Do business owners think folks in Newton are too stressed or just thirsty?

by | Mar 17, 2012 | Newton | 10 comments

| Newton MA News and Politics BlogFirst let’s establish that this not a complaint.  But have you noticed that three new bars are coming to Newton?

There’s Terry O’Reilly Pub, replacing the Sabra in Newton Centre.

There’s Waltham’s John Brewer’s Tavern replacing the former C. Tsar’s restaurant location in Newtonville.

And there’s a Jonathan’s Bar and Grille to open at the site of the former Papa Ginos on Needham Street.

10 Comments

  1. Y.
    Y. on March 17, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    This is so awesome!

  2. Dan Fahey
    Dan Fahey on March 18, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    THERE CAN BE A DOWNSIDE, IF WE HAVE TOO MANY RESTAURANTS OF SIMILAR ILK.

  3. mgwa
    mgwa on March 18, 2012 at 4:46 pm

    Especially since Needham St. already has Mick Morgan’s.

  4. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on March 18, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    I like the sound of a live jazz brunch at Jonathan’s Bar and Grille. More live music around town’s a good thing.

  5. Wendy Schapiro
    Wendy Schapiro on March 19, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    C’mon, they’re not bars. They’re restaurants with bars in them or as part of their milieu. Let’s not bring the Newton Temperance Society down upon us, shall we?

  6. fignewtonville
    fignewtonville on March 20, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Plus Newtonville really didn’t have something similar. A few restaurants have bars, but none is really a neighborhood pub restaurant. I think it will do well.

  7. mgwa
    mgwa on March 20, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    This wasn’t the Newton Temperance Society – no one was saying they shouldn’t be there. It was concerns about economic feasibility – different issue.

  8. Wendy Schapiro
    Wendy Schapiro on March 20, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    mgwa- I was attempting humor. Clearly I failed 🙂

  9. mgwa
    mgwa on March 20, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    Ah – you forgot the smiley before 😉

  10. Wendy Schapiro
    Wendy Schapiro on March 21, 2012 at 8:06 am

    Hahaha- I didn’t realize smileys were enabled! Awesome- thanks mgwa! 😀