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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Littlest Pub (47 Province...
...just how little is The Littlest Pub? The capacity of this Irish pub is close to 25 people, but the friendly atmosphere and intimate surroundings make it seem much like an upperclass common room. Crank up the Irish music in a JCR to reproduce the atmosphere: "The Commitments" soundtrack and the Cranberries dominate the sound system, although unadvertised Irish musicians have been known to cram into one corner of the bar and perform live...
Over the years, The Littlest Pub has become quite popular with locals and tourists alike, and icons of Irish culture such as Mary Black have been known to hold private parties there. "If I got a dollar for every time someone passed by and photographed the bar, I'd be retired by now," says Sarah, the bartender. She has worked at The Littlest Pub for nearly seven years and knows a large number of the patrons by name despite the bar's flourishing tourist trade...
Eddie, the cab driver-by-day who is The Littlest Bar's bouncer, says most of the students at the Pub come from Suffolk or BU. Harvard students would benefit from joining this small crowd, sitting under the (separate) photographs of the Pope and Joe Louis and having a great pint of Guinness (drawn by someone who knows how). One caveat: the policy on underage drinking is very strict at The Littlest Pub--you can try it, but you can't get away with...
...beer ads from Life magazine grace the walls of the pub with catchy phrases like "In this friendly, freedom-loving land of ours...Beer belongs-Enjoy it." Indeed, resident efforts resulted in a sophisticated interior as well as a semi-legendary Harvard institution...