Ponyboy co-owner James Dorje said that when he first saw the space, he thought, “If that’s not Ponyboy, I don’t know what is. ...

Playing Ponyboy feels like a full-circle moment. “It’s very special,” he continued. “My mom, I mean, she had all these people [from The Outsiders movie] — she had them up on her locker ...

Ponyboy’s entrance is perfectly timed with the trend toward lower ABV drinks — the cocktails clock in at a low-key 7% in a 12-ounce can (similar to an IPA).

Ponyboy, named after the lead character in S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel “The Outsiders,” opened last month at the Pearl Hotel on Rosecrans Street, between Fenelon and Garrison streets.