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As one might expect, Boston’s Financial District is a busy hub of economic activity, looming skyscrapers, and a steady stream of briefcase-carrying bankers, lawyers, and other professionals.
The Downtown area is also home to many historical sites, served by a section of the city’s famous red brick Freedom Trail, which zigzags past old cemeteries, battlegrounds, and Faneuil Hall, an indoor/outdoor marketplace consisting of Quincy Market, North Market, and South Market that was also the site of pro-independence speeches by figures like Samuel Adams.
Bursting with raucous bars and Irish pubs, Downtown serves as a meeting place for tourists by day and a party destination for business professionals and groups of young locals and university students by night who pack the venues on weekends to flirt and pound pints.
Barhoppers can keep the party going several blocks over on Union Street, where America’s oldest bar – The Bell in Hand Tavern, in operation since 1795 – is surrounded by even more pubs, bars, and dance clubs.
After Work / Arcade Games / DJ
Party Earth Review An Tain’s name may refer to a famous tale of Irish mythology, but fierce bloody battles and royal courtship are a far cry from what patrons find at this Boston dive – though the beer ... more
31 India Street
Boston, MA 02110
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 ... more
2 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
20s / 30s / All Ages / All Types / DJ
Party Earth Review Dating back to the Revolutionary period when figures like Sam Adams stoked the flames of war, Faneuil Hall and its surroundings are now a daytime hotspot for shoppers and a nighttime ... more
4 South Market Building
Boston, MA 02109
All Ages / All Types / Family / ATM
Reviewed by Sarah G.
"My Take: The shopping district at Downtown Crossing in Boston is a popular, off-the-beaten-path type of area to venture to. When a lot of peop ..." more
Downtown Crossing
Boston, MA 02228
20s / 30s / Bar Food / Beer Lovers
Party Earth Review A Boston landmark dating back to 1795, The Bell In Hand Tavern – named after founder Jimmy Wilson, Boston’s last town crier – claims to be America’s oldest tavern. Housed in the same ... more
45-55 Union Street
Boston, MA 02108
20s / Bar / Birthday Parties
Party Earth Review Long lines of eager partiers and a small sign may be the only indications there’s a party going on in Down Ultra Lounge, but the sophisticated singles and fratty hard-bodies making ... more
184 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
All Types / Breakfast / Burgers
Reviewed by Alyssa G.
"The great selection of food here was what caught my attention. If you're looking for something more than a muffin or bagel from Starbucks, then stop b ..." more
33 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
After Work / Bar / Bar Food / DJ / TVs
Party Earth Review Cocktails in buckets, bachelorettes, and the Backstreet Boys probably don’t spring to mind when thinking about a piano bar, but they all apply to the eternally busy Howl at the Moon ... more
184 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
Anything goes / Bar Food / Beer
Reviewed by Nicole F.
"One of the hidden treasures of college night life in the city of Boston. If you are in for Cheap Thrills and sweat dancing all night. Coogans is the b ..." more
160 Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109
20s / After Work / Artsy / Bar / Indie
Party Earth Review Hearty plates, classic Negronis, and cheap, cold domestics all get equal attention at basement bar Silvertone Bar & Grill, a cozy Downtown hangout that seeks to emulate a perfect ... more
69 Bromfield Street
Boston, MA 02108
Bottle Service / Burgers / DJ
Party Earth Review Located inside the Langham Hotel and once the Member’s Court of Boston’s Federal Reserve Bank, Bond is now where the smart money goes to invest in a night of sophisticated carousing ... more
The Langham Hotel
250 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110