Pulse nightclub in Appleton may be one of the shortest-lasting clubs with the biggest start-up media splash. First appearing in the Bar Guide listings of Quest magazine in January 2008 (vol.15-01), they somehow garnered a half-page writeup in the March issue. 'Quest' talked to Madison native Erin Marheine, who opened the bar with business partner Patrick Tarkowski.

In the article, Marheine says "It didn't start out as a gay club originally. It started... about two weeks into January (2008)... (I originally) got into the bar business with my brother and another individual. I bought them out and we opened a gay bar. I brought in Patrick to run the food business."

The bar had several rooms in its 8,800 square feet of space: a bar area, dance floor, game room, and sit-down restaurant. (See article below.)

The bar must have folded very quickly, or perhaps decided that gay 'wasn't their thing". They no longer appeared in Quest magazine's bar guide listing after May 2008. We have not yet located any advertisements in LGBT periodicals.

Any information about this business is welcomed from anyone who can contribute it.