The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by Cisco Brewers to turn the old Tasty Burger on Boylston Street in the Fenway into a year round beer hall and its parking lot into a seasonal beer garden with live entertainment.
The chain, which started on Nantucket, has a seasonal beer garden in the Seaport.
Cisco Brewers attorney Dennis Quilty said that between April and mid-October, a stage in the parking lot - facing Fenway Park - would offer live music until 8 p.m., with piped-in music until 10:30 p.m.
Between October and April, the parking lot would revert to a parking lot for people looking to quaff a brew inside the restaurant building, which most recently and briefly served as the home of a failed deli.
The property is owned by Samuels and Associates, a developer that has been redeveloping parts of the area around Fenway Park.
Some nearby residents and property owners, including Audrey Epstein Reny, owner of the 342-unit Viridian apartment building, said they were not opposed to the general idea of a Cisco Brewers, but worried about possible noise from the performances.
"The majority of our residents are medical professionals, who go to bed early," she said.
Quilty said the Seaport beer garden has operated for seven years without issue, but said residents who do feel put upon by noise would be able to complain to the Boston Licensing Board, which also has to approve the proposal.
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Tasty Burger went away?
By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:19pm
Brutal. Terrific late night spot. Who the (expletive) didn't patronize it?
Or is this Boston Occam's Razor where someone asked them for too much rent money?
Tasty Burger moved a block or two
By Ron Newman
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:26pm
to 86 Van Ness Street.
Nice
By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 1:21pm
I haven't made a non-airport visit since August.
So in answer to your question
By anon
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 3:49pm
So in answer to your question about who didnt patronize it, it sounds like you didnt.
Do you typically drive
By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 8:36pm
180 miles to eat?
Free State Project?
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 10:00pm
Did you join the Free State Project???
Intriguing prospect
By Will LaTulippe
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 10:55pm
But nah. Back in the 802.
I had a fun 19 years. It was time for the next weird-ass 19-year old to come to Boston and find their way.
"Piped in music' lol
By anon
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 1:06pm
"Piped in music' lol
Does that mean the ZBA is not
By anon
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 1:59pm
Does that mean the ZBA is not concerned with noise issues, since the Licensing Board can make an issue out of noise?
Well ...
By adamg
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 2:20pm
They do care. But in this case, they didn't find it a reason to deny the zoning request. Quilty (who also frequently appears before the licensing board) was basically noting that, in the future, should residents have an issue, if they filed a complaint, it would fall under the purview of the licensing board (and the BPD licensing unit, which actually does investigate complaints to that board and 311).
no one is concerned about
By anon
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 2:51pm
no one is concerned about noise complaints.
Beer halls are the new science lab.
By BostonDog
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 4:09pm
We're going to have Cisco, Mighty Squirrel, and Trillium all with a sizable beer hall within 3 blocks of one another.
For the longest time I wished there was more beer halls to meet up with friends. But now I rarely drink and most have limited food options so the appeal is not what it once was. I get the feeling we've past peak pour.
Still, I wish them the best. I do like their beer.
How queer it seems, the rise
By Frelmont
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 7:56pm
How queer it seems, the rise of beer halls and putsches. Some shared etiology I’m sure.
Waiting for big changes on that corner
By Gary C
Wed, 02/26/2025 - 12:03am
Immediately to the left of where Tasty Burger was, is a squat brick building that houses the Fenway Carrier Annex. They process mail for deliveries in that area, including all the hospitals etc in the Longwood Medical Area. I always heard that their decades-long lease was due to be up around now. It was my assumption that once that was done, they would have to move and that whole large section of the street would become another large condo building. [Google now reports that this is "Permanently Closed", so maybe changes may come sooner than later.]
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