• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • HOME
  • NEWS+OPINIONS
    • NEWS TO US
    • COLUMNS
      • APPARENT HORIZON
      • DEAR READER
      • Close
    • LONGFORM FEATURES
    • OPINIONS
    • EDITORIAL
    • Close
  • ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT
    • FILM
    • MUSIC
    • COMEDY
    • PERFORMING ARTS
    • VISUAL ARTS
    • Close
  • DINING+DRINKING
    • EATS
    • SIPS
    • BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU
    • Close
  • LIFESTYLE
    • CANNABIS
      • TALKING JOINTS MEMO
      • Close
    • WELLNESS
    • GTFO
    • Close
  • STUFF TO DO
  • TICKETS
  • ABOUT US
    • ABOUT
    • MASTHEAD
    • ADVERTISE
    • Close

Dig Bos

The Dig - Greater Boston's Alternative News Source

LAST GOOD NIGHT: THE NORTH END’S LONE IRISH PUB IS POURING ITS LAST PINT

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted October 30, 2014 Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE

Photo by Mike Schwarz
Photo by Mike Schwarz

Goody Glover’s, tragically, is closing up for the last time at the end of the month.

 

And in a neighborhood marred by gentrification and rising rents, the loss will be felt by all who have lingered for hours there over a beer.

 

“I think it’s going to be missed,” says owner Dan McMyler. “But I’m 51 now, [and] didn’t want to waste time trying to sell the place and new lease negotiations broke down with the new landlords over [their] outrageous rent hike. They wouldn’t budge.”

 

Thus, the time was right to just pack it up and remember the good times, and the roughly 150,000 pints of Guinness he estimates were poured in Goody’s over the past 11 years. McMyler notes the shifting demographics of the area ousting “regular working stiffs … restaurant and blue-collar workers, the people that can’t afford to live there now” as a factor in his decision—Peet’s Coffee is rumored to be the next tenant in Goody’s prime real estate. Dubious, to be sure, and a tad redundant considering Bread + Butter Cafe already sits spitting-distance away.

 

According to McMyler, “the neighborhood fought for years to keep out chains,” but, he says, a lot of neighbors also don’t like the idea of another bar going in, and tend to oppose anything requiring a 2am license. “The social demand is there, so the city would [probably] approve it.”

 

McMyler has amassed plenty of fond memories though, like the night he and Littlest Bar owner Patrick “Paddy” Grace sat perched on the second floor watching welders light up the night with sparks while pulling down the last sections of the old upper deck of I-93 during the Big Dig. His voice radiates pride when describing Goody’s beloved drinking atmosphere, which echoed that of “the old country” (read: Ireland), where 20-year-old and octogenarian regulars alike would feel equally at ease socializing.

 

“No lines, no live bands and no gimmicks,” McMyler says. “Just a real neighborhood bar to have a quiet beer and talk with someone.”

 

GOODY GLOVER’S. OPEN FOR ONE LAST PINT BEFORE THEY CLOSE FOR GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT. 50 SALEM ST. 617-367-6444.


 

DAN MCCARTHY
+ posts

Dan is a freelance journalist and has written for publications including Vice, Esquire, the Daily Beast, Fast Company, Pacific Standard, MEL, Leafly, Thrillist, and DigBoston.

    This author does not have any more posts.

Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Bar, Beer, Dan McMyler, DigBoston, Food and Drink, Goody Glover's, Guinness, neighborhood bar, North End, pints, RENT, Tap

WHAT’S NEW

Massachusetts Bill, Victim Advocates Call For Coordinated Date-Rape Drug Response

Massachusetts Bill, Victim Advocates Call For Coordinated Date-Rape Drug Response

Report: Fewer Youth Transition Out Of Massachusetts Foster Care System

Report: Fewer Youth Transition Out Of Massachusetts Foster Care System

State Wire: Activists Urge Congress To Raise Debt Ceiling, Resist Spending Cuts

State Wire: Activists Urge Congress To Raise Debt Ceiling, Resist Spending Cuts

Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Dancing On Banana Peels: Life On Lifetime Parole In Massachusetts

Justice Department Completes Vetting Of Rachael Rollins

Justice Department Completes Vetting Of Rachael Rollins

AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”

AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”

Primary Sidebar

LOCAL EVENTS

AAN Wire


Most Popular

  • AG Investigating BPD To Determine If “Gang Unit” Engages In “Unconstitutional Policing”
  • Over Yondr: Are Cell Phone Pouches At Shows Liberating, Dangerous, Or Annoying?
  • Deep Cuts Brings Sandwiches, Craft Beer, And Live Music To Medford
  • Daring Greatly: TikTok Star Alden McWayne (aka Gucci Pineapple) On Scheming And Dreaming
  • Dead As Ever: Meet The Rising Dark Star Of Boston’s Jam Band Scene

Footer

Social Buttons

DigBoston facebook DigBoston Twitter DigBoston Instagram

Masthead

About

Advertise

Customer Service

About Us

DigBoston is a one-stop nexus for everything worth doing or knowing in the Boston area. It's an alt-weekly, it's a website, it's an email blast, it's a twitter account, it's that cool party that you were at last night ... hey, you're reading it, so it's gotta be good. For advertising inquiries: sales@digboston.com To reach editorial (and for inquiries about internship opportunities): editorial@digboston.com