comment about GN moaning about being a victim of ID theft to "random strangers", people do that all the time.
Key word there is "victim", and many such victimized persons feel need to talk about what has happened to them as perhaps way of therapy. There's nothing shame making about having ID stolen, you make it sound like crime of rape where people say "he/she was asking for it...".
by Anonymous | reply 213 | March 20, 2022 12:56 AM |
R212 why would the victim blab about it on a podcast?
by Anonymous | reply 214 | March 20, 2022 2:01 AM |
IG/Facebook exist to let people take things from you. The idea that you are using it is misguided. We will learn over time just how much we have away to the IT companies. Scary.
by Anonymous | reply 215 | March 21, 2022 3:06 AM |
FBI gets involved whenever ID theft rises to level of something interstate or even internationally.
If someone was using Mr. Nalbone's copyrighted content without permission, that is a violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). In which case yes, FBI gets involved, not merely local LE.
by Anonymous | reply 216 | March 21, 2022 3:50 AM |
The Eagle posted a photo of him showing off his bush.
by Anonymous | reply 217 | March 22, 2022 11:00 AM |
I wonder if it is a new photo though r217. At least Gregory wasn't there last time I went, but maybe he is still bartenders there.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | March 22, 2022 12:29 PM |
R218
Photo is fairly recent, you can compare Mr. Nalbone's image to that of previous. Newly uploaded Eagle photo shows a hot daddy Nalbone, which is closer to what he is nowadays compared to much of what else has been posted on this thread.
Just because guy wasn't there on night you went to Eagle bar doesn't mean he no longer is on staff. Did you make inquires? Bartenders have days off too you know....
by Anonymous | reply 219 | March 22, 2022 10:36 PM |
Does he know the eldergays on DL and worried?
by Anonymous | reply 220 | March 22, 2022 11:28 PM |
Oh honey, nearly every gay man of remote level of fame knows all about DL if they've been target of threads or posts. Either they come upon such posts/threads on their own, and or their friends or others can't wait to tell them all about it.
Perennial DL target Andy Cohen knows all about this place, and let's just say feelings are mutual.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | March 22, 2022 11:32 PM |
I’ve never hung out at a bar enough to get emotionally invested in the lives of the staff
by Anonymous | reply 222 | March 23, 2022 4:25 AM |
Want a cookie r222?
by Anonymous | reply 223 | March 23, 2022 2:27 PM |
His body looks great.
His face makes me wonder if he had recent face work done and part of his mysterious absence was to let it settle.
He's handsome, but something about his face and/or hair is reminding me of Francois Sagat and that weird hair/tattoo/whatever the fuck that is that he does.
by Anonymous | reply 224 | March 23, 2022 2:30 PM |
Masculine manly man. Oh baby. Hot and delicious.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | July 4, 2022 10:14 AM |
Is that a hearing aid in his ear??
by Anonymous | reply 227 | July 4, 2022 11:23 AM |
It’s a blue ear plug
by Anonymous | reply 228 | July 4, 2022 11:45 AM |
r222 "parasocial" is my word du jour
by Anonymous | reply 229 | July 4, 2022 12:11 PM |
[quote] I’ve never hung out at a bar enough to get emotionally invested in the lives of the staff
Apparently. there are some real-life Cliffs, Norms, Frasiers, Pauls, etc. in the world.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | July 4, 2022 7:28 PM |
Does he know DLers are CONCERNED????
by Anonymous | reply 231 | July 4, 2022 8:42 PM |
Yeah he seems to be doing fine, who knows why he disappeared but he was at The Eagle when I went Friday.
by Anonymous | reply 232 | July 5, 2022 12:49 PM |
I went to the Eagle once, but didn't stay long. The stench of beer and all those guys with scruffy faces and hairy chests, arms, and pits were a huge turn-off for me. I can imagine a majority of them didn't shave or at least trim below the waist either, but I didn't get up close and personal with anyone to find out. Just not my thing.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | July 5, 2022 12:57 PM |
he speaks with an accent
by Anonymous | reply 234 | July 5, 2022 12:58 PM |
R233, you seem so prissy
by Anonymous | reply 235 | July 5, 2022 1:58 PM |
I wish he’d come on here and say hello
by Anonymous | reply 236 | July 5, 2022 2:32 PM |
R233 I think you belong at Barracuda, dear.
by Anonymous | reply 237 | July 6, 2022 3:15 AM |
I want to have his child.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | July 6, 2022 4:09 AM |