Flaming Saddles

About the Business:

A Gay Bar That’s Part Coyote Ugly, Part Reality TV Fodder

This sounds like the premise for a sitcom or a reality TV show: A straight couple opens a gay bar.

She favors off-the-shoulder tops and stiletto heels; he wears leather jackets and rides a Harley. The place — improbably for Manhattan — is a country-western joint where the staff climbs on the bar and performs dance numbers.

“It’s high drama and high energy for sure,” declared Kris Coughlin, a bartender there.