A rock ânâ roll salute to Chetâs Last Call, and to âChetâ
Documentary celebrates the grimy North Station club that opened its doors to countless bands in the â80s
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated February 18, 2021, 12:38 p.m.
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Chet s Last Call was upstairs from the Penalty Box bar on Causeway Street from 1983-87.Courtesy of Dan Vitale
If you found yourself squeezing into Chetâs Last Call in the mid-1980s, you werenât exactly looking for a comfortable night out. Situated a block or so from the old Boston Garden on Causeway Street, the grimy, no-frills club occupied the second floor above the Penalty Box, a dive bar reputedly frequented by wiseguys. Before it was Chetâs, the small room had served as a strip club and something called the Cosmic Disco.