I can\'t find anything official to confirm it, but word on the street in Boston is that the Middle East and the other club behind it, TT The Bear\'s, face the wrecking ball on March 29th. MIT has apparently acquired the land and plans to build housing. Again, I cannot find official confirmation, but working in the beer industry I have a lot of credible informants in the bar/club world.
This would be the end of respectable music promotion in Boston. Every other venue in Boston is either Clear Channel or Lyons Group. It would also be the end of great Breakfast shows in Boston, at least for now. Every other venue they can get will do the 3-openers thing and 1 set of Breakfast from 11:30-1. I gotta skip town.