By adamg on Fri., 4/27/2018 - 8:35 am
UPDATE: It's not even all that edgy. The Bukowski Tavern had the same idea a few years ago, only with a 40 of malt liquor in a bag.
The Herald interviews the general manager of a new Theater District bar that is trying to give Bostonians the "cosmopolitan and worldly" feel of New York, through drinks such as the "Hobo Experience:"
A vodka-based beverage with Combier, papaya, basil and lime - all combined, rebottled and brought out in a brown paper bag, so you sip as if you were hanging on a street corner.
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A New Low in Tastelessness
By whyaduck
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:47am
Why does he not have a companion drink called "cardboard box"? A whiskey-based beverage consisting of three different types of whiskey with a shot of tequila and where the imbiber drinks in said box while people throw quarters at him or her?
agreed, it's tasteless
By Marco
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:05pm
and yet for years Sunset Bar and Grill sold a hobo special in the for of a 40 oz of Mickey's Malt liquor served in a paper bag, and no one ever said squat about that.
Yeah the place closed recently but that's only because it sucked, not the hobo special.
Sigh...
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:14am
Another clueless hipster douchebag who thinks flaunting the privilege in this town will help him make money.
Except...hey....
A little further research into this little nitwit yielded this interesting passage from the Zagat Thirty under Thirty in Boston in 2015.
" Peter Szigeti, 26
Beverage Director, Committee
Budapest-born Szigeti pursued a passion for photography before catching the bartending bug. He was hitting the global cocktail competition circuit by age 19, and now at the Seaport hot spot, he approaches mixing drinks like composing a photo, filling unique vessels (think shark-shaped stemware) with lusciously layered spirits, seasonal housemade tinctures (brown sugar and butternut squash purée, anyone?) and attention-grabbing garnishes, from candied bacon to dehydrated fruits set aflame before guests’ eyes. His dream: to found a bartending school that teaches the unique histories of cocktail cultures from cosmopolitan cities around the world."
The guy plays with booze and seems to know shit about anything outside his little comfort zone of hipster idiots and their enablers in the press.
to be fair
By Sam Atwood
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:47am
probably not a hipster douchebag so much as a rich prick
Seen his picture?
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 7:46pm
He is the classic hipster douchebag type, and just as stupid as some I've encountered. How rich can he be living off of tips?
You're just trashing him on account of
By Roman
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 7:39pm
he's an immigrant.
Once again...
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 7:44pm
Roman comes out his hole to make a comment on statements I never made, but makes him feel better about being a bigger asshole than I am.
NY has a lot better things to offer than this
By Scauma
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:45am
Does Boston really need another bar?
Actually, yeah it does.
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:18am
Sure, this is a dumb idea that will go the way of NEWS Cafe in the Leather District.
However, The monopoly of licenses in Boston vs NYC makes experimenting with new and different ideas for businesses impossible.
That's why you get the same, boring style of eatery one after the other with very few exceptions.
NYC was great for finding small, hole in the wall joints at 3am that were run by a couple punks and a turntable.
You just don't get that diversity and vibrancy here.
Tell me about the lack of diversity here again...
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:44am
Then maybe you can enlighten us all about the need for one more place to pay $9.00 for a beer?
Not to hijack the thread but.....
By Pete Nice
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:00am
It would be a good Uhub topic.....
Where are the best deals for beer (or draft beer) in the Boston area? Although I am a huge IPA guy, and probably buy multiple 64oz growlers a month, I am not ashamed to admit that I love a cold Bud Light draft.
Anywhere left that has a bud light draft less than $3? Or how about an IPA less than $6?
That's easy
By Cappy
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:22am
Coogan's
Dot Tavern?
By cinnamngrl
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:23am
Dot Tavern?
Cantina La Mexicana
By Marco
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:32am
Yeah its Union Sq. Somerville but they have pitchers of really good craft beer for like $14. Don't know how anyone is gonna beat that.
The Tam still has $3 drafts I believe, High Life or some such...
The days of places like The Avenue with 5-6 $1 drafts to choose from and 25 cent wings are long gone my friend.
To add,
By boo_urns
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:34pm
JJ Foley's. $2 PBRs last I went. Other prices are reasonable.
1$ at Coogans?
By Pete Nice
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:55pm
That's not too bad, I had no idea. Even most divey bars in Dorchester I go to don't have any less than $3 that I can recall off hand.
Can't tell you about $1 drinks anywhere
By boo_urns
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:47pm
I actually have never been to Coogan's. I spend most of my time in bars north of the river, or when I do go out after work it's usually a different place closer to my office that we go to for either holiday or retirement type parties. I think I paid $6 and change (before a tip) for a Wormtown Be Hoppy IPA there last night. But I know Foley's has cheap PBR, and I also went to the Dugout with some friends when a comedy night was happening (it was a Saturday 2-3 years ago), and those PBR pitchers were cheap, too. Good ol' Newtowne Grille up in Cambridge is always reliable for cheap pints and great pizza, too.
Side Bar
By HollyHollywood
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 3:26pm
Wicked cheap BL pitchers
Little place in Southy
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 4:49pm
Right on Broadway. Called the Clock Tavern. Smokers outside welcome you and hold the door for ya, waitress calls you luv.
$5 guiness or sam - $8 if ya want a shot dropped in your Jack's abbey. (taplist is not limited to the macros)
It's easy
By SamWack
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 1:02pm
Just use this.
http://www.brooklynbarmenus.com/
Needs another bar, just not THIS bar.
By mediaseth
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:29am
...and I'm not sure why this concept is being compared to a NYC experience. People use black plastic bags/brown bags in lots of cities. I've even seen it on the streets of the Back Bay in the 90's.
