Formerly the Seabright Bar & Lounge, the Mad House Bar opened in 2009 and has become the main GLBT hangout in Santa Cruz, as downtown’s Blue Lagoon has become increasingly hetero (although you’ll find that gays and straights mix quite happily at bars and lounges throughout Santa Cruz). Located in the funky Seabright neighborhood, on the east side of town not far from Capitola, the Mad House has a mid-size dance floor but is mostly a place to mingle and chill. Happy hours here are popular.



