George and Jay decided they didn’t want it that way they suddenly wanted to call the whole thing off. The out-of-towners insisted that they all bed together or they wouldn’t bed at all. About 2:30, the quartet headed for George and Jay’s four-room fourth-floor apartment. He suggested they adjourn to the Pike where he was suppsed to meet his roommate.Īt the Spike on West Street, George’s roommate, Jay Utterback, 35, played pinball with the taller man while George and the short one drank and talked. Besides, George thought the shorter of the two was real hot. There was no reason for George to doubt their story they appeared clean-cut and well-mannered. the night before, George Alvarez, 32, went to the Rawhide, drank, played pinball, and struck up a conversation with two young men who claimed to be visitors from out of town. assault of two (2) gay members of our community.” What the cops know so far is the pickup look place at a new semileather bar on Eighth Avenue, the Rawhide, half a block from the victim’s apartment and just around the corner from the precinct. They want to distribute “feeler” notices, which begin “There was a homicide and fel. Under an Etan Patz Missing poster, one of those bulky Irish detectives, the kind Edmund O’Brien played in ’50s movies, asks if I’d visit the local bars with them. Could I come to headquarters and discuss the case? They’d fill me in on details.Īt 7 p.m. One of the pickups pulled a gun and said, “Lay on the floor, face down, you motherfuckers.” A bloody battle ensued. It seems they had picked up two guys at a gay bar and gone home and smoked. The roommate’s in the intensive care unit at St. His roommate was knifed too, but managed to escape. Some gay man got knifed to death in the early morning hours in his West 21st Street apartment. This one comes on election night from a detective in Chelsea’s 10th Precinct. The Alley is a bear bar with an older clientele.Īnchovies is a hole in the wall Italian place with a great bar scene.It always starts with a phone call. On Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge is Paradise which has male strippers upstairs and dancing downstairs. The Eagle is a late night cruising bar on Tremont Street with a bathroom that rivals the black hole of Calcutta.įritz on Berkely is a neighborhood sports bar that gets quite crowded and is a good staring point. Try Sibling Rivalry, The Butcher Shop and Tremont 647 on Tremont Street.Īt the corner of Appleton and Tremont is 28Degrees - a martini bar. If you walk into the South End, the restaraunts are extremely gay friendly. Tex Mex with a great bartender in Billy.įlash's is a neatbar just down the street on Columbus. Praire Star, located on Dartmouth Stret, is a sister restaraunt to Laurel. First Friday of the months is for the ladies.Īraound the corner from Jury's is Club Cafe (on Columbus) - a dance club in the back and bar/restaraunt up front. It is a favorite in the neighborhood with Errol, the bartender, being the source of many fun nights. Right next door to Jury's is a neat restaraunt called Laurel.
Staying at Jury's puts you right outside the South End, which is Boston's gay neighborhood. Also, you can try these sites for club information: That's where all the "Chelsea-type" boys hang out.Īll of these places have web sites you can google for more information. I'm not sure what Gym bar is like, but if I can guess from the name, you'd probably like Buzz on Saturday nights. There's also the Alley bar, which is the Bear/Levi bar in town, and usually has a good crowd on Saturday nights. If you are looking to go out on Sunday night, that's probably the place to go. On sunday night, there's a gay club night at Avalon, on Landsdowne St., which is a huge dance club. The Machine is a dance club downstairs which tends to attract a younger crowd. But, if you want the Eagle-ish atmosphere and a dress code, Ramrod is the only place. The Ramrod/Machine is a good idea, although the big night there tends to be Friday.
It's generally busiest at "last call", between 1 and 2 am. It's a tiny place with a pool table in the middle and lots of standing and modeling. The Eagle here is not anything like the Eagle in NYC.