Update, Dec. 4, 2024: The bar voluntarily dismissed its suit.
The Black Rose bar on State Street today sued a Westborough bakery - which now has an outlet on Newbury Street - for also calling itself Black Rose. Read more.
By adamg - 11/14/14 - 8:07 am
The Globe reports on an investigation launched after Pretty Things Beer alleged it was being kept out of at least one bar for refusing to pay for the privilege.
State law prohibits beer-tap bribery.
By adamg - 9/28/12 - 5:17 pm
A list of the 25 douchiest bars in Boston has sparked an effort to find Boston's least douchiest bars.
By adamg - 1/7/11 - 7:57 am
DrinkBoston.com reports on efforts to develop a Boston bartenders guild:
By adamg - 2/1/10 - 9:20 am
Richard Auffrey is upset at the prevalence of sweet cocktails these days.
By adamg - 6/20/09 - 6:16 pm
MC Slim JB provides the proof that Boston bartenders are no longer stuck in the 1950s - well, a bunch of them, at any rate.
By adamg - 3/15/09 - 1:57 pm
Drink Boston tallies up all the weird drink things going on these days, from egg-based drinks to whiskey brands hiring women to hand out shoe polish, to the fact that bars seem to be doing booming business these days and wonders what's going on in this crazy mixed-up economy of ours:
... It warms my heart (and my liver) that good bars are doing good business. But I can't help but wonder sometimes: Is this the Manic Party Hour before last call?
Ah, never mind. Have a whiskey-and-egg drink.
By deselby - 12/7/08 - 6:30 pm
On Thursday, the Boston Public Health Commission will vote on whether to kill off the few remaining cigar bars and sheesha cafes.
By mmurph - 10/5/08 - 11:53 am
The other at America's oldest Tavern, the Bell in Hand I noticed signs all around the bar notifying patrons of a $25 minimum for credit card purchases.
By adamg - 6/29/08 - 9:37 am
Everybody else, however, might want to avoid TC's Lounge on Haviland Street, Jason Feifer reports.
By adamg - 4/30/08 - 3:05 pm
The now closed Dot. Ave bar, that is:
... The drinks were stiff and cheap, and served up in clear plastic cups. The bartenders had Irish brogues. The DJs played standard Top 40 hits, and the dancefloor would get packed by a pretty diverse crowd of Irish folks, Dot natives, and black kids. ...
By adamg - 4/25/08 - 2:55 pm
Mike Ball puts his liver on the line, so you don't have to, as he and a friend sample some of Jamaica Plain's bars that aren't named Doyle's. They started with the Drinking Fountain and continued on through Griffin's and J.J. Foley's Fireside, all within an easy stagger of the Forest Hills T stop.
None calls out or even whispers, "Enter, yuppies!" Of course, that's a major point, eh? From external, and as we found, internal, appearance, this are purposeful potable places. Drinkers welcome.
By adamg - 9/23/07 - 9:11 am
Susie reports that if you've been out of college for more than a couple years, Joshua Tree on Comm. Ave. is a great place to go to feel really old:
