Mr. Dooley’s

Irish Pub & Restaurantmrdooleys.com

Mr. Dooley's is a single-location Irish pub in Boston's Financial District, serving food, full bar service, and live entertainment nightly since 1991. It is one of five pubs operated under the Somers Pubs group.

Company typePrivate
Founded1991
HeadquartersBoston, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Mr. Dooley’s does

Mr. Dooley's is a single-location traditional Irish tavern operating at 77 Broad Street in Boston's Financial District since September 1991. The venue serves lunch and dinner daily, with extended hours to 2am, a full bar, and live music seven nights a week featuring local and Irish musicians including a recurring Dave Foley residency. The menu emphasizes award-winning burgers, an authentic Irish breakfast, and New England seafood (clam chowder, oysters, lobster). It is one of five pubs operated under the Somers Pubs group alongside The Green Dragon, Hennessy's, Upstairs @ Hennessy's, and Durty Nelly's.

The business generates revenue through on-premises food and beverage sales, private event hosting, and ancillary retail via the parent group's online gift card and merchandise platforms (somerspubs.com, swipeit.com) and a Grubhub delivery partnership. Distribution is concentrated on the single physical location, with no disclosed mobile app, no franchise model, and no enterprise catering contracts. The pub is the official Boston Premier Pub Partner of Major League Rugby's New England Free Jacks, hosting community watch parties since 2020.

Mr. Dooley's is privately held with no disclosed external investors or funding rounds. The company has 7 employees, no published revenue, and no management team information beyond a Boston Globe-profiled bartender (Terry Nixon). Marketing is conducted through organic social channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and an online events calendar. The asset is a mature, brand-driven hospitality business whose competitive position rests on 30+ years of continuous operation, location-driven foot traffic, and community programming rather than scale, technology, or formalized customer data assets.

Mr. Dooley’s firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Mr. Dooley’s
Legal name: Mr. Dooley's Boston
Website: https://mrdooleys.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1991
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Mr. Dooley's is a single-location Irish pub in Boston's Financial District, serving food, full bar service, and live entertainment nightly since 1991. It is one of five pubs operated under the Somers Pubs group.
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Mr. Dooley’s industry classification

Industry

Product category: Irish Pub & Restaurant
NAICS: Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)
SIC: Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)
akta.pro primary industry: Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

Irish pub
Bar and restaurant
Live music venue
Private event hosting
New England seafood

Where Mr. Dooley’s is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Boston
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Mr. Dooley’s business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Food and Beverage Sales: Primary revenue from selling food, beverages (including beer, spirits, and meals) through dine-in, takeout, and patio seating service.
Private Events and Functions: Revenue from hosting private functions and events at the venue.
Retail Merchandise and Gift Cards: Online shop and gift cards sold through somerspubs.com and swipeit.com platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Mr. Dooley’s product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Mr. Dooley's operates a single-location traditional Irish tavern at 77 Broad St. in Boston's Financial District, selling lunch and dinner food (burgers, authentic Irish breakfast, New England seafood), a full bar of beer and spirits, and live entertainment seven nights per week. The venue also hosts private functions and sells gift cards and merchandise online through the parent company's Somers Pubs platform.

Product overview

Mr. Dooley's Boston is a single-location traditional Irish pub that operates as a unified hospitality offering rather than a platform. The core business combines food service (lunch/dinner menu with burgers, Irish fare, and New England seafood), full bar operations, and seven-night-a-week live entertainment featuring local and Irish musicians. Additional revenue streams include private event hosting and an online gift card shop operated through parent company Somers Pubs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern Traditional Irish pub located at 77 Broad St. in Boston's financial district, offering lunch and dinner service, a full bar, live entertainment seven nights a week, patio and indoor seating, takeout, and private event hosting for individual consumers and groups.
Private Functions and Events Bookable private event hosting for parties and gatherings at the Mr. Dooley's Boston Tavern location, leveraging the pub's food, bar, and entertainment offerings for group occasions.
Gift Cards and Shop Merchandise Gift cards and branded merchandise sold online through the Somers Pubs shop platform (somerspubs.com) and Somers Pubs gift card portal (swipeit.com).

