Boston Restaurant Talk reports on plans for a proposed Nite Life Cafe at 89 Charles St. on Beacon Hill - and reminds us that that's the same name as a Hanover Street joint where two men were murdered as they tried to rustle up bail money for Joe "The Animal" Barbosa in 1966.
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By Andy R.
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 12:12pm
"Blackfriars"
Oh I, love the Nite Life. I
By Cliff Clavin
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 12:48pm
Oh I, love the Nite Life. I've got to boogie.
Seriously?
By anon
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 1:07pm
Seriously, Who remembers that? Howie Carr maybe? I'm a Boomer, I remember Barbosa, and I still don't remember that. And it will mean nothing whatsoever to the Millennials or Gen Z that are the likely customers of the new place. Proceed with plans.
I'm a Boomer and I don't even
By John z
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 5:52pm
I'm a Boomer and I don't even remembet!
Hah!
By AdamB
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 1:17pm
Amazing sleuthing. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Vitti is mistaken in both the name and address of the establishment though.
Messrs. Bratsos and DePrisco met their demise at the Nite Lite Cafe on Commercial Street... not the Nite Life Cafe on Hanover - which as far as I can tell, never existed.
What's In A Name Or An Address?
By John Costello
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 1:24pm
Do people at the Paramount up the street know that The Boston Strangler's youngest victim was killed upstairs just two years before the North End murders?
Four people were gunned down in the 99 in Charlestown. Still open.
Did you ever go to Taste on Summer or the GNC next door? Five people killed in 1978 in the Blackfriar's Pub which was there.
Shot and a beer
By anon
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 2:59pm
My co-workers and I often went to Blackfriars around 1975-1978 for rounds of shots and beers. We started just after 5 PM and we were all shitfaced by 6. Somehow I survived that ritual.
I can't remember if it ever re-opened after the massacre, but we had moved on to another bar.
Good times.
And Magoo has a diarrhea at
By Plen-T-Pak
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 6:29pm
And Magoo has a diarrhea at the South Bay Olive Garden every goddamned day! That is all. Diarrhea.
Now that's pretty thin gruel.
By anon
Thu, 09/07/2023 - 3:01pm
Now that's pretty thin gruel.
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