Michigan friendly places in Boston, MA
I'm moving to Boston in january (have a place or looking for a roommate? please let me know!), and I want to me able to cheer among friendlies. I've never acutally been to Boston, and am looking for some bars to head to during basketball season, and hopefully the bowl game.
Thanks
October 28th, 2013 at 10:38 AM ^
Short Summary:
The Michigan Alumni Club has the entirity of Sweet Caroline's in Fenway for games and this is by far the most popular and enthusiastic crowd for Michigan football and the occasional basketball game.
They do the same for Tavern in the Square (affectionately known as TITS) in Porter Square in Cambridge though it doesn't generally draw as big of a crowd.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
Was at Sweet Caroline's for the basketball game when we lost to Ohio in the tourney. Cool place, good service. Would highly recommend it. I don't remember prices being bad either for Downtown Boston.
Also their urinal cakes have Ohio State and Michigan State logos on them!
October 28th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 10:40 AM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 11:20 AM ^
wants to cheer among friends, not be murdered*. *Allegedly.
October 28th, 2013 at 10:41 AM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 10:56 AM ^
Second all of the others who say this is the place to go.
Because the whole bar is taken over with UM fans during football games and big basketball games, it really is an exciting environment.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:04 AM ^
http://alumni.umich.edu/clubs/boston
Has updates on game watch sites, tickets, buses to games (such as UConn), etc.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
In Boston, you may want to find a place that's simply "friendly" first. That seems challenge enough,.
October 28th, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^
You got an issue with that?
Actually, I find Chicago to be a pretty friendly place. Not like the South, or other parts of the Midwest, but by big-city standards, it's friendly. I haven't had the same experience in Boston. Sample size caveats apply. Plus I'm a smartass.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:39 AM ^
I live in Attleboro (commence Aaron jokes). DirectTV is fighting with ABC so It's been blacked out for two weeks now, I might have to leave the cave to watch the game. Thanks for the Bar info.
October 29th, 2013 at 2:41 PM ^
Heya,
We've been really trying to get gamewatch events going down in Providence (also through the alumni association). We have nowhere near the population of Boston and it has been rough winning bars over, but we'll be at Hanley's in downtown Providence for the M-MSU game this weekend with somewhere between half a dozen and 20 people (and sound). We'd love to increase the group size.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
Avoid Game On near Fenway...that is all Ohio downstairs. I walked into that mess for the game in 09. I agree with Sweet Caroline's.
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October 29th, 2013 at 5:02 PM ^
I heard that there's an anesthesiologist in Boston that will trade treatment for Sox tickets. They better not be playing the Devil Rays though...
October 28th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
I've found the Boston game watching experience is better attended (and more crowded), with a slightly younger/louder crowd than in Cambridge. I've only seen the games when the Boston game-watching event was at a bar called The Place, but Sweet Caroline's is on a strip in Boston with several rowdy, beer-on-the-floor, early-post-college sports bars near Fenway. I've been told it's a bit more devoted to Michigan (waitstaff with Michigan shirts, etc.).
I've been to Tavern in the Square in Cambridge many times. It fills up, but you can generally get a table if you're there in reasonable time. I agree with the person who said smaller attendance, and it's a bit more chill. They reserve a section of the place, play the fight song at touchdowns, put up Michigan banners, etc. To their great discredit, however, I went there for the basketball national championship game, and the bar had been divided half-half between Michigan fans and Louisville fans. That's completely unacceptable for a 'Michigan bar.' As Michigan was going down at the end of the game, Michigan fans had to endure a celebration in their own place by Louisville.
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October 28th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
I appreciate the input!
October 28th, 2013 at 11:47 PM ^
I have an apartment I'm looking to fill a room in, and seeing as I'm in the process of considering posting the room's availability on craigslist, I figure I could do a whole lot worse than a fellow Wolverine. Email me at n.repole (at) gmail.com if you're legitimately looking for a place in the greater Boston area.