Quantifiable outcome

Winner of 'Boston's Best Burgers' award
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Companies that use Mr. Dooley’s

Customer profile

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Mr. Dooley’s technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Mr. Dooley’s partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

New England Free JackscoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2020Somers Pubs (parent company of Mr. Dooley's) named Official Boston Premier Pub Partner of New England Free Jacks, a Major League Rugby franchise. The venue serves as official host of Free Jacks watch parties, bringing the community together to celebrate the team during their inaugural 2020 season.
Somers PubscoreOthersMr. Dooley's Boston is part of Somers Pubs, which operates multiple Irish pubs in Boston including The Green Dragon, Hennessy's, Upstairs @ Hennessy's, and Durty Nelly's. Somers Pubs is headquartered at 11 Marshall St., Boston.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Mr. Dooley’s competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

jmCurley: Boston downtown bar and restaurant with multi-floor dining, cocktails, and music programming. Comparable format and Financial District/downtown clientele despite a less Irish-specific concept.
The Tam: Boston-area neighborhood tavern with bar, comfort food, and live entertainment. Comparable single-location independent tavern model rather than direct Irish-themed competitor.

Direct peers

The Kinsale Irish Pub & Restaurant: Independent Irish pub and restaurant operating near Downtown Crossing, Boston. Comparable Irish pub concept, full food menu, full bar, and live music offerings targeting similar white-collar and tourist customers.
The Green Dragon: Sister pub under the same Somers Pubs parent group operating in Boston. Same ownership, overlapping Irish pub format, bar-and-food model, and downtown customer base, making it the most directly comparable venue.
Durty Nelly's Boston: Fifth pub in the Somers Pubs portfolio located in downtown Boston. Operates the same casual Irish tavern format with bar, food, and live entertainment, offering a like-for-like comparison.
Ned Devine's Irish Pub: Multi-location Irish pub chain operating in the Boston area with similar food, bar, and entertainment mix. Overlapping concept, multiple venues, and broad reach make it a meaningful like-for-like peer.
The Druid: Long-running Irish pub in Cambridge serving a similar Boston-area professional and student crowd with comparable tavern fare, drinks, and live music. Direct competitive overlap on format and customer profile.
Hennessy's Boston: Another Somers Pubs sister Irish pub in Boston with nearly identical operating model: bar, food menu, live music, and Financial District/downtown traffic. Direct sibling and direct substitute for Mr. Dooley's.

Others

Grubhub: Third-party delivery platform that already distributes Mr. Dooley's via Grubhub. Adjacent ecosystem participant and indirect channel partner, not a direct competitor but relevant to the venue's digital distribution.

Broad incumbents

Hillstone Restaurant Group: National upscale-casual full-service restaurant operator with comparable menu, bar, and hospitality footprint though a different price tier and broader chain model. Useful as a benchmark for full-service urban unit economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Mr. Dooley’s financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Mr. Dooley’s leadership team

Management profile

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Mr. Dooley’s funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Mr. Dooley’s M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Mr. Dooley’s

What does Mr. Dooley’s do?

Is Mr. Dooley’s a public or private company?

Mr. Dooley’s is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.

When was Mr. Dooley’s founded?

Mr. Dooley’s was founded in 1991. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Mr. Dooley’s based?

Mr. Dooley’s is headquartered in Boston, United States, in the North America region.

How does Mr. Dooley’s make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Food and Beverage Sales are the primary driver. The others are private Events and Functions and retail Merchandise and Gift Cards.

Who are Mr. Dooley’s's main competitors?

Emerging players on record are jmCurley and The Tam. Direct peers are The Kinsale Irish Pub & Restaurant, The Green Dragon, Durty Nelly's Boston, Ned Devine's Irish Pub, The Druid and Hennessy's Boston. Grubhub is listed as an others. Hillstone Restaurant Group is listed as a broad incumbent.

Does Mr. Dooley’s have an API?

No public API is recorded for Mr. Dooley’s.

What industry is Mr. Dooley’s in?

Mr. Dooley’s's product category is Irish Pub & Restaurant. Its primary akta.pro industry code is CRANACAA, Neighborhood Bars & Taverns. Its NAICS code is 7224 and its SIC code is 5810.