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Andrew Square could get neighborhood bar with a whiskey program and a scratch kitchen
By adamg on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 11:31am
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the owner of the Quiet Few in East Boston's Jeffries Point open a similar establishment, to be called Small Victories, at 400 Dorchester St. in South Boston's Andrew Square, where Backyard Betty's was meant to go.
In fact, to open his proposed Small Victories, Josh Weinstein would purchase the liquor license Backyard Betty's had gotten for the location.
His attorney, Kristen Scanlon, promised "a cozy neighborhood bar" and a scratch kitchen.
The new bar would have a total occupancy of 120, with 70 to 80 seats and hours of 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.
The Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association reached across the harbor to assure its counterparts at the Andrew Square Civic Association that Weinstein has been a great neighbor, according to a neighborhood liaison from the city's Office of Neighborhood Services, who said the Andrew Square group concluded that Small Victories would be "a big victory" for the neighborhood.
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Good
Andrew Square can use a place like this.
why?
What neighborhood needs a whiskey program with a 2:00 license?
Sigh, and people wonder why
Sigh, and people wonder why this city has no nightlife or fun places
Just what the City needs
another “fun” place that stays open until 2:00am. It’s called a quality of life issue for the residents, not a fun place for someone who probably doesn’t live in the City but feels they have to visit for the fun of it.
Speaking from Experience
As someone who lives within a block or two of several establishments with "whiskey programs" that stay open till 2:00am and serve mostly residents, I agree my quality of life is much the better for it.
In fact, I can't imagine why someone would want to live in a city that didn't provide such establishments. The suburbs are filled with areas that are dead at night, I'd suggest those places would be better for those who don't want to live in an area with a neighborhood bar.
This one!
As someone who has lived in the Andrew Sq neighborhood since 1999, I am personally thrilled to have this place opening up the street. I've been to the Eastie location on manu occasions, and it's a well run establishment with great service, delicious food, and proper cocktails. I get that not everyone can appreciate a place like this, but it's going to be a wonderful addition to the neighborhood, and many restaurant industry folks (like myself) would welcome a 2am option to frequent once we get out of work. Best of luck to this crew! I'll definitely be in to support your efforts!
A fun one?
A fun one?
The triangle only has 2 full
The triangle only has 2 full service restaurants, and neither are very good.
any neighborhood that isn't
any neighborhood that isn't full of people who live terminally online and oppose anything that isn't directly relevant to them.
so, all of them.
400 Dorchester Ave is not
400 Dorchester Ave is not really Andrew Square, but over near the mei mei street cafe, shy bird, iron works complex of restaurants.
Someone let me know if I misread something about the address.
All the same, I'm excited for this place.
That is true about 400 Dorchester Avenue, but ...
This is 400 Dorchester Street.
Because, of course, Boston has major streets with similar names (or identical in the case of all the Washington and Mt. Vernon streets).
This building is literally in
This building is literally in the middle of Andrew Square
This guy is really nice and
This guy is really nice and tqf is the best bar in eastie
Backyard Betties I believe
Backyard Betties I believe was located on Broadway and this Andrew Square building was under construction in 2020
Thanks
I've changed the story a bit to reflect that. The license he wants to buy was for the Dorchester Street location, so Backyard Betty's must've gotten pretty close to moving there.
Yikes! Good Luck
There's a reason the last place closed. Andrew Square is a disaster and won't get any better until the bridge is rebuilt and the McCormack is razed and renovated.
We hung on as long as we could but it's become such a gross, disgusting area.
Well...go on then
Yeah, you're right. You should probably leave.
"The last place" in a brand
"The last place" in a brand new building that hasn't had a restaurant in it yet?
Some slack needs to be cut
He was referring to the original version of my story, in which I looked up Backyard Betty's, saw it listed on Google as "closed permanently" at the Dorchester Street address in 2020 and ran with that.
And then, I tripped, skinned my info-knee on the cold, hard sidewalk of reality and revised the story (thank you to folks who corrected me; unlike my knowledge of, oh, Birch Street in Roslindale Square, what I don't know about South Boston could fill a book or two, well, metaphorically speaking, at least).
Rub some dirt on it
Rub some dirt on it
The bridge
And what about the bridge? How many decades will that take? And the construction/closure on Dorchester St? I can't imagine that'll be great for business...
But I agree that the area needs some more establishments. The new restaurants at South Bay are welcome, but Andrew Sq really needs some help.