L Street Tavern

{{Short description|Bar in South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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L Street Tavern (currently known as Woody's L Street Tavern) is a bar located at 658 East 8th Street, at its intersection with L Street, in South Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1962,{{Cite book |last=Lamothe |first=Zachary |title=Classic Restaurants of Boston |publisher=American Palate |year=2021 |isbn=9781467147057 |pages=143}} it came to prominence as the dive bar frequented by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's characters, Will and Chuckie, in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting.{{cite web |last=Dunn |first=Gabrielle |date=June 3, 2010 |title=Famous Movie Locations: Woody's L Street Tavern in 'Good Will Hunting' (Boston) |url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/06/03/famous-movie-locations-woodys-l-street-tavern-good-will-hunting-boston/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203101349/http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/06/03/famous-movie-locations-woodys-l-street-tavern-good-will-hunting-boston/ |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2017 |work=Blog.moviefone.com}}{{Cite web |last=Blumenthal |first=Rachel Leah |date=2014-08-12 |title=L Street Tavern Remembers Robin Williams |url=https://boston.eater.com/2014/8/12/6171999/l-street-tavern-remembers-robin-williams |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Eater Boston |language=en}}