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He skipped DC’s first pride out of fear. Now Freddie’s Beach Bar owner will marry on WorldPride parade float

Jimmy Alexander | jimmy.alexander@wtop.com
June 5, 2025, 7:58 PM


Freddie Lutz is owner of Freddie's Beach Bar and is getting married on a float in the WorldPride Parade in D.C.(Courtesy Freddie Lutz)

On Saturday, Freddie Lutz, the owner of Arlington’s Freddie’s Beach Bar and Restaurant will tie the knot with Johnny Cervantes, his partner of 28 years, on top of a wedding chapel float during the WorldPride Parade in D.C.

It was 50 years ago when Lutz skipped D.C.’s first Pride out of fear of losing his job. … “I was maître d’ downtown at a fancy schmancy restaurant called Ponte Vecchio. We had a lot of high-profile Republican customers at the restaurant, and I was afraid my picture would be in the paper,” Lutz said. “Now I’m getting married to my partner on a wedding chapel float. So we’ve come a long way.”

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Jimmy Alexander
Jimmy Alexander has been a part of the D.C. media scene as a reporter for DC News Now and a long-standing voice on the Jack Diamond Morning Show. Now, Alexander brings those years spent interviewing newsmakers like President Bill Clinton, Paul McCartney and Sean Connery, to the WTOP Newsroom.
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