Comedy concept
Third-floor laughs at new Boynton’s Taproom
It’s opening night at Boynton’s Taproom, Manchester’s newest comedy club, and it seems the couple at the ringside table didn’t get the memo — the one that reads, “Sit close to a comic, and you may become the act.” more...
A New Hotspot….With a Punchline to Boot
Posted by Steve Boucher on November 23, 2009 at 11:58am
And on the seventh day, they laughed. Wait…strike that. They roared, they stood, they applauded and they vowed to return a few weeks later. more....
Boynton's Taproom taps into owner's talents
Monday, November 16, 2009
Once upon a time, Manchester was going to be the site of a unique and ground-breaking educational institution where the curriculum -- not unlike my own education, coincidentally -- was to be focused entirely on beer.
It was called the Labatt USA Beer Academy, and back in March 2000, a gentleman named Ernie Iamundo was the designated headmaster.
Those who were fortunate enough to get into the Beer Academy were there to study ways to sell and market Labatt's expansive "international portfolio" of beers. Back then, that portfolio included the Labatt's label, of course, plus Stella Artois, Dos Equis, Bohemia, Carta Blanca, Carlsberg, Boddington's and many, many more.
Alas, after investing a year of his life in the design and construction of the Beer Academy, Ernie Iamundo was killed. He died in a car crash just one day after a gala open house in the gloriously renovated space on the third floor of the Fratello's building in the Millyard.
The spirit of the Labatt USA Beer Academy seemed to die along with Ernie, and in the nine years since his passing, the space he lovingly transformed has been a place in search of a purpose.
Josh Boynton thinks he's found one. more.....