the beehive in boston

The Beehive is a new night spot in Boston that is generating a lot of press, even before opening night. Boston Common Spring 2007 featured our son Bill and his partners (pictured standing in the developing site) as the "dream team behind the Beehive buzz." Stuff@Night Players Issue 2007 counted them as players who are "making Boston nightlife click." Der Spiegel and other foreign press are visiting this weekend to review this new hot spot that many hope will resurrect the old Jazz Workship at Copley Square where Nina Simone and Miles Davis hung out.

Boston's Center for the Arts leased out the vacant old boiler room site in Back Bay, at the other end of the block from the Cyclorama, expressly wanting Bill's team to develop a new young energy in the neighborhood. Bill's vision behind all his lengthy reconstruction and reconfiguration led to this eclectic 2-story restaurant that kept the old brick curved walls (and removed a lot else) and added funky chandeliers, bohemian wall hangings, French cafe seating, and a state-of-the-art sound system. The bars are constructed of recycled bits and pieces of local Boston. The doors to the wine garden (opening this summer) were salvaged from a local theater. His wife Jennifer is handling the lawyer details and helped hire the artists who have added their works, including for the restrooms which are also wonderfully inventive.

We just returned from attending The Beehive's high-energy rehearsal openings, scheduled to let his two other partners do their test runs for the bars, kitchen, and stage. Tonight, May 17th, The Beehive officially opens to the public, with bistro fare, two bars with some of the hippest bartenders in Boston, art on the walls, and live jazz every night on the stage visible from various levels in the restaurant. Whenever you're in Boston, you're invited for dinner and live entertainment!! 541 Tremont Street, 617-423-0069.