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Fenway Irish bar going nerd
By adamg on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 11:32am
The owners of An Tua Nua, 835 Beacon St., say they're giving the bar a mathematical name in the hopes of attracting all the science nerds who now live in the area, but othewise aren't planning any major changes to the watering hole.
The new name, Arc, comes from the geometrical notion of a curve, bar attorney Karen Simao told the Boston Licensing Board today. She added a compass will be part of the bar logo.
Simao said the new name and logo will better help the bar attract the "math, science and engineering students" who have moved into the area since the bar first opened more than a decade ago as an Irish bar - originally under the name Ri Ra.
She added owners Joe McCabe and Kevin Trainor are not planning any major changes to the bar's food and drink offerings or to the staff.
Because this is Boston,McCabe and Trainor need the board's permission to change the name, which could come as soon as Thursday, when the board holds a meeting to vote on the request.
They also need board permission to install two pool tables.
The board also decides Thursday whether to go along with a request from the mayor's office and City Councilor Mike Ross to defer action until an Audubon Circle neighborhood group can meet with McCabe and Trainor about the pool tables.
The two shook their heads yes when board Chairwoman Nicole Murati Ferrer asked if they were aware state law prohibits the use of pool tables for gambling purposes.
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Yeah... because it was the
Yeah... because it was the name that was wrong with this place.
BarCraft/Game Over
There's a group of people who organizes a night called "Game Over" where people gather to play video games/board games and have drinks (and BarCraft, but I'll leave someone else to explain that - it's not crafting). I heard their deal with the bar ended and now planning to open a permanent, game-theme bar. However, if Arc intends to be a nerdy spot, they should try to attract that group.
Hop across the River
Miracle of Science has this, including a wonderful menu laid out like a periodic table.
"No major changes?"
Good God, does that mean they're going to keep the stupid all-meatball menu?
Why do they need permission to install pool tables? Are they adding another, or did they lack permission for the two that were already in the front of the house?
BTW, since I assume the board has to issue a permit for it: The paper towel dispenser is empty in the men's toilet off the front room. Maybe they could re-stock it with some of the endless reams of bullshit paperwork the board provides.
Wow.
that is just so original.
Will the name change make the
Will the name change make the bar not suck?
Masons
If they have a compass, it might appeal to Masons as well. Does that make it more or less nerdy - or just part of some diabolical plot to secretly rule the world. Will there be a secret handshake to get in?
Actually, it has the opposite
Actually, it has the opposite effect.
Shenanigans.
As in, I call bullshit.
They nixed the staff - some of whom had been there for years. Some have already found new jobs, some haven't. Normally releasing your whole staff and hiring new does indeed change the look and feel of a place.
Not all of us hated it. Granted I wasn't going to it on game nights, and didn't try to use it as my local watering hole.
Silly
I know a lot of scientists who liked An Tua Nua and went there regularly. They liked the Irish Dive Red Sox atmosphere...because they went out to a bar, not a lab meeting.
New Name
An Tua Nua should really now be called An Stua Nua. The english word "arc" is "stua" in Irish.
The owners have simply added the letter "s"