After more than nine years in business, a pizzeria and bar will close its doors in downtown Quincy.
Kerri Delaney. the owner of 16C on Cottage Street, announced that the restaurant will close at the end of December through a message posted to social media on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
“It feels surreal to even type this, but the time has come to say goodbye to my happy place,” Delaney wrote.
Delaney is known as the creator of the Wollaston bakery Babycakes, which closed after 16 years in 2023.
The same year Babycakes closed, Delaney opened Kilroy’s on the Square, a shipyard-themed sports bar that serves sandwiches and salads. It is just two doors down from 16C.
Kilroy’s on the Square’s nickname, “A Five-Star Dive Bar,” refers to its predecessor, Tully’s Café, a downtown institution that closed last year. Tully’s opened in 1945 and became one of Quincy’s most beloved dive bars and a place you could grab a beer at 8 a.m. The early serving time was another shipyard holdover. Nightshift workers would get off work in the morning and stop to grab a drink on the way home. (Sorry to be a buzzkill − but Kilroy’s opens at 11:30 a.m.)
16C’s nine-year run in Quincy center was not without challenges. It opened when much of Cottage Avenue was a construction site, as workers constructed the One Chestnut Place residential tower and Kilroy Square Garage.
Four years later, the pandemic hit, which put a temporary pause on indoor dining.
“What a ride it’s been,” Delaney writes on Facebook. “The construction, the parking battles, and then COVID. Through it all, we made it thanks to this incredible community and the crew at City Hall who always had our backs.”
16C exists in a section of the downtown crowded with restaurants. In addition to Kilroy’s, the following restaurants are located within a stone’s throw:
Peter Blandino covers Quincy for The Patriot Ledger. Contact him at pblandino@patriotledger.com.
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