Another venerable watering hole is closing

I get the point that this is gentrification or whatever but old buildings that can't accommodate disabled people aren't really cool relics to keep in tact and reminisce about the days when the city was the city and was much less accessible too. There should be some kind of grant money or fund they could take a no interest loan from to update their businesses who can't afford to (or prioritize) these updates themselves.

The anti-NIMBY crowd who hate local indide businesses and LOVE corporate developers strike again! Such a bummer. Not sure why they just don't stick to the Natick Collection condo mall where they seem most at home with chain stores and no fun.

Boston is literally losing it's character. Even cities that have super-succumbed to gentrification like New York & San Fran are able to keep their dives/watering holes afloat & thriving.

Doyle's, Tahiti, now this!
Can't wait for more exposed edison bulbs and elevated tater tots

I was totally at a loss for words when I heard Metropolitan Pipe & Supply on the fringe of Kendall Square was going away for new construction.

For some its Karaoke that made the town -- for others it was source of industrial plumbing supplies, which could be used for Physics R&D, etc., just a brief walk from MIT.

PS: the Courtside name has been incongruous and an anachronism for quite a while -- no Courthouse in Cambridge for quite a while although the ugly building formerly known as the Middlesex County Courthouse*1 is still there poking up through the skyline

*1 -- the former Edward J. Sullivan Superior Court Building [named after one particularly incestuous nepotistic family] --- not to be confused with the elegant Bulfinch designed Middelsex County Courthouse with enlargements by Ami B. Young [of the original Customs House] which was its predecessor in function