A dive on Newbury Street? Go figure

You just don't tend to think of "Newbury Street" and "drunken brawl resulting in three stabbings" in the same sentence, do you? Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of the story, where the head of the Boston licensing board seems to be telling Back Bay residents to shut up and accept dives as a part of life in the big city.

From a LiveJournal round-up of Boston bars comes this description of Daisy Buchanan's:

... It's ingenious to have an eyesore amongst the chains and high couture boutiques, the self-important restaurants and million-dollar brownstones. Her ladyship needs to be sullied by the seedy. ...