Mottley's

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 21st, 2009

This would be Chris Pennie (l) and Tim McIntire bakcstage on Saturday night at Mottley’s in Boston. Pennie hosted the shows on Friday and Saturday featuring The Halves of the Staff. McIntire is one of the principles in the venture.

We had a splendid time working there this past weekend. It was a relief to determine that the Boston crowds are just as fun-loving and attentive and hard-drinking as any this great land has to offer– just as we remember them to be way back when.

We look forward to another go-round with them in the not-too-distant.

Mottley’s is an intimate, sub-terranean standup haven just off the sprawling, bustling entertainment sector of urban bacchanal that is Faneuil Hall. Formerly, it was dominated by Bill Blumenreich and his gargantuan Comedy Connection. (He moved into the still-larger Wilbur Theater location over in the theater district some time ago, ceding this corner of Beantown to hardy entrepreneurs like McIntire and his partners.)

They’ve managed to capture the Best Of Boston blessing from the Phoenix, so they’ve got a good kick in the ass from the local alt media. And they are trying some interesting novelty nights which, from all reports, are successful.

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