The end of an era. Shooters Waterfront Cafe, aka The Waterline, Bombers, and Bootleggers, is being torn down to the concrete slab. This will improve the view until someone finally figures out how to exploit this amazing location. (I say keep the ferry dock, replace the marina, and add a casual shore dinner style eatery …
The good folks at AS220 have just sent word: The bar reopens Thursday. (The restaurant is not open yet.) This has been a major reno, months in the making. Everyone is curious to see what the space looks and sounds like. One new improvement sure to please: a secure loading and staging area for the …
The Providence music scene is taking another hit (WBRU, Aurora) and this one really hurts. Downtown Providence has had a Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel somewhere since 1975. There was a brief hiatus between Numbers I (the Conrad Building) and II (the Peerless Building) during which Rich Lupo indulged in some serious Scrabbling. He even installed a …
Whatever happened to that mural at Leo’s? Artist Dan Gosch gets that question a lot. In addition to the enormous mural in the front room of Leo’s — the pioneering downtown bar opened by John Rector back in 1974 — there was a vast gallery of portraits in the back section. (Mr. Gosch sent along …
(4.26) Pub Quiz Sunday at the Wild Colonial Tavern. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories may include current events, local stuff, Hubble, French literature, Silicon Valley, true crime. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always ends in a 12-question audio music category. The rules are explained as you …
(7.27) According to the Wild Colonial website there is a Pub Quiz Sunday. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories may include current events, local stuff, Apollo 11, cooking, French literature, human anatomy, 80’s television. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always ends in a 12-question audio music category. …
(5.17) From Phillipe and Jorge over at the Phoenix comes this reminder of the annual Bob Dylan birthday thang over at Patrick’s Pub. Timed around the troubadour’s birthday, May 24, the evening usually features rare videos of Bob, a quiz, and live music from bands that got together just for this purpose. In the past, …
(5.4) According to the Wild Colonial website there is a Pub Quiz Sunday. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory and very large T-shirts. Categories might include current events, local stuff, the Run for the Roses, the Wars of the Roses, roses, de-extinction, the Ivy League, Russian literature, true crime, molecular gastronomy . …
The Magdelenae Room at the new Dean Hotel on Fountain Street is open for business. The lovely Willa Van Nostrand tends bar on Thursdays. The lighting is dim and flattering with a horseshoe bar, painted floor, and Kyla Coburn murals. The Magdalenae Room, The Dean Hotel, 122 Fountain Street
(3.9) Sorry we’re so late on this; particularly as there seems to be a new start time for the Wild Colonial Pub Quiz. According to the Wild Colonial website the quizzes are starting earlier. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, Irish history, the Kennedys, Jimmy …
(2.12) Wednesday all evening — Head down to 250 South Water Street and help celebrate the 15th anniversary of one of the best bars anywhere ever . . . the Wild Colonial Tavern. All proceeds will benefit the Olneyville Housing Corporation’s 25th anniversary celebration (coming up in May). The Olneyville Housing Corporation was founded in …
(2.9) According to the Wild Colonial website there is a Pub Quiz Sunday. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, the Age of Exploration, the Periodic Table, unloved presidents, the human heart, sci-fi in the 60’s. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always …
(10.6) Sunday’s world-famous Pub Quiz at the Wild Colonial will start at 7pm, just like in the olden days. Come and compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, know your rivers of the world, Masters and Johnson (spoiler alert: I’m pretty sure they did it), acronyms, …
(8.11) According to the Wild Colonial website there is a Pub Quiz Sunday. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, the Transcendentalists, famous twins, Russian history, islands, gangster movies. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always ends in a 12-question audio music category. …
(7.14) According to the Wild Colonial website there is a Pub Quiz tonight. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, the solar system, world cuisine, Kirk vs. Picard, Fitzgerald vs. Hemingway, the French Revolution. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always ends in …
Stop by the bocce court at Grant’s Block in front of the movie screen this Wednesday for the start of the bocce season. The Providence Bocce Club has expanded to 16 competing teams and their schedule is already set. But spectators are welcome and perhaps you will be inspired to get on board for the …