Located near the Fleet Center (Boston Garden) on Canal Street, near Haymarket and North End. Avalon Sundays moved to 1 Boylston Street (The Estate). The whole Lansdowne block will soon be converted into a huge entertainment complex. Well, I guess we can add these clubs to the list. (it was also known as Quest in the mid- to late-90s) was a great 3 story club with a roof deck at 1270 Boylston,at the other end of the same building where Ramrod is.There is some type of latin flavor breeder’s club there now last check.
The owners of 119 moved its business toward Downtown Crossing at Pi Alley. for the building is currently being regutted and converted into offices or condos. Buddies on Boylston was my first gay bar ever and I even went to Playland once but now walk buy with it's big DEMO label on the building!!! I use to LOVE the old and the new Chaps which are both closed.
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The once-grubby bathrooms got an upgrade a few years back, however the cash-only bar transactions remain.It is sad even in the years I have been going to gay bars to see how many have closed. This is the place for weeknight trivia, late night beers (it closes at 2 am every night), and barely clothed dance parties. But once you've discovered the hidden den, you've found your fellow bears.
Meaghan Agnew and Jillian Hammell included the Alley in Thrillist's 2021 list of "The Best LGBTQ+ Bars and Parties in Boston", writing: "Give yourself extra time to get there, because The Alley's clandestine location requires significant sleuthing. The bi-level space is constantly a buzz, packing in the crowds that always accumulate on weekends (and, when in season, the weekly communal RuPaul’s Drag Race viewing parties)." The entrance is a little off the beaten path, but the name is a staple among the LGBTQ community, so once you're there, you'll know that you've arrived at the right spot. In a 2021 list of Boston's best gay bars, Jillian Dara and Linda Laban of Time Out Boston wrote: "Nestled inside Downtown Crossing, near what is unofficially Boston's wild weekend drinking district, this long-standing, bear-centric, leather bar offers dance, karaoke and trivia nights, as well as pool tables in a casual, sports bar-like atmosphere. The Alley was named Best Gay Bar by Boston magazine in 2019.
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In 2018, Dana Hatic of Eater Boston said the Alley "is known as a flannel-filled 'den of Boston bears'" and said Fuzz has DJ Brent Covington and DJ Taffy playing "a mix of pop, rock, and dance music of all eras, plus some British pop and punk". What you will find are refreshing vestiges of a time before gay bars got gentrified: cheap drinks, little pretense, and dancing throngs-not to mention an abundance of pheromones". Boston magazine says, "You won't find interloping bachelorette parties at this veteran watering hole, secreted away downtown. The "unabashedly queer" bar hosts regular parties such as Casual Fridays and Fuzz, as well as disc jockeys playing music ranging from Top 40 to "artsy" indie pop. The Alley Bar (also known as Alley Bar and The Alley) is a gay bar in Boston, in the U.S.