Ultimate Boston College Bar Tournament: (2) Cityside Vs. (15) Great Scott
by A.J Black on Jul 1, 2011 3:00 PM EDT
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First round competition continues today with the 2 vs.15 matchup between Cityside and Great Scott. Complete tournament bracket is here.
Definitely a favorite of the BC students, Cityside recently was taken over by new management, and the inside was completely redone. An open air bar with great drinks, close to campus, Cityside is a favorite for students and visiting team fans alike. Again let's go to our traveling bar experts, ACal6888, yanesp, and mek2702 for their perspective:
"Cityside has two personalities. Downstairs is basically a crappy sports bar – lots of TVs, a huge bar, decent bar food, but there isn’t much room to sit, especially after BC games. But, at night, upstairs is like a displaced Mod party without the drinking games: there’s a good DJ (who tends to play some awesome 90s music), always room to dance if you want, but it’s mostly people hanging out, standing around drinking and talking. Its basically all BC students, and some recent alums, (including me and my friends) so there are always a bunch of people you know there, which is appreciated when trying to get a friend drunk on his/her birthday. The hard alcohol drinks are strong and definitely not watered down (see Roggies), your feet don’t stick to the ground, and you don’t really worry about getting a disease when you open the bathroom door (which is also a normal size, not MA’s miniscule). The drinks are a bit pricier than the average BC bar but there are always plenty of friends there to buy a round. Some of my favorite nights senior year started at Cityside and ended by carrying trashed friends back to campus, so it’s a good thing its so close."
I've only been to this bar a handful of times and that was because friends of mine forced me into it. Definitely not my scene. Located on the corner of Comm. Ave and Harvard St. on the B Line, Great Scott is not your typical sports bar. No food, not a sports bar, and the beer selection is awful. On many nights GS is completely empty, only filled with some of the locals who are not that fun to socialize with. But on other nights GS fills with smelly hipsters, who dress in flannel and listen to crappy music. I went there during a Red Sox playoff game, and it was like hell, the patrons preferred to listen to some terrible DJ spin a bunch of emo crap than watch the game on their two televisions. Again, I never said I would be partial, but if Great Scott's beats Cityside, I will disown all of you.
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Though I don’t much appreciate the fact that CitySide is generally swarming with opposing fans on game day, this matchup shouldn’t be close …
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That seems to because its the one place they’ve heard of, for some reason. I’ve seen a few Maryland fans in Roggies before a basketball game, but that’s it really. Let the opposing fans go to Cityside…rather them there than Roggies or MAs.
I should evidence that by saying that...
I’ve had numerous away fans, specifically after basketball games, ask me how to get to Cityside. Don’t know much about football after games, never really ventured off campus after the games when there was mod-ing to be had. That being said, I was off-campus before the ND game this past year and it was packed with Irish fans.
by scj on Jul 1, 2011 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Surprisingly Close
Maybe the scare to a top seed before they go on a run.
I’ve always loved cityside for reasons the girls enumerated above -an excellent mix.
Not going to lie I’ve never heard of Great Scott
I only know of Great Scott. Pretty sure I’ve never been inside the place.
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WHY
Can someone tell me why Great Scott has as many votes as it does?
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Why?
This is why. http://www.facebook.com/GreatScottBoston
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What about the other side of the coin?
Where are all the votes for Cityside coming from?
324 votes and counting for Cityside?
Someone got a bot running on this poll?
363-76
That shot up quickly!
Who is stuffing the ballot box on this one? …. and why???
551-451
Appears Cityside still has a lead, albeit much smaller than before. Still bizarre.
Swear this wasnt my doing
I advocated for Cityside, but this craziness was not me. I would never push for ballot stuffing. I respect the integrity of the BCI Bar Competition.
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STOP IT
The validity of this poll is worse than the elections in the Reconstruction Era South. No one? (history major for 2 years)
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I got nothing
But if you threw some quotes and some vague cliches into your last comment, I would TOTALLY understand then.
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Hah!
Cityside is no more than a generic, low brow watering hole, whereas Great Scott is one of the premier rock clubs in Boston. If you don’t know this, move back to Popkick, KS or whatever godforsaken Hickostan that spit you out. As far as the vote tally goes, someone posted a mention of this little bizarre competition on a key FB page and made mention of the douchey comments here. I know some BC dudes that would be mortified (if true BC dudes were mortifiable) by the laughably clueless comments here about Great Scott vs Cityside (Cityside?!? Roggies is far cooler and that still doesn’t register as cool.)
Cool bars?
Pretty sure this isn’t about the ‘coolest’ bar – it’s the bar that people at BC most enjoyed going to. I mean if you want Great Scott to win out so it’s packed every night with BC students wearing Superfan yellow, that’s great, but I have a feeling you don’t. Hope this mollifies you – if true BC dudes are mollifiable.
