LAST RITES FOR WHISKEY PRIEST bAR
Tavern closing tomorrow
Time has run out on South Boston’s Whiskey Priest.
The waterfront bar in the Seaport, owned by Cronin’s Rebel Restaurants since it opened in 2010, announced “with a heavy heart” yesterday its final closing time would come tomorrow.
“We’ve had a great run and have had some unforgettable times,” the restaurant wrote.
“We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your patronage over the years and we hope you had as much fun as we did. To all the staff who have been part of the family over the years and helped make this place a home away from home, a true thank you and much love.”
It is seeking help to give the place the booze-soaked “send-off it deserves.”
“It’s the end of an era so let’s do this right!” the restaurant posted to Facebook.
Neighboring Atlantic Beer Garden closed last October.
Challenges slowing down development of the $260 million, 22-story glass tower that will rise on the footprint of the Whiskey Priest and Atlantic Beer Garden wrapped up in January.
The Conservation Law Foundation threatened to fight the development in and out of court, calling it a “massive handout” of the public waterfront to corporate developers. A deal to resolve the CLF opposition called for a widened harbor walk around the property, a public dock and a fund for a waterfront park and disadvantaged youth.
Patrons yesterday afternoon stopped by the bar to soak in the final hours of harbor views, rock music blaring from speakers and whiskey pouring from any of the wrap-around bar’s remaining 58 whiskey taps.
The new building will have 124 residential units among 10,700 square feet of commercial and retail space — including two restaurants — and 179 parking spaces.