826 Boston

The Bigfoot Institue is one of the primary money makers for 826, which is an awesome non-​profit organization that dedicates it’s time to helping kids be creative. For Free!
Programs at 826 include writing lyrics, stories, and, what was that? Food reviews! Unilocalers beware, the bar will be raised when all these 826ers make thier way over here to write reviews with their newly honed creative skills! I cannot think of a better cause to donate to or volunteer at (Oh… I would SOOOO volunteer… why can’t I live closer?)
But let’s get back to the storefront. Legend has it… (okay, it may be more fact than legend but still)… legend has it, that, the original 826 could not set up shop at their current location without a retail location. So all of there creative writers and teachers sat together in one room and decided the retail location should be dedicated to Pirates, and VOILA! The first 826 was born. Each 826 has it’s own creative storefront, out of tradition, and this one is dedicated to Bigfoot.
And Bigfoot you will find here, or, at least, gloves that look like his hands, and safari hats and investigation kits and documentaries, and lab items… OH!!! What a delight.
So even if you have no interest in 826’s REAL purpose, you should stop by and check out Bigfoot. He might just be the main attraction!

ARGH! I *HATE* this place so much. but only because it highlights my spectacular inadequacy as a writer; I can’t summon the fucking words necessary to describe how amazing the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute truly is. I could lace the rest of this review with expletives and I’d only capture a sliver of my excitement: jaw agape, wild-​eyed and fully engorged. Oh, and I was sober the whole time.
For starters, whoever designed the space is a fucking genius, capable of lashing together a vessel of sheer creativity, bound by the intricate weavings of their own imagination, fueled by sheer verve, and bore out through plywood, concrete and plaster footprint moldings.
My only complaint: The Simulacron isn’t large enough to accommodate two people, seriously hampering a sanguine desire to propose marriage in there. And if creepy, imaginary future girlfriend declines… then I’ll know, it was never meant to be. And she was probably a bitch anyway.
I know all of this sounds cryptic and doesn’t make any sense. It’s because you need to come visit for yourself, and check out 826 Boston in the adjoined space. I really wish there were something like this available when I was still learning to write and maybe I wouldn’t have such a hard time trying to explain why I love this place so much.

826 National is a great organization created by the folks at McSweeney’s publishing. 826 Boston is the newest edition to the family, offering drop-​in tutoring services for local kids and much more – all free of charge. They help kids develop writing skills, offer workshops and field trips. They also throw some of the most creative fundraisers you’ll ever see. The Boston storefront will be The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute. If you’ve been to SF’s Pirate Store or Brooklyn’s Superhero Supply Company, you know that this store is sure to be a blast.
They are still looking for volunteers, so get in now and be a part of what is sure to become one of the coolest nonprofit educational programs in Boston.