The Tam
Bar · Downtown ·
No-frills watering hole with cheap beer and great banter
No-frills watering hole with cheap beer and great banter
"Like Sullivan’s Tap, Theatre District dive bar the Tam closed a few years back but came back to life, mostly the same, under new ownership — a group of investors going by the name Greater Boston Bar Co. has been reviving a bunch of local bars — and they’re not fixing what isn’t broken. The Tam is just the right combination of no-frills and cheap beer that you’d expect from a proper dive, and a great stop to while away an hour before a comedy show or concert on Theater Row." - Nathan Tavares
"Almost seeming out of place amongst all of the bright lights of the Theatre District, this bar — founded “sometime during the 1940s” — seems to define the term “hole in the wall,” and you’d be hard-pressed to find a Bostonian who doesn’t have at least one memory here (or lack thereof...) Don’t come hungry though; beer, cocktails, and attitude are the only things on the menu." - Katie Chudy
"Approaching from the streets of the theater district, it’s immediately clear that The Tam is an iconic dive. Follow the vintage green bar sign speckled with shamrocks inside to an atmosphere that is perpetually bustling with party lovers and theater-goers. This is one of the best places in town to sip a Jameson on the rocks." - Molly McDonough
"Like Sullivan’s Tap, Theatre District dive bar the Tam closed a few years back but came back to life, mostly the same, under new ownership — a group of investors going by the name Greater Boston Bar Co. has been reviving a bunch of local bars. (One or more members of that same group are separately involved in the Silhouette in Allston and the reopening of Somerville’s Thirsty Scholar, too.) The Tam is just the right combination of no-frills and cheap beer that you’d expect from a proper dive." - Terrence Doyle, Rachel Leah Blumenthal, Erika Adams
"Located at 222 Tremont St. in Boston’s Theater District, the Tam is mentioned as one of several local dive bars owned by the Greater Boston Bar Co." - Dana Hatic