The Alley was named Best Gay Bar by Boston magazine in 2019. 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.