'It looks like the Cantab, but it doesn't smell like the Cantab.' That pretty much sums up the transformation of the beloved Cambridge dive bar, which reopened recently after nearly closing for good.
On Tuesday night, the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge was packed for a donor event for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts. As the classic rock cover band French Lick prepared to play, its lead singer, Jordan Siegel, surveyed the room.The place certainly looked different than it had nearly two years ago, when the pandemic forced it to shutter. Gone was the grime that once stained its walls, replaced with a fresh coat of paint.
“The whole process definitely took much longer than I thought,” Dibble said in a mid-November interview at the bar, as workers hurried to finish renovations in time for the December opening. “I haven’t done this before. Not sure I’d totally do it again,” he added with a wry laugh. Still, much of the planned renovations went forward. There are now six all-gender bathrooms, all refurbished and clean—no more sticky floors, or that smell. There is a proper draft beer system, with 10 taps—gone are the days of the fraternity-style kegerator. Upstairs, there is a brand new sound system, so that bands no longer have to lug their own equipment. “We actually have the capability now to mix any of the bands from an iPad because we have a wireless board,” Cronin said proudly.
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