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Wed / Feb 24
20s / After Work / Artsy / Bar / DJ
Party Earth Review Partiers looking for more than just a bar in the Allston area should head to Wonder Bar, a versatile venue that combines cool hangout with a rowdy club experience. Scattered couches and tables in the lower level lounge provide plenty of chill-out space for the after-work groups looking to blow off steam over fancy drinks ... more
186 Harvard Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
All Ages / Bar Food / Baseball
Party Earth Review Although there are plenty of bars around Fenway Park, none of them offer a view quite like Bleacher Bar. Tucked under the Green Monster’s bleachers, the one-time batting practice room is now a classy Sox bar with a wall-spanning window that looks directly out onto center field. Tourists and crowds of Boston University students ... more
82A Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215
Ambient / Beer / Budget-friendly
Party Earth Review If anything, homey Green Street proves cocktail snobs don’t have to go to a swanky bar to enjoy a wide selection of artisan drinks. With a plain brick exterior, bare mint green walls, and only a handful of windows, the casual venue puts the emphasis squarely on prohibition-era beverages. Hipsters in vintage duds vie for ... more
280 Green Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
After Work / Ambient / Bar / Brunch
Party Earth Review Amid a sea of grungy Brighton dives, Devlin’s Bistro & Bar stands out like a sore but classy thumb. The long main room, painted in soft earth tones and decorated with modern art, is divided neatly in half. Swanky locals head straight for the main bar to sip craft cocktails in the shadow of black-and-whites of jazz greats ... more
332 Washington Street
Brighton, MA 02135
80s Music / After Work / Casual
Party Earth Review If the fist-pumping Jersey Shore crew ever relocated to Boston, odds are good The Place would be on their frizzy-haired radar. In fact, they’d fit right in amid the kids in low-cut shirts and barely-there skirts who show up for nightly DJs and large cocktails. Chiefly a sports bar earlier in the day, the venue draws young ... more
2 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
80s Music / Arcade Games / Beer
Party Earth Review A stone’s throw from Harvard University, Tommy Doyle’s is a multi-level pub popular with area students for its live Irish music and DJs, sports packages, and trivia nights. The ground floor, its walls lined with vintage beer signs and Gaelic knickknacks, is the cozy main area where hoodie-clad college kids and kickback ... more
96 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
30s / 80s Music / 90s Music / Bar
Party Earth Review Winner of numerous accolades including Boston Magazine’s Best Beer Selection, Sunset Grill & Tap attracts hordes of animated students from the nearby Boston University, Berklee, and Harvard campuses, making the bar a quintessential college hangout. Adorned with walls of beer bottles and the requisite mishmash of neon signs ... more
130 Brighton Avenue
Boston, MA 02134
30s / After Work / Ambient / Dressy
Party Earth Review Stylish and sexy, Noir is a vibrant nightspot that exudes a smoky 1940s atmosphere befitting its evocative name. Once past the red beaded curtains, the clientele of swanky fashionistas and finance types slink into a dark and moody nook where businessmen lean against the curved white marble bar to eye the elegant model-types ... more
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett Street
Boston, MA 02138
20s / 30s / Alternative / Artsy / Bar
Party Earth Review Boasting one of the motliest music scenes in town, The Middle East is a versatile entertainment complex and nightlife magnet for hipsters, college students, and the music obsessed. Divided into four areas, the venue’s main space is known as “The Corner,” a festive red and yellow bar and dining room featuring acoustic acts ... more
472/480 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
80s Music / 90s Music / Bar Food
Party Earth Review An Irish pub, soccer hub, and dance club all united under the enormous wooden phoenix perched out front, The Phoenix Landing pulls a seamless Jekyll and Hyde act as it transforms into each incarnation throughout the day. Framed jerseys, antique Guinness signs, flat-screens, and leprechaun statuettes dress the walls and ... more
512 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
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
After Work / Ambient / Bar Food
Party Earth Review Despite the prevalent stereotype that hotel bars are soulless affairs only intended for temporary guests, the historic Copley Square Hotel’s minibar has become a go-to for plenty of chic locals looking for a chill spot to start the night. In the post-work hours, trendy Back Bay professionals claim the dark ... more
Copley Square Hotel
51 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
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Bostonians are passionate about their beer and their nightlife, and when it comes to bars in Boston, nowhere is that passion more on display than in the wide array of Irish joints and sports bars that are filled with young professionals and neighborhood regulars who get together to pound pints of Sam Adams and specialty micro brews, and talk Pats, the Sox, Celtics, and Bruins.
Boston is decidedly a sports town, and the countless sports bars that line the streets of Fenway and basically every other neighborhood in the city are a testament to the denizen’s love for their local teams.
Meanwhile, the more than 50 colleges and universities in the area means that hordes of thirsty students from Boston College, MIT, Boston University, and Harvard pack the bars during the week to play trivia and sing karaoke, and then again on busy weekends to flirt and dance in the bars around Faneuil Hall and Allston.
Fortunately for Bostonians, the T (subway) runs until 1am and covers a good part of the city, so inebriated partiers always have a ride back to their neighborhoods.
While beer bars, sports bars, and dives may reign supreme, patrons looking for a classier and higher-end experience with a more exclusive vibe will still find scattered Boston bars including chic hotel haunts and hangouts in Downtown, the Leather District, or Back Bay – but high-end venues, velvet ropes, and long lines are definitely not what defines this beer-guzzling, bar-loving town.
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