fulfills an obvious demand, but what I want to know is, who do I get to throw axes at? The proprietors? Other patrons? Or will it just be special target-guests brought in for the occasion, like washed-up politicians and sports celebrities? Throwing axes at these might sound like fun, but they are notoriously good at dodging things.
in Davis Square had to close its basement bocce court because an errant ricochet hit a bystander?
Apparently Somerville doesn't, either.
Cute idea, like Frost, the Fanueil Hall ice bar -- which like the old jackets-required Ritz Bar would lend you the smelly-parka equivalent of frayed, size-50 blue blazer if you showed up unprepared -- was a cute idea. Union Square doesn't have hordes of guileless tourists to somehow keep a harebrained, overpriced novelty concept open for three years. Take the under on 12 months in business.
Now, a bar that featured Jarts: *that* I would patronize out of pure nostalgia. "In myyy day, we didn't fret and fuss over a kid's game that could impale your skull with a steel-tipped, plastic-finned missile in the name of good, clean, non-adult-supervised fun out in the fresh air. We would run around the back yard, Jarts sprouting from our frontal lobes like big blue and red dandelions, screaming, "Yay, we're getting exercise instead of sitting indoors melting our brains watching the teevee like a bunch of zombies.' That's the way it was and we LIKED IT!"
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Hope they use fake axes with
By whiskeylover
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 3:34pm
Hope they use fake axes with foam heads because the people would be too drunk to know.
Breathalyzer
By anon
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 4:00pm
They are very cheap these days.
They should name it the Lizzie Borden Tavern
By Ron Newman
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 7:21am
What could go wrong?
By Brent Jeffries
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 3:31pm
n/t
Stole my line
By merlinmurph
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 6:05pm
.
Is this part of the Bow Market deal?
By boo_urns
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 9:55am
When I clicked, it said Union Square, but it didn't give an address as far as I read.
edit: I saw another article from Eater Boston that said the biz declined to state their address for the meantime.
This
By SamWack
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 4:19pm
fulfills an obvious demand, but what I want to know is, who do I get to throw axes at? The proprietors? Other patrons? Or will it just be special target-guests brought in for the occasion, like washed-up politicians and sports celebrities? Throwing axes at these might sound like fun, but they are notoriously good at dodging things.
Harder ...
By Somebody Else.
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 5:28pm
to dodge when you throw multiple axes.
All good questions
By smart Arse
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 8:38pm
Why don't you go axe them?
Are you new here?
By Parkwayne
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 10:27am
Obviously you get to throw them at someone who has parked in your parking spot.
They should open a bar
By anon
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 4:30pm
Where you can throw hipsters.
And if your willing...
By THE_WIZ
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 5:01pm
To go here I have some lovely new real estate in the seaport that don’t flood. Cherry gig, kehd.
You're
By eeka
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 7:06pm
Wish they were coming to
By Refugee
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 5:47pm
Wish they were coming to Boston. Commentary from the Licensing Board would be priceless.
If you can dodge an axe
By anon
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 6:38pm
If you can dodge an axe, you can dodge a dodge ball!
Remember when the original Bertucci's
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 01/11/2018 - 11:43pm
in Davis Square had to close its basement bocce court because an errant ricochet hit a bystander?
Apparently Somerville doesn't, either.
Cute idea, like Frost, the Fanueil Hall ice bar -- which like the old jackets-required Ritz Bar would lend you the smelly-parka equivalent of frayed, size-50 blue blazer if you showed up unprepared -- was a cute idea. Union Square doesn't have hordes of guileless tourists to somehow keep a harebrained, overpriced novelty concept open for three years. Take the under on 12 months in business.
Now, a bar that featured Jarts: *that* I would patronize out of pure nostalgia. "In myyy day, we didn't fret and fuss over a kid's game that could impale your skull with a steel-tipped, plastic-finned missile in the name of good, clean, non-adult-supervised fun out in the fresh air. We would run around the back yard, Jarts sprouting from our frontal lobes like big blue and red dandelions, screaming, "Yay, we're getting exercise instead of sitting indoors melting our brains watching the teevee like a bunch of zombies.' That's the way it was and we LIKED IT!"
Other cities seem to have
By MC
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 8:48am
Other cities seem to have figured it out and it's really popular in Montreal. I don't see why Somerville couldn't make it work.
In Boston
By AMCoffee
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 8:58am
In Boston, they could open a bar where you hurl space savers...
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