Grand Canal

Another Grand Canal bouncer punches somebody, but this time he says it was just one punch and only after the guy punched first

By adamg - 3/3/15 - 5:21 pm

The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday what action to take, if any, against the Grand Canal on Canal Street for a Jan. 14 incident that ended with a bouncer punching a patron.

Canal Street mystery: How did man's face get covered in blood after he left bar that has a troubled past?

By adamg - 4/14/14 - 2:38 pm

Grand Canal, 57 Canal St., is defending itself against new allegations its bouncers beat up a would-be patron they didn't like.

This time, the bar is fighting back - saying it had nothing to do with the man having his head cracked open after he was turned away at closing time on March 16, at a hearing this morning before Patricia Malone, the city commissioner of consumer affairs and licensing.

No free beer: Bar has license suspended over handouts of Coors Lite

By adamg - 6/18/13 - 12:02 pm

Grand Canal, already facing mounting license suspensions over bouncer beatdowns, had its license suspended for two more days after detectives found customers ordering Coors Lite bottles getting second bottles for free.

At a hearing last week, owner David Murray said the beer wasn't technically free, which would violate state law, because Coors paid him at the end of the night for the bottles of Coors two women handed out from his supply. He told the board his Coors distributor told him this made the practice OK.

Police say it was two bouncers who beat up customers outside a Canal Street bar in March

By adamg - 5/7/13 - 12:31 pm

A video showing a Grand Canal bouncer stomping a patron's head grabbed public attention, but police say a second bouncer inflicted the injuries that sent three other bar customers to the hospital early on March 24.

Police say bouncer punched out another bar customer in December

By adamg - 3/26/13 - 12:22 pm

The Grand Canal had to answer to the Boston Licensing Board today for an incident on Dec. 30 in which the same bouncer arrested Sunday for allegedly stomping four people was charged with punching another customer in the mouth so hard he had a tooth partially dislodged.

The board decides what action, if any, to take for that incident, on Thursday. WBZ reports the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing, which holds its own hearings, recently ordered a five-day suspension for the incident.