Wit's End Bar Set to Open in Inman Square in Cambridge

CAMBRIDGE, MA - A new bar centered around games, discussion and debate is set to open at the former Hops and Scotch location in Inman Square in Cambridge this week, according to the Cambridge Scout.

According to Wit's End owner Pete Stein, he wanted to create a "comfortable neighborhood bar where people can go and be the realest version of themselves and engage with one another.”

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There will be problems to solve, games to play, and conversations starters at every turn. Patrons can linger over years of TV guides that Stein collected, scans of which now adorn a wall at the back of the bar. A “movie wall” (filled with drawings for people to guess which films they correspond to) underscores Stein’s love of movies. But Stein thinks that Wit’s End can also feel like home to people who’d rather not solve a riddle over their beer.

“It’s a place where you go because it’s a great time, to sit and be with the people you like, meet new people,” he says. “That’s one thing that I’d love to come out of this—it’s the kind of thing where there’s enough going on, hopefully, around you where you turn to the table next to you. To encourage conversation, because that’s frankly what people enjoy, interacting with other people.”

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In October, Stein raised $5,000 for prospective patrons on Kickstarter.

You can check out Stein's blog on opening Wit's End here.

Courtesy Photo / Wit's End