Bunch-of-Grapes

Bunch-of-Grapes
Sign of the Bunch-of-Grapes tavern during 17th-18th c.
General information
Type	Tavern
Location	State Street
Town or city	Province of Massachusetts Bay
Country	United States
Construction started	1733
Demolished	1798
Client	Paul Revere James Henry Craig Marquis de Lafayette General John Stark Rufus Putnam Benjamin Tupper Samuel Holden Parsons Manasseh Cutler
Affiliation	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Ohio Company of Associates

The Bunch-of-Grapes was a tavern located on King Street (State Street) in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the 17th and 18th centuries. It served multiple functions in the life of the town, as one could buy drinks and meet friends, business associates, political co-conspirators. The facade of the Bunch-of-Grapes building featured an iconic sign: "Three gilded clusters of grapes dangled temptingly over the door before the eye of the passer-by."^[1]