hamburger mary s in denver in 2009 industry restaurants headquarters chicago and west hollywood united states number of locations 13 website hamburgermarys.com hamburger mary s bar & grille is a gay themed and lgbt friendly burger restaurant chain 1 that started in san francisco california in 1972 . their motto is an open air bar and grill for open minded people and the eateries are often in gay centric neighborhoods . the menu items include humorously named items 2 and the decor of the restaurants is flamboyant . cross dressing is common with many of their locations hosting drag shows on weekends . mary in the name is a reference to the slang descriptor mary used for gay men as far back as the early 1900s . 3 there are 13 hamburger mary s in the u.s. and one in berlin germany as of 2015 . 4 their portland oregon location closed in late 2012 when they lost their franchise and their san francisco location closed in 2013 . their denver colorado location was renamed the m uptown as the result of a franchise dispute in late 2015 . 5 their main offices are in chicago and west hollywood as of 2013 . hamburger mary s has reopened in denver their new location is 1336 e 17th street . references edit crain tom march 2006 . out is in at unconventional bar and grill chain . franchise times . pp. 22 24 . access date requires url help hamburger mary s andersonville metromix chicago . chicago.metromix.com . 2012 04 05 . retrieved 2012 04 12 . ferruzza charles . hamburger mary s figures kansas city s ready for big gay burgers restaurant reviews . the pitch . retrieved 2012 06 20 . hamburger mary s flamboyant foolishness modest flavors . the bay view compass . 2012 04 02 . retrieved 2012 04 12 . denver hamburger mary s revamped as m uptown . the denver post . 2015 12 23 . retrieved 2015 12 23 . external links edit official website official blog this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hamburger mary % 27s & oldid 742518870 categories 1972 establishments in californiafood and drink in the san francisco bay arearestaurant chains in the united statesrestaurant franchisesdefunct lgbt drinking establishments in oregonunited states restaurant stubshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlofficial blog not in wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 05 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view