It wasn’t a “dive bar,” initially. It was just a bar, one of many in a stretch of the Back Bay that was sketchy even by 1970s Boston standards. The rest of those bars are long gone, but T.C.’s Lounge hung on, earning its “dive bar” status — one of the last gritty bars in downtown Boston — simply by surviving.
But now, to the shock and dismay of many, T.C.’s Lounge is gone, too. All that is left are the ghostly outlines of the detritus that covered its walls, the kind of silhouettes you can get only from marinating a windowless space in 42 years of nicotine and whiskey breath and bad perfume. And smoke. It was the fire that was the beginning of the end.
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I wish them the best of luck, but the deck is stacked against them. The neighborhood groups and the city do not allow bars to open in th the neghborhoods anymore. People carp about noise and other annoyances, and the city backs them, and the bars close one by one, replaced by restaurants. Nothing wrong with restaurants, but cities need bars, too. I am not sure why the city wants to shut everything down, and why thevoters let our leaders get away with it. Hopefully we will rise up before it's too late.
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Thanks Tony(s). TC's was an integral part of my Fenway ritual for years. Hope to see you reopened somewhere soon!
Very sad. I loved that place.
Great article! Such a sad story for a wonderful family; loyalty and hard work mean nothing anymore. All the best to the Consalvi family; may they find a new place and carry the TC name for many more years-cheers to them!