Never wanted to go to happy hour.
A sign that the whole speakeasy trend has gone a bit too far? Adams Hospitality reports that a restaurant called Carrie Nation could open soon at 11 Beacon St., next to the XV Beacon Hotel. Owners will apply for a transfer of liquor license (yes, there will be booze!) from Logan Airport, of all places. Carrie Nation, a woman best described as "handsome," terrorized bars across the country in the early 1900's, usually while toting a hatchet.
In fact, a fun note from PBS: "Between 1900 and 1910 she was arrested some 30 times after leading her followers in the destruction of one water hole after another with cries of 'Smash, ladies, smash!' Self-righteous and formidable, Nation mocked her opponents as "rum-soaked, whiskey-swilled, saturn-faced rummies." Oh, Carrie, how could you see into the future to describe our office holiday parties so painfully well?
In addition to that demon alcohol, Carrie Nation wants to have pool tables. All in all, the perfect name for a restaurant in America's drunkest city. Hatchets will be checked at the door.
New Restaurant Coming to Beacon Hill [AH]
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