BS vs GS
“integrity of the BCI Bar Competition”??? That went out the window when you wrote such partial slanted reviews. You literally threatened to disown your friends if they vote for GS. There are votes for GS because us “smelly hipsters” will truly find joy in pissing you off. If you’re going to be so f-ing biased- why not just take down the option of voting and write us a list of your favorite bars ffs.
Oh boo hoo, sorry an independent blogger on an unofficial BC blog has a negative opinion of your blog. At what point did I ever say that I would be fair and balanced? I asked numerous times for readers to write the opinion part of the post, and guess what? No one volunteered to write about Great Scott. That silence should speak volumes about the bar. So, when no one spoke up, you got stuck with my biased opinion. I am not a fan of Great Scott, and had a miserable time there. Sorry.
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Seriously
WTF is going on here? Why on earth did someone decide to bot this ballot?
I’m with Brenda on the integrity bit (the rest was indiscernible): Is the integrity of this whole competition blown? I have a feeling the answer might bring down all of SB nation…or not.
I need a drink
PS – the real travesty of it all was that MA’s didn’t get the 1 seed
Why indeed?
GS hasn’t been a BC bar for years, not since they changed their whole program and became more of a valid music venue than a college meat house. It only took you guys about 7 years to realize that. So this begs to ask the question why did you even include GS in this stupid poll? There’s a very good reason “No one volunteered to write about Great Scott.” and that is none of your douchebag, pop collar, classmates or recent alums are regulars there. It’s not because they’re not welcome either, it’s because GS doesn’t feature lowest common denominator music in a roofie friendly, sports saturated atmosphere. You will never hear Dave Matthews or Jack Johnson or any of the watered down dog shit you guys consider listenable. I’m not at all sorry to say that Great Scott has done nothing more than outgrow your demographic in that they have their own deeper rooted clientele now and when you all shuffle off to grad school or careers or whatever awaits for you after college, they won’t miss you.
So I take it Great Scott doesn’t offer game day beer specials?
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Looks like I need to go to Great Scott
Decked out in my Superfan shirt and demand they put on the game and turn off the music so I can hear the audio.
New BC hot spot!
demand away
lemme know how that works out for you
Tron Ruiz
Your comments are rude, and despite your claim that “It’s not because they’re not welcome either,” I now feel unwelcome at GS.
And it just so happens that I enjoy both sports AND music AND have a grad degree but do not like DMB or J. Johnson.
Clearly
@bchysteria is rude. And as I have pointed out above, your comments are rude.
Your comments are rude
Will do!
Will take my group of 50 down there and we’ll pack the house for an away game. Really looking forward to a change of venue after Joshua Tree started getting too crowded.
BC @ UCF
September 10, 8 pm kickoff. I’m sure that will go over real well …
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Everyone take a breath and relax
The Hate Index ended last week …
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so what did i miss
hahha. looks like i was late to the party. For once my comments aren’t the source of controvery.
All is not lost, this blog has given “Great Scott” more airtime than Doc Brown.
CITYSIDE RULES AND GREAT SCOTT DROOLS- oh yes i did
For the record
“smelly hipsters” never made the BC Interruption Hate Index. Got nothing against the GS crowd. #umad
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#umadbro
Since apparently BC fans are all triple-popped-collar guys.
All of which grew up in Popkick, KS or neighboring Hickostan, KS.
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“BC Blog Trolls Great Scott, Now You Get To Troll Them!
Vote for Great Scott!”
Not quite sure this fits the definition of trolling. Is every negative review of GS on Yelp also considered trolling?
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Pretty sure the GS fan hate list runs:
1a. BCHysteria
1b. Jackie A. from Boston, MA:
You pay kinda a lot for a place so trendy on the indie Brighton/Allston music scene that it gives Hipsters boners? TA-DAH …here’s The Great Scott. I love it because the music is great and somehow they expect you to dance to the Smiths and somehow you do it! There’s oodles of lasses dancin’ which is great for people who dance terribly and don’t care annnnnnd pervy men to just stare and stare at you!
It’s 5 bucks to get in, and the drinks are pricey! So you’re paying for swank of “cool” people heresay. Neat huh??? It’s nice when you’ve got a few bucks in your pocket and gosh darn it you wanna dance to that new Strokes song! They do however put on great intimate shows here, so if your band or artist is in town and they play The Great Scott, GO!
I do warn that if you’re at the level of celebration to brave dancing on their mini stage…best of luck to you. It’s always crowded (duh, did you think you’d have the stage to you’re self…you egomanical brat!) and will get pushed off if you don’t bring the moves!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/great-scott-allston#hrid:wApSvdQJd42W-qTGXrX2Fg
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