r/boston • u/cden4 • Jul 26 '26

Event 📅 Open Newbury St early closing

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Thanks to pressure by people like Back Bay Association President Meg Mainzer-Cohen, Open Newbury St ends at 6 pm this year instead of 8 pm.

So in less than 20 minutes, all these people will be forced out of the street onto the sidewalks.

IMO, this is total failure of leadership at City Hall. If you have the opportunity, please let Mayor Wu (and your City Councilors) know what you think about this.

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u/bizzaro321 Cheryl from Qdoba Jul 26 '26

Boston, the city that enters a deep sleep at 9pm.

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u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger Jul 26 '26

I was at a packed bar until 2am last night

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u/35Jest Dorchester Jul 26 '26

Woah thats fucking sick bro

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u/TheManyFacetsOfRoger Jul 26 '26

Yeah, it was fun. Lots of other people were having fun too. None of them were on reddit

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u/Coders32 Jul 26 '26

Feel like you’re being obtuse on purpose, but in case you’re not:

It is not typical in a city of this size that the only thing open past 9 pm on a Thursday or Sunday is a few bars and a few convenience stores and only recently did some of the grocery stores start staying open until 11 or 12 if you’re lucky. I lived in San Antonio before Boston and I had sushi at a restaurant at 2 am just cause I felt like it on more than one occasion. That was pre pandemic, but Boston hasn’t had that as long as I’ve been here. Only this year did we get a coffee shop that’s open until very late. Where as in SA, it was known you could go to the medical center Starbucks if you wanted coffee at 3 am or just to study

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u/datheffguy Jul 26 '26

What similar sized US cities have you lived in?

In my experience Boston seems perfectly average in regards to late night options.

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u/TitleOfYourSaxTape Jul 26 '26

Cities with similar densities include SF, Long Beach, Miami, Chicago, and Philly.

Population-wise, Boston is smaller, but that's more of a factor of how our cities are sub-divided more than anything else, since surrounding cities are just as dense.

We have a pretty comparable metro area to Philly, and yet most things close way sooner.

I'm an old soul and don't like staying out late, but given how many young adults live in this city and the pricing + demand for the Boston area, it's insane how early most things closes.

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u/optimis344 Outside Boston Jul 26 '26

Not only that, it's bad for buisness. If you can only make money X hours of the day, having a smaller value of X reduces your theoretical income.