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THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $28.50 PER ADULTBOSTON HISTORY & HIGHLIGHTS WALKG TOUR250REMEND99% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $50.45 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)FULL-DAY MIVAN TOUR OF REVOLUTNARY BOSTON, LEXGTON AND CONRD4HISTORIL TOURSOM $875.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)BOSTON: NORTH END TO FREEDOM TRAIL - FOOD & HISTORY WALKG TOUR714REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $106.56 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*BOSTON SMALL-GROUP FREEDOM TRAIL HISTORY TOUR PUB CRAWL345REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $60.00 PER ADULTWCH COSTUME PHOTO SHOOT - OL SALEM VILLAGE THEATRIL SET56REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FUN & GAMOM $92.50 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)ENTIRE FREEDOM TRAIL WALKG TOUR: INCLUS BUNKER HILL AND USS CONSTUTN155REMEND99% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $49.00 PER ADULTTOUR--FOUR -- A PRIVATE FOUR HOUR WALKG & DRIVG CY TOUR13REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.B TOURSOM $495.00 PER GROUP (UP TO 6)2023BEST SELLERFREEDOM TRAIL: SMALL GROUP TOUR OF REVOLUTNARY BOSTON623REMEND98% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $39.50 PER ADULTCOCKTAILS & CANNOLI: BOSTON'S NORTH END DSERT TOUR279REMEND100% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.FOOD & DRKOM $99.00 PER ADULTRHO ISLAND A DAY14REMEND92% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $100.00 PER ADULTPRIVATE BOSTON AIRPORT TRANSPORTATN - ONE WAY3TRANSPORTATN SERVICOM $126.94 PER GROUP (UP TO 3)BEST SELLERBOSTON WHALE WATCHG CISE BY HIGH-SPEED CATAMARAN727ON THE WATEROM $74.22 PER ADULTSCENIC NEWPORT, RI SELF-DRIVG AUD TOUR108REMEND91% OF TRAVELERS REMEND THIS EXPERIENCE. THIS NUMBER IS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT HAVE A BUBBLE RATG OF 4 OR HIGHER.HISTORIL TOURSOM $14.99 PER ADULTTHE AREA ADDRS1254 BOYLSTON ST, BOSTON, MA 02215-4401NEIGHBORHOOD: WT FENSREAD MOREHOW TO GET THEREKENMORE • 6 M WALKBLANDFORD ST • 8 M WALKFULL VIEWBT NEARBYRTRANTS2,634 WH 3 BLEACHER BAR4590.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBTASTY BURGER3840.2 MI$ • AMERIN • FAST FOODYARD HOE4430.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBWAHLBURGERS6600.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYCASK'N FLAGON5330.2 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • PUBSWEET CHEEKS Q6800.3 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BARBECUE • GLUTEN FREE OPTNSBOSTON BURGER COMPANY4960.4 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLYHOJOKO227235 FT$$ - $$$ • BAR • VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY • VEGAN OPTNSCIZEN PUBLIC HOE & OYSTER BAR1900.1 MI$$ - $$$ • AMERIN • BAR • SEAFOODTATTE BAKERY AND FE530.2 MI$$ - $$$ • QUICK B • AMERIN • CAFESEE ALLATTRACTNS605 WH 6 FENWAY PARK17,2820.1 MIARENAS & STADIUMSTHE FENS320.1 MINATURE & WILDLIFE AREASWORLD WAR II MEMORIAL40.1 MIMONUMENTS & STATUJAM P KELLEHER ROSE GARN220.2 MIPARKS • GARNSMM OF FE ARTS8,2710.4 MIART MMSCOMMONWEALTH AVENUE MALL940.3 MIPARKS • SCENIC WALKG AREASTHE BOSTON POPS4350.6 MISYMPHONIISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MM3,2770.5 MIGARNS • ART MMSTHE MAPPARIUM9230.5 MISPECIALY MMS • POTS OF INTERT & LANDMARKSEMERALD NECKLACE200.3 MIPARKS • GARNSSEE ALLCONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.3.05 REVIEWSEXCELLENT2VERY GOOD0AVERAGE1POOR1TERRIBLE1GERARDD782DUBL, IRELAND57 NTRIBUTNS0QUEENS DELIGHTJUN 2016NOT THE BT PART OF TOWN BUT MORE POPULAR THAN OTHER BARS. BIG TO DRAG SHOWS WHICH WERE AVERAGE AT BT. HOWEVER AT LEAST THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE.READ MOREWRTEN JULY 3, 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MAT S2 NTRIBUTNS0LEATHERDEC 2015 • SOLOWELL ALL BARS HAVE CHANGED, BUT RAMROD STILL TRI. AND NOT FAR OM THE REEDS. IT IS WHAT IS AND IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE LEATHER BAR THE NEW ENGLAND AREA.READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 4, 2016THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.SLUGGOSIXTYFIVEBOSTON, MA1 NTRIBUTN10NOT A LEATHER BAR ANYMORECONTRARY TO WHAT YOU'LL READ ELSWEHERE, 'S 2008 AND RAMROD IS NO LONGER A LEATHER BAR AT ALL. IT'S ONLY BY ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, AND ABSOLUTELY AD ON SATURDAY.THE MANAGEMENT DON'T RE ABOUT THE LEATHER ASPECT OF THE PLACE AT ALL, AND THE STATED DRS IS NEVER ENFORCED EXCEPT ON CERTA EVEN NIGHTS.