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Alley Cat
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Music:
- Music Videos, Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Thu, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- No
- Coat Check:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
11 reviews for Alley Cat
11 reviews in English
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Review from Matt F.
Providence, RI
6/15/2011
Another great place to meet up with friends. Tuesdays are amazing if you are a Glee fan. Cathy is one of the best bartenders Alley Cat has EVER seen.
A note about this place also, just like The Stable, they have difficulty carding people. I would definitely consider keeping an eye on this place if you do not like being at an establishment that serves under 21.
Otherwise, I love the place!Listed in: The Places I Go Out
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Review from Danielle W.
Providence, RI
3/17/2012
OMGoodness, how many fun nights have I had at Alley Cat? One to many!
Alley Cat is a small little bar tucked away on Snow Street in Downcity. There are a few tables, a juke box, stools at the bar and a couple of couches in the back.
It's dark and dank, a little trashy. It's for the older gay crowd I've noticed, which is great if you're looking for a night out and not worried about being smothered between shirtless sweaty boys; unless you're into that sort of thing.
Bartenders are always friendly and prompt. Drinks are cheap and strong; just the way I like my men. -
Review from Jeffrey H.
Washington, DC
12/24/2008
This place was pretty impossible to find for 3 Boston gays venturing in Providence but thankfully a summer block party was happening in front so we just followed the sounds and sights of what I would imagine to be a Skittles factory.
Noticing the lameness (ugly men) at the street party, we made our way inside Alley Cat. The bar is long and narrow so be prepared to bump and grind your way through. Don't worry though - everyone here is wicked nice and the older gentlemen might compliment you like they did me. Unlike smug Boston gays where you will get stared down, whispered about, and molested.
Let me pause for a moment as I reflect upon the bar staff. O-M-GAH! The boys were so hot. SO hot. Like. omgomgomgomgomg. And shirtless. OMG. And the middle-aged lady behind the bar was the sweetest. Tips all around...sorry for the drool.
My only criticism would be the bathroom situation...there were only two that I noticed and for the cramped crowd, the bathroom line was about 10 people deep per toilet - so many people waiting I thought it was a dance floor. People shuffling side to side holding it in. It was so ridiculous that even when a girl asked to cut the line because she was pregnant everyone just yelled "NO!"
Gays are bitches. -
Review from Briana M.
Providence, RI
1/3/2011 1 Check-in Here
Several high school friends and I have a pre-Christmas tradition of cavorting around the city an evening before the holiday's eve. This year, our last stop was an unexpected one: The Alley Cat! It's funny - in my travels around PVD, I have ended up at the Dark Lady at least once a month. Never, in all my stumbling around downcity with gay and straight alike, have I stepped foot inside the Alley Cat. I know the gentlemen who run it, I have performed with and befriended several drag queens whose butts are basically carved into the barstools there, and I have walked by it hundreds of times.
On this fateful night, I popped my Alley Cat cherry! And popped I did: we were there for about 90 minutes, and we heard EVERY pop singer's Christmas song, every cheesy holiday song in between (Dominick the Donkey, for one!), AND some great nineties pop! In addition to the great music selection, their couches were comfy, the bathrooms were very clean, AND my Amstel Light bottle was very cold (extra points). Although the bar stools were full, there was no one in the dance floor area (which feels much more like a living room lit with kick-ass gobos), so we went nuts doing step-pivots, ponies, and step-chasses a la 8-year old holiday recital. The bartender was totally accepting of this fun, and played more ridiculous holiday music to egg us on (Santa Baby by RuPaul!). It's nice to know there are places in Providence where my friends and I can truly be ourselves and have a bit of immature, pop music loving fun.
If you're generally down for a good time (and are not of the homophobe persuasion), put the Alley Cat on your regular bar-hopping rotation. After my first visit there, it's certainly on mine. -
Review from M T.
Providence, RI
1/14/2011
I'll make this short and sweet for the gay crowd: it's a small, dark, dank, tacky gay men's bar with a sketchy crowd and lame staff. Any self-respecting gay man should find another bar or drive two hours to P Town rather than lower themselves to going here. It's the old 1980s crap bar cruising scene with even tackier outdated gay men. Give yourself a treat and go to the Ram Rod instead!
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Review from margo q.
Santa Cruz, CA
5/11/2008
Wow, the guys in this place work fast! I arrived on a Sat nite ready to party with my 2 queens in tow. Within minutes one of my friends was swept away by a friendly stranger and my other royal friend and I stood in the corner, looking fabulous, watching the cute boys parade by...IT WAS PACKED!!!! Which was good and bad, good obviously because you want people with whom to mingle, bad because it made it a bit claustrophobic in there. But being Sat nite big crowds are to be expected. Super friendly staff, spoke briefly with the beautiful prima Donna and gawked for a minute at the blonde adonis slinging booze behind the bar. Just wish the place was a lil bigger to walk around and admire the scenery...we will be back!
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Review from MandA R.
Scotch Plains, NJ
1/28/2011 1 Check-in Here
The drinks are strong and cheap!
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Review from all seeing E.
Los Angeles, CA
5/24/2009
This is Providence's best gay bar and one of its best bars period. The staf is beyond friendly. If you are lucky you can run into the Mayor and his entourage. Stop in afterwork and you can always get a seat at the bar. This is the only time this narrow bar isn't packed. Sometimes the bartenders even dance on the bar! So much fun in such a small space!
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Review from J g.
Providence, RI
6/18/2011
Went there one night with my boyfriend about a year ago. All seats at the bar were taken except for two, one of which contained a massive flower arrangement. I sat in front of the flower arrangement and moved it over to my side to get it out of my face so I could see my surroundings. Just then the very dramatic male bartender came over and shouts "No, No, No, No, No... and puts the arrangement back in my face. Needless to say, I haven't been back since, nor did the bartender get a tip. Its funny though, I never had an issue there before. Cathy is wonderful, I have to agree and very friendly!
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Review from Shan C.
Boston, MA
4/6/2009
This place is easy to find if you carry a map Jeffery... LOL.. I actually like this cozy place as a first stop on a night out. Friendly staff, and friendly patrons, and a few cute ones as well. I want a relaxed homey place like this in Boston.
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Review from Merri L.
Noe Valley, San Francisco, CA
6/11/2010 1 photo
I'm visiting my friend and he brought me here last night., on a thurday night. I liked the box is always open sign when we came in. The bar is sorta small, with a bar along the front which opens to a little lounge area with two (ish maybe 3) couches in the back. When we came in, trying to escape the bad 70s music of stable, more of the same was playing here. my friend asked for them to change, and they did and it was a little better. the bar was pretty dead but it was near the end of the night and pride was going on in boston so thats probably why. it was dull, but i dont like bars, and this is just a bar, not a bar club, so that's to be expected. i spent the night watching the tv which had white party 08 footage, trying to see if i could spot me or my friends from when we went. lol. the part that was bad though was the end of the night. they blasted a celine dion cd. i love loud clubs, but i mean BLASTED. i had actual physical pain in my ear drums. i had to leave i couldnt wait for my friend to close his tab. this morning i still have pain in my ears. its a real health hazard and im sure its to get us to leave, but just shutting off the music, or asking us to leave would have served better without permanently damaging my ears. so if you go, please make sure you leave by 1245 so you dont get maimed. ow. i mean it. ow. Im giving it one star because i dont expect to get injured when i go out.
