A pub frequented by Somerville locals and school college students that made an enormous display cameo has been offered to homeowners of a downtown Boston bar.
The Thirsty Scholar Pub, positioned at 70 Beacon St., was offered by Corbett Restaurant Group in April, a Corbett dealer instructed the Herald in an e-mail.
Opened within the mid-Nineties, the bar had been briefly closed and beforehand offered as lately as 2021, in keeping with native studies. The bar reopened below new administration with a brand new chef providing burgers, fish and chips and even fried dough.
For outsiders and movie buffs, the bar is probably identified for its look within the opening scene of “The Social Network,” the 2010 movie starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake concerning the inception of Fb.
Following the April sale, the Thirsty Scholar is now formally closed with a brand new bar coming into its place. The purchasers of the spot, Joseph Cammarata and Daren Swisher, are aware of working a profitable bar, being the homeowners of Daiquiris and Daisies at Excessive Road Place in downtown Boston.
“We’ve been in the food hall for the past two years and we were just looking for new opportunities,” Cammarata instructed the Herald. “When that spot came across, we jumped on it as soon as we could. It’s kind of like the perfect neighborhood for us… so we’re very excited about that.”
Swisher is a Somerville resident and Cammarata stated he was the opening bar supervisor at Backbar in Somerville. Not solely have they got familiarity with the world, Cammarata stated Thirsty Scholar was a routine cease throughout an evening out.
“If I was at Trina’s we would swing by Thirsty Scholar for one more on the way home,” he stated. “It was definitely a place that we’ve been to and are familiar with.”
The duo’s new enterprise is named Tall Order Bar and, in keeping with the newly-established Instagram web page, it’s slated to open someday this fall.
“We’re kind of thinking of it as a neighborhood cocktail bar with draft beer options, New England craft beer and a cool wine list,” he stated. “More or less, just a place with a comfortable atmosphere that can still keep a neighborhood vibe of a place you can go to a couple of times a week.”
Camarrata stated he and Swisher are “extremely excited” to be part of the neighborhood and have a enterprise centered round group, very like the Thirtsy Scholar was for greater than 20 years.
