Catalina Lounge

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About

A Voltaire St dive bar going since 1962—locals call it "the Cat" or "Cat Lounge"—Catalina Lounge runs four pool tables, shuffleboard, darts, and a TouchTunes jukebox alongside a 22-tap draft system covering craft beer and cider. The kombucha-on-tap program (Mate Maker brand) and the rotating craft-beer-and-cider draft list put the bar in the same OB watering-hole category as the classic dive at Pacific Shores Cocktail Lounge on Newport Ave. Fifteen HD TVs and an official Patriots fan-bar designation drive the Sunday football crowd, with the bar starting service early and free snack spreads (nachos, hot dogs) provided through the games. Outside food is permitted because the bar doesn't serve a kitchen menu—the Royal Pizza next door runs a special menu for Cat customers—a setup distinct from the cocktail-and-bites format at Tony's Martini Bar elsewhere in the neighborhood. The bar runs a 21-and-up door policy and stays in service into the early-morning legal close every night of the week. The Patriots fan-bar football-Sunday programming, combining an early pre-game start, free food spreads, drink specials, and the full 15-screen NFL package, is the highest-volume operating day the venue runs each week through the season.