Toopee's was a popular lesbian coffee place/restaurant
from around June 1994 through 1999

First mention of an event there was September 1994   

1994

and jumping to 1997 for the next one I found...
they did very little advertising

1997

This article helps...
saying (in October 1997) that "last June marked the second
anniversary"...so, it began in June 1994...

1998

1999

Above, OutSmart Pride blurb, June 1999

Above, August 1999

Below, posters made for Toopee's, year unknown

Toopee's is sold...

and sold again...

Divino's opened in 2000, and remains in business

2005 Update

footnote:
in the early 1980s that location had a different tenant,
a bookstore called The Ballpark