Not sure why either
By Scauma
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:34am
But a new Spy Museum just opened up that's pretty cool, and would work in Boston. There are other artsy, or foodie (etc) things that happen here that can easily work in Boston. I drink, so I don't have anything against bars but how about adult fun outside of that?
If you're drinking for effect
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:52am
If you're drinking for effect, then drinking like a hobo is the way to go!
Finally!
By Cranky
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:53am
I've been waiting for someplace to wear my Derelicte by Mugatu clothes!
I can Derelicte my own balls thank you very much
By Lunchbox
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:09am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRWMGjXuyVo [/youtube]
3 nips of Smirnoff 100 proof
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:06am
3 nips of Smirnoff 100 proof root beer and a natty daddy aaand you.are.sorted
The rich and shameless
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:07am
Making sport of the homeless is offensive making profits over the plight of the homeless is obscene.
How
By Cappy
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:24am
Is drinking out of a paper bag making fun of the homeless? Lots of people do it all the time.
You mean
By whyaduck
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:31am
lots of homeless people, correct? 'Cause they last time I had a whiskey on the rocks it came in a glass.
Hey Duck
By Cappy
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:40pm
Just because you're a guy who never drank a beer on a corner in a bag doesn't make you an expert on homelessness & what's outrage worthy. It just makes you pretentious & yeah, I drink out of a glass too. Big deal.
Geaux Beer
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 8:33pm
Visit NOLA ever? You can drink out of an unmarked cup walking around the streets.
If you have a branded bottle it has to go in a bag.
In the 1980's I knew middle
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:27pm
In the 1980's I knew middle class suburban high school kids who would take the train into Boston to hang out in Copley Sq. and drink out of brown paper bags. They weren't homeless.
I was one of those kids We
By Rcstev
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:01pm
They Named The Drink "Hobo Experience"
By Elmer
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 3:32pm
[sup]âŸâŸâŸâŸâŸâŸâŸâŸâŸâŸ( for a true experience, patrons should be denied use of a restroom! )[/sup]
No. What's obscene is Quincy
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 12:34pm
No. What's obscene is Quincy snobs blocking rebuilding the bridge to the homeless shelter.
Hideous
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:15am
I thought this was a joke when I first saw it, like something from the Onion. This is beyond tasteless and beyond clueless. What kind of bubble does this clown live in? Who says "hobo"? And I guarantee you no substance abusing homeless person is drinking anything with "Combier (whatever that is), papaya, basil and lime". Here's hoping this plays fails immediately.
combier is a fancy triple sec
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:41am
n/t
I find this offensive. Vodka
By Kinopio
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:32am
I find this offensive. Vodka is by far the most boring spirit.
champagne in a vending machine?
By cinnamngrl
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:47am
How is that cosmopolitan? This is for the 508 crowd. What they call bridge and tunnel in NY.
Cosmopolitan
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:08am
Throw a bunch of weird shit together and call it gourmet!
"the Box Office, a butterscotch and bourbon libation mixed with chocolate wine and blood orange, topped with popcorn and served in a movie concession box"
Szigeti sounds like a poser. I guess this means we've passed Peak Cocktail.
And the sad thing is...
By BGM617
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:56am
This will become the hot new thing to take Snaps and Insta selfies with.... Circle swings? Check!
Swigging from a bottle in a brown paper bag in swanky new bar? Check!
This makes me not sad I moved out to the suburbs last month. Guess I'm officially old and out of touch if I don't think this kind of thing is cute nor funny.
Bukowski's version, while
By HGS138
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:05am
Bukowski's version, while still silly, at least makes some kind of sense -- a 40 and a hot dog.
oh NY, so cosmopolitan and
By Girl in Southie
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:07am
oh NY, so cosmopolitan and worldly.... also, overrun with tourists and posers. This guy needs to go screw.
“No disrespect to Boston or Bostonians — I love this city — but they have trouble deviating from what they know,†General Manager Peter Szigeti told the Track. “They love their sports bars, vodka sodas and Southie parties.â€
Turns out people love those things because they work, simplicity is not trendy but it lasts. I don't want chocolate wine topped with popcorn, whatever that is. One vodka soda for me, please.
Full Disclosure - I'm a born and raised New Yorker who wouldn't step foot in this ridiculous place.
Since most of us don't know
By Gary C
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:13am
I'll save you the Googling: Combier is nothing more than a fancy-shmancy name for Triple Sec.
Echoes of Sammy's Follies
By mediaseth
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:34am
Sammy's Follies was a Bowery bar with a "Gay 90's" (as in 1890's) theme that opened in the 1930's. Owner Sammy Fuchs hired former vaudeville performers and circus-like folk and well-heeled uptown folks came down by the busload to "slum" it with real bums. No quotes needed for bums, they were enabled by this bar, though Sammy would feed them and buy them clothes once in a while.
It's been done before. But would this new bar at least even buy clothes for the needy?
Sammy's Follies closed in the 1970's. Recently, the Paulaner Biergarden was there.. not sure, now.
"the joint has a legit
By Youuuuuuuuuuuuk
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:38am
"the joint has a legit champagne vending machine that has had bubbly fanatics buzzing with anticipation" soooo how many "bubbly fanatics" did the Herald interview? Joke. Total fabulism.
omg
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 9:15pm
They even called this column "Inside Track".
Which was already a joke of oblivious whoring, decades ago.
Obsession
By anon
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:40am
What is with the obsession with NY?
Because
By Boston_res
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 11:10am
Because we all know poverty and alcoholism are hilarious parts of life. Is he going to create a drink celebrating rape too and call it the roofie?
You seem really uptight.
By Cappy
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 2:42pm
Maybe you should have a drink of something not in a paper bag. Something that doesn't trigger you so much.
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