Is JP losing its revolutionary edge?

By adamg on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 3:48pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports the owner of the planned Napper Tandy's pub across from the Forest Hills T stop has decided to call it Eugene O'Neill's instead.

But fans of the 18th-century revolutionary need not despair: Boston Restaurant Talk adds that John Jacobs, who already runs one Napper Tandy's in Norwood, is still planning to apply the name to the pub he plans to open in Roslindale, where Robyn's used to be.

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Comments

That Napper had quite the

By Othemts on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 5:33pm.

That Napper had quite the nose.

I like the idea of Forest Hills' establishments named for cemetery inhabitants.

Margaret Fuller lived around

By NotWhitey on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 5:55pm.

Margaret Fuller lived around the block - I'm not sure of her stand on temperance. More appropriate might be Andrew Peters, who lived on South street across from the train station. He was mayor of Boston, and infamous for his association with 13 year old Starr Faithfull.

Ah, Mayor Peters....

By Ward8Mahatma on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 12:03pm.

Not only was hizzoner known for his resourceful use of ether to drug his young cousin and facilitate his pedophilia, but-- if Francis Russell's source in A CITY IN TERROR is to be believed --he was also notable because he reportedly bitch slapped Silent Cal Coolidge at a tense meeting during the 1919 Boston Police Strike.

JP revolutionaries grow older

By HenryAlan on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 7:01am.

start families, and move to Rozzie. Only natural that the revolutionary bars should follow.

O'Neill's ghost

By adamg on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 2:50pm.

Haunts a BU dorm.

O'Neill's remains, meanwhile, are buried at Forest Hills, so maybe he'll start visiting the bar.