Eddie C’s Bar

Went here once and think its a requirement to have at least one missing tooth. yes this is a dive bar. I havnt went back since. If u want cheap this is the place for you.

The bar tender JT ran the place on his own. There seems to be the regulars that come in for their usuals but in such a populated area, being there for about 2 hours, showed new turn outs. My girlfriend & I decided to pop our heads in and were pleasantly surprised. Carrying 5 draughts Budweiser, Bud light, Coors, Pabst and narragansett was merely a small disappointment, only because we are craft beer drinkers. We decided to get a pitcher of Budweiser and it was so fresh you would of thought the draught lines were changed that day. Cozy, with a juke box at the end of the bar. JT made such an impression we felt at home and safe, despite the location and late night. JT may have converted us to Budweiser drinkers at least at his bar.

Excellent people and a great dive bar.
Great price on beer and the jukebox has a lot of Italian music.

Had a couple of hours to kill before our flight to Boston and decided to swing by. Drinks are dirt cheap. Cash only. Bartender was such a doll, definitely will come back next time we are in Boston!

Now this is what I call a dive bar! 9 dollars for a pitcher of beer, the bartenders are a bit older but are very nice and attentive, you can tell they’ve been working here for a while and really enjoy their jobs. The crowd is a strange mix of folks, but I’ve come to expect that while I’m out in East Boston. They’re all very friendly though, I think it could be a good place to go drink if you felt like making some friends.
They’ve got a jukebox that continuously pumps whatever random music people feel like playing. I got to hear some salsa music, rap, and I think a Barednaked Ladies song if I’m not mistaken.
The only two things I didn’t enjoy about this place were that the house lights came on waaaaaay before last call, so we were sitting in the full lights for about an hour before we left. I also wish they’d have darts or something. Other than that, I definitely enjoyed this place and will hopefully be back!

Great Classic dive, the jukebox often conjurs up some raucous dance party’s to some old Do-​Wop!
Cheap beer $ 8 pitchers and Donna the bartender is the best!

This place is definitely a dive, but I love it. Ive been many times and its got great drinks for extremely cheap! The staff is extremely friendly, something you wouldn’t expect when you first walk in and see the usual crowd. The people are all friendly and talkative as well, after they have a couple drinks. Donna is the nicest woman ever, and Annie is very friendly as well.
I wouldn’t bring my girlfriend here, but when I wanna catch a game with some guys, its the best place around.

Eddie C’s is definitely a dive bar and it’s perfect if you are into that kind of thing (which I am). The more hole-​in-​the-​wall a bar is, the more I’m into it.
The first thing I saw when I approached Eddie C’s was a 7-​foot-​tall tranny with a Diana Ross-​esque wig, a pink fishnet dress with a leotard underneath, and killer heels. I knew right away that I was going to love this bar.
All our drinks were bought for us so I honestly cannot comment on prices, but I’m guessing they aren’t bad. They offer pitchers of beer which is a huge plus.
I’m 23 and Eddie C’s appears to draw in a much older crowd, of 40 or older. Everyone in there gives off an air of being up to some shady business, but they are also all friendly and just there to have a drink and a good time. It’s a GREAT place to go if you enjoy people watching because some of the weirdest people I’ve seen in my life were in this bar.
The music comes from a jukebox, so you’re subject to everyone else’s music taste, which can be both a blessing and a curse, depending who is in the bar.
A bar fight did break out at the end of the night, and I just happened to be the one to get a drink thrown right in my face (I was not involved in the fight, it was just collateral damage). I stood there ringing the beer out of my hair and wiping my face off with paper towels, smelling like a brewery, but I wasn’t even mad that I got soaked because this place is just SO entertaining.
There was one guy harassing me ALL night that my friends had to actually chase out of the bar, but other than that, I would definitely go back to Eddie C’s whenever I want to have just a chill night with friends and people watch over some pitchers of cold beer.

Yes, double yes. The story goes:
I was dressed as a prostitute for Mardi Gras and was kicked out, along with a friend, of the club we went to as soon as we got there. We ran into some guy on the train who said we should come to Eddie C’s with him and his girlfriend… and I LOVE.
Donna the bartender is, as has been mentioned, a sweetheart. For a dive bar in East Boston, there were more of us gays than I would ever have expected. I drank, I danced, I drank.

Pitchers of PBR for $ 8, and bottomless plates of cheez doodles, sweet bartender, plus the locals for entertainment.

