Bar Fly

North End · cocktails

Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.

Chasers

Plaza Shamrock

Chasers is a gay dance bar on The Plaza that runs drag performances, resident DJs and karaoke on Wednesdays and Sundays. It has pool tables, a coat check and free parking, and it stays open to 2am. Queen City Nerve counts it among the city's continuously operating queer rooms.

El Puro Cuban Restaurant

Starmount · cuban

El Puro serves upscale Cuban food with cocktails and live entertainment on South Boulevard, in a room styled after 1950s pre-revolutionary Havana. There is a stage and a dancefloor. It runs to midnight on Friday and Saturday and is closed on Mondays.

Petra's

Plaza Midwood

Petra's is a piano bar and small stage on Commonwealth Ave in Plaza Midwood that opened in 2007. Queen City Nerve describes it as one of the city's queer-friendly rooms, with drag shows, the TutuTonight variety showcase, the Ultraviolet Sapphic Dance Party and Wednesday karaoke. Its own calendar runs karaoke nights, jazz sessions, bands and solo performers most weeks.

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Bar Fly

North End · cocktails

Bar Fly takes over the rooftop deck above Room Service at Camp North End on weekend nights, from the same founder. The landlord's page describes bold and playful decor, cocktails, bites, dancing and music, with a rotating schedule of events each weekend. The drinks list runs to cocktails, wine, sangria, beer and rotating slushies.

Chasers

Plaza Shamrock

Chasers is a gay dance bar on The Plaza that runs drag performances, resident DJs and karaoke on Wednesdays and Sundays. It has pool tables, a coat check and free parking, and it stays open to 2am. Queen City Nerve counts it among the city's continuously operating queer rooms.

El Puro Cuban Restaurant

Starmount · cuban

El Puro serves upscale Cuban food with cocktails and live entertainment on South Boulevard, in a room styled after 1950s pre-revolutionary Havana. There is a stage and a dancefloor. It runs to midnight on Friday and Saturday and is closed on Mondays.

Petra's

Plaza Midwood

Petra's is a piano bar and small stage on Commonwealth Ave in Plaza Midwood that opened in 2007. Queen City Nerve describes it as one of the city's queer-friendly rooms, with drag shows, the TutuTonight variety showcase, the Ultraviolet Sapphic Dance Party and Wednesday karaoke. Its own calendar runs karaoke nights, jazz sessions, bands and solo performers most weeks.

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