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Bars in the Back Bay, Boston, MA

Club Café

70s Music / 80s Music / Brunch / DJ

Party Earth Review Tucked between the South End and Back Bay, Club Café is a buzzing hetero-friendly gay hotspot perfect for high-energy evenings with a vibrant crowd. Early evenings see well-dressed couples sliding into the upholstered booths in the warm red and brown lounge for a bite to eat before heading in to see what’s happening in ... more

209 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02116

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Kings

20s / 30s / 90s Music / Bar / Bar Food

Party Earth Review There's no shortage of entertainment at Kings, a 24,000-square-foot facility filled with bowling, billiards, and brews. Chatty couples on first dates and business types bowling in suits dominate the early hours, replaced by louder groups of carefree students and young professionals later in the evening. Some ... more

50 Dalton Street
Boston, MA 02115

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Flash's Cocktails

Anything goes / Bar / Bar Food

Party Earth Review Flash’s Cocktails is to the Back Bay what a frizzy-haired aunt in rainbow tights is to her traditional family: she doesn’t really fit in, but they love her anyway. Though the simple brick façade blends in with the surrounding ultra-modern bars, the 1950s-style neon sign alludes to this carefree hangout’s vintage edge. The ... more

310 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Forum

Affluent / After Work / Ambient

Party Earth Review Right in the thick of always-booming Boylston Street, slick and trendy Forum provides a sexy respite from the hustle and bustle of one of Boston’s busiest thoroughfares. During the week, sophisticated 9-to-5ers still in ties and heels unwind at the large center bar, sipping craft cocktails or signature “fusions” like the ... more

755 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar

Brunch / Business Casual / Latin

Party Earth Review A lair of Mexican spirits and Latin beats, Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar is a sultry sunken lounge with a drink list almost as long as Nabokov’s namesake novel – albeit much easier to read. Trendy young professionals fill the dimly lit space after work, settling in on the main bar’s scarlet chairs ... more

271 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Tico

After Work / Blazers / Casual / Hip

Party Earth Review Nothing works quite like a margarita for warming up coworker relations, which may explain the perpetual stream of hip young colleagues loosening their ties at exotic tequila bar Tico. One of celebrity chef Michael Schlow’s outposts, the venue features a décor inspired by all things Spanish, Mexican ... more

222 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Summer Shack

40s / 80s Music / Baseball Caps

Party Earth Review Boston is far from an island paradise, but unpretentious seafood joint Summer Shack brings a bit of the tropics – and a whole lot of shellfish – to Beantown. Located near Fenway, Symphony Hall, and the Hynes Convention Center, the venue caters to a wide array of patrons, from diehard Sox fans to busy ... more

50 Dalton Street
Boston, MA 02115

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Towne Stove and Spirits

Bar / Brunch / Burgers / Couples

Party Earth Review The brainchild of famed Boston chefs Lydia Shire and Jasper White, Towne Stove and Spirits is a charming spot located in the Back Bay building of the Hynes Convention Center. The vast bi-level bar and restaurant sports a classy atmosphere and high-end menu that attract suited business types and worn-out convention attendees ... more

Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199

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City Bar

Burgers / Button-downs / Couples

Party Earth Review Located in the Lenox Hotel and catering to the well-heeled and connected, City Bar is a one-room refuge that draws a clientele of attractive business and finance types, designers, and the media elite, who stop in on weeknights to lounge on lavish leather sofas and chat over whiskey and cocktails. A simple but elegant d ... more

Lenox Hotel
61 Exeter Street
Boston, MA 02116

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Back Bay Social Club

Bar / Beer / Blouses / Brunch / Dinner

Party Earth Review Styled to imitate the quiet, dim café’s that were popular in Manhattan in the 1960s, Back Bay Social Club draws a mix of creative college students looking for conversation and older corporate types on the hunt for vintage cocktails. Located directly across the street from the Hynes Convention Center, the bar features a ... more

867 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199

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Bukowski Tavern

Anything goes / Bar Food / Beer

Party Earth Review Named after America’s literary “laureate of the lowlife,” Bukowski Tavern is a great combination of sloshy dive bar and beer aficionado’s paradise that attracts students, hipsters, and blue-collar types alike. Dimly lit and featuring the requisite details of any good dive – namely, walls lined in beer bottles, blaring rock ... more

50 Dalton Street
Boston, MA 02115

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The Pour House

Arcade Games / Bar / Blouses / Folk

Party Earth Review There’s no shortage of classy martini bars and high-end restaurants in this neck of Boston, but those hungry and low on cash – or just high on alcohol tolerance – head straight for The Pour House. Plastered with antique beer and gas station signs, bumper stickers, hanging mannequins, and a chaotic mélange of random stuff ... more

907 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

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Max Brenner - Café | American Restaurant in Back Bay, Boston

Arguably one of the more sophisticated Boston neighborhoods – attracting young professionals looking to escape the college scene – Back Bay bars know how to keep it classy with haunts like City Bar, Post 390, Forum, and Towne Stove and Spirits. But this neighborhood is certainly not too uppity to host an overabundance of Irish pubs like Solas, M.J. O'Connor's, and Lir Irish Pub & Restaurant.

For Back Bay dive bars, locals again stick to the pubs. Crossroads Irish Pub and Bukowski Tavern are solid choices for a divey kind of night. Those who want to spice up the evening may find themselves at tequila spots like Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar and Zócalo Cocina Mexicana. To get a taste of the LGBT scene in Back Bay, people in the know go to Club Café.

Depending on the venue, revelers can make it out of Back Bay bars with a decent amount of cash in their pockets, or with an empty wallet.