In 2014, in response to the neighborhood's changing demographics, the bar's manager displayed a sign which read, 'Attention: This is a gay bar. Seattle Weekly described Pony as a 'one-of-a-kind bar that pays tribute to New York's Castro and West Village bars of the 1970s'. It is housed in a 1930s building that served as a gas station.
Pony is located at 1221 E Madison Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.