An iconic Boston Irish pub closed after 137 years. Residents fear gentrification is crushing the city's soul.
Published 2:16 PM EST Nov 17, 2019A young boy stopped by the old Irish pub in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood after his music lesson. His dad gave him the go-ahead to start playing.
For nearly 140 years, spanning three centuries, Doyle's Cafe held down the corner at Washington and Williams streets — a true neighborhood bar. But longevity couldn't save the onetime rough joint turned community gathering place from the pressures of a red-hot real estate market and climbing operating costs.Joey Garrison/USA Today"That was one of the special ones. It really was," said McAuliffe, a 51-year-old Milton radio station executive, recounting the bagpipe story.
"So many places are getting sold in Boston," said Lori DeSantis, a 57-year-old photographer who frequented Doyle's for more than 30 years dating back to her college days.Joey Garrison/USA Today Doyle's is not the only beloved Boston establishment to shut down in recent years. James's Gate, another Irish bar in Jamaica Plain, closed in 2015. The nearby Drinking Fountain, a dive bar that dates back to the 1940s, closed in 2017. The next year came the closing of Jacob Wirth Restaurant, a family-owned German restaurant that opened in the Theatre District in 1868.
The bar was a center for politics, sometimes called "City Hall West" during Mayor Ray Flynn's time in office, serving Boston mayors, Massachusetts senators and governors, U.S. ambassadors, Catholic cardinals and even President Bill Clinton once for Sunday brunch. Wooden floors stretched across the historic building with a textured tin metal ceiling above. The bar had original light fixtures, antique no-smoking signs and one of its original phone booths.
“You walk in there and you feel, 'Oh, I’m OK. This is a fine place for my kids to be. This is OK for my black neighbors to be. This is a good place for lesbian softball teams to feel at home. This is where cops can celebrate the retirement of a friend. This is where politicians feel they have to go to make a pit-stop in Boston.'”
"The three small prints of the Kennedy's — Jack, Bob and Ted," veteran auctioneer Ed Smith said, kicking thing off in his deep Boston accent."$30 each ... twice ... third and last call!"
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