(THIS IS OPPOSED TO THE 80S AND 90S WHEN WAS STRICTLY ENFORICED -- MY GUS IS THAT WAS CHEAPER TO DROP THE DRS THAN PAY THE BOUNCERS.)THE BAR IS JT A SAD SHADOW OF 'S FORMER SELF, AND FATELY NOT A LEATHER BAR ANYMORE.READ MOREWRTEN DECEMBER 31, 2007THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ADVENTURER36743FORT LRDALE, FL1 NTRIBUTN12HOT LEVI & LEATHER @ THE RAMRODIF YOU LIKE LEATHER, HEAD HERE ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT!! I TOTALLY DISAGREE WH THE OTHER SURE IF HE'S LOOKG FOR SOMETHG TOTALLY DIFFERENT, OR WAS JT THERE ON AN OFF NIGHT. MY FIRST FEW TIM THERE I WAS TREATED WELL BY THE BARTENRS & OTHER STAFF, EVEN WHOUT BEG A REGULAR.READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 18, 2003THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.TRAILBLAZER5120BOSTON, MA1 NTRIBUTN7A REAL DRAGTHIS BAR IS ONE NASTY PLACE. IT IS NOT WHAT PRETENDS TO BE. IT IS THE WORST OF BOSTON GAY LIFE, WHICH IS TO SAY IS CLIQUEISH, OBNOX, AND SELF-ABSORBED. THE STAFF IS ROUTELY OBNOX AND , AND APPEARS TO PLAY FAVOR WH THE REGULAR LOSERS WHO E HERE. IT IS NOT VERY CLEAN, AND THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE TRYG TO APPEAR SCTIVE IS FACT JT CHEAP AND TAWDRY, MUCH LIKE THE REGULARS AND THE STAFF. I DO NOT REMEND THIS BAR AT ALL. IN FACT, ANY STRAIGHT BAR IS MORE FUN THAN THIS PLACE, AND YOU'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO FD BETTER ACTN.READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 8, 2003THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.NO QUTNS HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCEASK A QUTNALSO POPULAR WH TRAVELERSSEE ALL2023BOSTON CRAWLG831BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSDOWNTOWN2023FOUR-HAND ILLNS: AN INTIMATE EVENG OF LGHS & WONR319THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSBEAN HILL2023MIRACL & OTHER DECEPTNS: THE CLOSE UP MAGIC OF PL GERTNER236THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSDOWNTOWNCOCKTAILS & CANNOLI286CY TOURS • BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURSOPEN NOW • NORTH END2023BULLY BOY DISTILLERS364DISTILLERI • BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • UPHAMS CORNER - JON HILLIMPROV ASYLUM239THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSNORTH ENDTHE BLACK ROSE440BARS & CLUBS • THEATRE & PERFORMANCOPEN NOW • DOWNTOWNNIGHTLY SPIRS GHOST TOURS36BAR, CLUB & PUB TOURS • GHOST & VAMPIRE TOURSMD READG CONFINTIAL34THEATERS • COMEDY CLUBSDOWNTOWNWARREN TAVERN63BARS & CLUBSOPEN NOW • CHARLTOWNIS THIS YOUR TRIPADVISOR LISTG?OWN OR MANAGE THIS PROPERTY? CLAIM YOUR LISTG FOR EE TO RPOND TO REVIEWS, UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND MUCH MORE.CLAIM YOUR LISTGRAMROD (BOSTON) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
The years between the 1969 Stonewall Rebelln and the early 1980s, when the gay muny was ravaged by the AIDS epimic are often seen as a kd of goln age for New York Cy's LGBT populatn. The Wt Village, particular, was home to dozens of bars and clubs that tered to gay men, and one of the most popular was the Ramrod, a leather bar on Wt Street. Tragilly, the bar was also the scene of a homophobic attack 1980. The buildg, which is now home to Bongo Lobster Rolls, is part of the Weehawken Street Historic District. * ramrod gay bar *
It was the se of one of Greenwich Village’s most notorly homophobic crim 1980. The June 1969 rebelln by patrons of the Stonewall bar agast police harassment helped to lnch a renewed and more activist natnal gay rights movement.
By the early 1970s, the wtern end of Christopher Street and the adjacent blocks along Wt and Weehawken Streets, long tablished wh seamen-oriented wateront taverns, beme a nucls for bars terg to a gay male clientele.
It was the se of one of Greenwich Village’s most notorly homophobic crim, when, on November 19, 1980, a former trans officer fired to the bar, killg two men and woundg six others. Daniel Hurewz, Steppg Out: Ne Walks Through New York Cy’s Gay and Lbian Past (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1997). Homophobia & Transphobia.
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It was one of the first bars to jumpstart the North Fort Lrdale / Wilton Manors gay district. The years between the 1969 Stonewall Rebelln and the early 1980s, when the gay muny was ravaged by the AIDS epimic are often seen as a kd of goln age for New York Cy's LGBT populatn. The Wt Village, particular, was home to dozens of bars and clubs that tered to gay men, and one of the most popular was the Ramrod, a leather bar on Wt Street.
Tragilly, the bar was also the scene of a homophobic attack 1980. Now wily seen as a talyst for the gay and lbian movement, the Stonewall Rebelln also hered a goln age for New York Cy's LGBT the years followg the rebelln, the area around Christopher Street, where the Stonewall is loted, beme the nex of gay life the cy.
The Wt Village, particularly the wtern end of Christopher Street and several blocks along Wt Street, gay bars and clubs proliferated an area that had long been home to seedy wateront bars and seaman div. The film, which starred Al Paco as a tective who go unrver the cy's leather and S&M clubs to tch a serial killer, eliced cricism and protts om the Village's gay muny. Many objected to the film's portrayal of gay men as vlent and sex-obssed and rints of the area did what they uld to prevent the filmg, cludg blastg loud mic near the productn went ahead and the months followg the film's release, there were a number of vlent homophobic attacks.