Best of Boston

It’s been ages since the city had a proper lesbian bar, so when word got out about the imminent opening of Dani’s Queer Bar, the Boylston Street venue racked up 11,000 Instagram followers before serving a single drink. The novelty of a new dedicated femme spot merited national attention, including two unprintable jokes on SNL‘s “Weekend Update," and now the old Pour House space is a lavender-and-pink bastion of live drag shows, RuPaul watch parties, and sapphic dance nights. Thank LGBTQ+ event promoter Thais Rocha for creating something an entire generation desperately needed.