now and then Beer FIGHT!

BY GEORGE SOLTES

Next time you enjoy an evening of fine dining at Doc’s Marina Grill, take a moment to appreciate that in the same seat 80 years ago, you would have been more likely to get hit in the head with a flying beer bottle than to be washing down your seared scallops with a nice Sauvignon Blanc. Doc’s home, the Winslow Dock Commercial Building, housed a succession of bars back when the neighborhood was still a working waterfront. Most notorious was Mac’s Tavern, nicknamed the Bloody Bucket, best known for its beer fights and its patrons’ penchant for communicating with their fists.