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Landlord booting Harvard Square's last dive bar, which had been open since the 1950s

By adamg on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 5:29pm

Cambridge Day reports on the impending end of Whitney's, which opened on JFK Street when it was still called Boylston Street.

Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Topics: 
Business
Dining


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Comments

By passing thru on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 6:38pm.

there's still Charlie's

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 6:44pm.

Gonna be honest

Sigh of relief that it wasn’t Charlie’s

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 6:58pm.

I had a friend visit from NY who wanted the "Authentic Boston dive bar experience". I told him we're in Cambridge and that isn't a thing and this isn't Goodwill Hunting, although we went to the People's Republic and he liked the vibe. Then we went to Whitney's and the Cantab and he thought they were both garbage and uninteresting. Philistine. RIP Whitney's, the locals remember what you were

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 8:44pm.

Don't know if Cantab has gotten any better post-pandemic/ NY Times obituary for it a few years ago- but was awful circa 2019- doorman tried to charge me 2x to attend same show and friend I was with mused that the service response level was akin to breaking into someone's house and demanding a drink

By Pete X on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 7:37pm.

Maybe instead of the city spending wasting all that money to re-open an empty newstand as a
"community gathering center," they can just take over Whitney's? With every beer 50 cents goes to affordable housing, housing crisis solved!

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 7:49pm.

No

By Plen-T-Pak on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 7:59pm.

.

By robo on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 8:35pm.

I guess not

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 8:05pm.

Aren't Shays and Charlie's still open?

By anon on Sat, 12/14/2024 - 8:18pm.

Money money money....MONEY!