Above the bookstore is the new location of Marquis de Sade, that used to be on Berkeley Street in the South End. I believe the management moved to a new location in the Leather District, on 92A South Street, and renamed the bookstore, Calamus Bookstore. It was located across from the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street.
Okay, it's not a bar or club, but it was perhaps the most popular, longest-surviving gay bookstore in Boston. Click here for more information about the closing. On April 26, 2004, DykeNights held its last night. There was a place for women in Jamaica Plain. I think it thrived back in the early to mid-1980s. Located near Haymarket in downtown Boston. With the 24-hour diners and Chinatown nearby, one would have thought that gay nightlife would thrive. It was really never the same when Chaps moved from its Copley location.Ī short-lived dance club on Lincoln Street in the Leather District near South Station. Now, according to many friends, Vapor has slowly emerged into a bi/straight club. Chaps then moved to the Theatre District, and then it changed its name to VAPOR. The alley behind Chaps was the playground during Boston Pride, and the place was packed year after year. It was the best dance club before BUZZ, located in Copley Square, across from the Copley Westin Hotel. What stands in its place is Trinity Place. The Stuart Street location is now Boston's best killer dance club: BUZZ. Shortly after Buddies closed, the bar was then transformed into F/X. It was before my time when Buddies was located in the Back Bay. I remember sneaking in (I was underaged) with friends and had a blast. I only remember Buddies when it was located on Stuart Street in the Theatre District. The dance floor was small, and during the weekend mornings it was a place to have brunch (with omelettes made to order). "The 1270 (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." - submitted by near the Fleet Center (Boston Garden) on Friend Street, near Haymarket and North End. 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. It was located across the Boston Common on Boylston Street, where now the Four Seasons is located. Not sure what the name was, but I was told there used to be a bar or diner where gay men frequented back in the 70s and 80s. Has this list of former gay bars and hot spots, written by someone much younger than I: Do you remember. | Bin Laden in China » OctoFormer Gay Boston