There are gay bars and clubs scattered around the city, but they are concentrated in the neighborhoods of South End and Jamaica Plain. One of America’s most politically liberal cities, Boston has a very visible gay population. The intimate 37-seat restaurant consists of ten tables and a 17-seat chef’s counter, where guests can watch the chefs preparing the dishes. Located in a 100-year-old fire station in Boston’s historic Leather District, o ya offers contemporary Japanese dining in a comfortable setting. Swanky and romantic, this petite gay-friendly Eliot Suite Hotel restaurant in the Back Bay is “where the chic eat”. L’Espalier is a culinary exploration, featuring sophisticated and modern New England-French cuisine, with an emphasis on artisanal and New England ingredients. The cuisine centers on the Arabic influenced foods of the Mediterranean with a strong lean towards Turkish fare. Oleana is a neighborhood gay-friendly restaurant with a strong focus on flavors and comfort. The menu showcases an artful blend of regionally inspired Italian and French dishes with an emphasis on simplicity and flavor.
9 Park provides an intimate setting to enjoy Barbara Lynch’s refined cuisine. Located in an elegant townhouse in historic Beacon Hill, No. The prices are reasonable, and the service is top notch The ever-changing menu will feature anything from french fries and a burger to dollar oysters or Pan Seared Flank Steak. With valet parking and an almost hidden location in the South End district of Boston it’s almost like finding an oasis in the desert.
Immediately you feel like you're in someone's gorgeous and simply decorated open-air living/dining room. The space is interestingly designed and can accomodate small and large groups. Upon entering the Beehive, you're led downstairs usually to an elegant and comfortable space comprised mostly of brick and wood. Summer is 's favorite season to visit this city don't forget Boston Gay Pride held in June! Gay-Friendly Dining Boston is pleasant to visit any time of the year, but winter is probably not for the faint of heart. Today, this New England city attracts both men and women, and the gay scene is largely visible. Since the 1980’s, the gay community has left its mark in these areas, opening up shops and restaurants. Careful when calling anyone “wicked smaht” while you’re there though, as Bostonians will be sure to have a retort for you.īoston is the capital of the first state to allow gay marriage in America! The main gay areas of Boston are centered around the neighborhoods of the South End and Jamaica Plains. There are several fantastic museums in the city and of course, Harvard University and MIT are both in Boston’s backyard as well as other institutions of higher learning such as Boston University. It’s also the starting location of the Freedom Trail which will take you around the city to even more historic locations.īoston is also a thriving hotbed of intellectualism. It has hosted a range of idiosyncratic historic events such as a speech by Martin Luther King Jr., public hangings in the 1800s, and even British soldiers camped there during the American Revolution. Make time to check out 50-acre Boston Common-the country’s oldest city park. In prose both playful and challenging, he immerses his reader in the unique experience of a life lived in and out of these spaces.įrom leather parties in the Castro to the Black Cat riots of Los Angeles, from glory holes and Crisco-slicked dungeons to Gay Liberation Front touch-ins, from disco at Studio One to Britpop at Popstarz, from irony to abandon, from hedonism to love, Gay Bar is an intimate, stylish and necessary celebration of the institution of the gay bar.Gay Boston is absolutely drenched with history, as many of early-America’s important events took place in and around the area including the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is also the story of Jeremy Atherton Lin's own experiences as a gay man, and the lifelong romance that began one restless night in Soho. Gay Bar is a sparkling, richly individual history of the gay bars of London, San Francisco and Los Angeles, focusing on the post-AIDs crisis years of the 1990s to the present day. With this cultural demolition, we must remember to ask: Who were the patrons? What did the bars mean to them? And where can we go now? But in urban centres around the world, they are closing. Neon lights and dark rooms pumping house and drag queens on counters first kisses, last orders the gay bar has long been a place of joy, solidarity and sexual expression, whatever your scene, whatever you're seeking. Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2022