In 2018, JR's ranked number 40 in a list of the nation's most popular gay bars, based on attendance estimates for the last quarter of 2017. The bar was also named readers' choice for the city's best gay bar in 20. Reception Ĭlint Hale included JR's in the Houston Press 's 2017 list of the ten best bars in Montrose. JR's operates on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The bar has hosted and supported the Montrose Makers Market. Jr's was established in the late 1970s or 1980s. Xtra Magazine 's offers the following description of the bar: 'very popular, hot young professional crowd, heart of gay Houston, karaoke, martinis, drag shows, amateur strippers and go-go boys'.

Drag shows included Que Calor featuring Latin queens on Mondays, Charlie's Angels on Tuesdays, Millennial Dolls on Wednesdays, the amateur event So You Think You Can Drag on Thursdays, and The Super Sunday Show, as of 2020. In an overview of the city's gay landmarks, Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle said JR's hosts dancers, drag performances, and karaoke and wrote, 'It's a no-fuss place to congregate'.