I love a good dive bar, and where dive bars are concerned, my heart belongs to Eddie C’s. I first went there over the summer when I was with a bunch of friends who lived in East Boston.
Though the crowd I was with was a little more unconventional than this place was used to (I was with 8 gay men), everyone was very welcoming.
The drinks are cheap and the bartender is a sweetheart. Some of the men are a bit forward, but it’s a bar and that is to be expected. They also have a jukebox which adds to the ambiance.
It’s conveniently located right across the street from the Maverick T stop on the blue line.

Forget setting up cable accounts and moving couches up five-​floor walkups: the real problem with moving across any major body from where all your friends live is figuring out where to meet in the middle to get your booze on. Unfortunately, recently, this has meant that the exact middle ground is somewhere smack dab in the middle of downtown overpriced cover-​charged alco-​hell.
Confession: I do love the big-​fancy-​beer-​list opportunities that drinking downtown can afford, but when I actually can’t afford them, there’s nothing I like better than a dive.
Hence the solution: Eddie C’s is about as divey as it gets without landing in the harbor, and I don’t really care to know anyone who’d turn down the occasional $ 8 pitcher of ‘Gansett and free plate of mini-​pretzels.
In terms of victuals, Eddie’s is about as no-​frills as it gets. There’s something like five taps, I defy you to find a pint (all of which come served in plastic glasses, mind you) that’ll run you more than about three bucks, I’ve never seen the bottles behind the counter move, and the bar menu includes such fare as (I kid you not) Hot Pockets. (If you want to feel really authentic, though, grab a burrito from across the street and take it to the bar. No one’ll look twice.)
Worth noting, though, is the atmosphere. The only real light comes from promotional neon, the walls are plastered in all sorts of signs and clippings best described as «creative», the tables have a habit of being a bit wobbly, «the game» is always on no matter what sport’s in season, and the playlist stays somewhere between Barry White and the Bee Gees.
Is it a little dingy? Sure. But if it leaves you with any concern about your personal safety, I have it on authority from the quasi-​bouncer (a lifetime East Bostonian who will always chat you up if given the chance) that the owner’s status as a former Boston police officer ensures a special kind of security.
Bottom line? You either love it or hate it; for me, Eddie C’s makes me realize that there are still bars in Boston where you feel like everybody could, one day, know your name.

Great bar across the street from Maverick Station. Really cheap beers. They play pretty good music. Need to clean the beer lines though.

This is a dive bar. Nothing special but nothing bad, either. Cheap drinks and good people, can’t ask for much more.

Three stars because, as far as I can tell almost a month later, no permanent damage has been done. The thing is, I barely remember my time in Eddie C’s, which is just the way you need your last stop on a pub crawl, on your last night in an unfamiliar town, to be. I can’t say if it’s dirty because this was the site of beer number 12 or 13 that night and it really just didn’t matter — but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. I can’t say if it’s cheap because money’s no object in that state — but I’m pretty sure this place is easy on the wallet. I can say that it is right next to the T and I don’t remember anything from the time I left there until the next morning, when I woke up in last night’s clothes on the couch, sans cell phone (it was on the roof … another story).
If you live in the area, suck it up and tie one on before you go home after a long night. You deserve it.

I need to chime in on this one. As one who is always on the prowl for a good dive bar, this one certainly fits the bill. I have been here twice now, and both times after a few to many downtown. I’m not sure I would go in here sober, but after trying to make it back to East Boston before the T shuts down at night, its a great place to get a night cap. The beer selection is bud light, pabst, and the like, but thats all you need by this point. And they are seriously cheap. As in the cheapest I’ve seen in a long time. I’m sure I’ll find myself here again before too long.

Eddie C’s doesn’t mess around. It is your straight-​up, authentic dive bar, through and through. This place isn’t for the faint of heart. You walk in and if you are not a regular, you will probably get stared at. But that’s part of the its charm. Looking for the real deal dive-​bar? Come to Eddie C’s and get the true experience.

You know it’s bad when your sixty year old uncle hangs in this place w/​his sixty year old friends that grew up in the old Maverick projects and went to mass at Holy Redeemer, and they order a beer, cross the street to pay their respects to someone lying in state at Rapinos, and return to the beer they had just ordered. But still, the place has a strange charm and it definitely has character. The patrons look like something out of a John Waters film, or perhaps, the mutants from THE HILLS HAVE EYES. I will be stopping by this weekend (in the afternoon).

Dive Bar Extraordinaire.