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Beer selection
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Unless otherwise specified, locally-brewed beers listed here are available citywide
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La Grande Dame Bar Bearing
the nickname of the orange-labeled Veuve Clicquot champagne house, this
bar is the first branded venue the Reims producer has launched in the
US. Views of the Liberty Hotel grand rotunda overhead are magnificent.
Multiple vintages of Veuve Clicquot are menu highlights. 215 Charles St 617 224 4000
The Oak Bar Exuding
class from every polished wooden fiber, the Copley Plaza hotel bar
exists in a sumptuous Edwardian fantasy world. Refreshingly, its patrons
would just as well be seen in jeans as in Galliano. Most glasses at the
bar are filled with the house’s signature martini. Miracle of Science MIT
students’ favorite watering hole boasts one of the city’s most original
decorative concepts. How many bars display the day’s menu items and
on-tap beers on a periodic table, serve salad dressing in a test tube,
or claim Einstein as a patron saint?
Miracle of Science
Delux Café The
kind of place that is so unique, you want to keep it a secret. The
South End’s intimate Delux Café attracts a refreshing, one-of-a-kind mix
of professionals, bike messengers, and gay boys and girls, all suckers
for the bar’s kitschy Elvis motif, extensive on-tap beers, and perpetual
broadcast of the Cartoon Network . Good Life Downtown A
favorite after-work spot for the Financial District’s young executives,
the Good Life feels like the kind of place the Rat Pack would have
spent many a very happy, laidback hour in. Dim lighting, red vinyl
booths, be-bop on the hi-fi, and a long cocktail menu round out the
swingin’, chilled scene . Les Zygomates The
dinner crowd at Les Zygomates (the French term for the facial muscles
that make you smile) is lured by reasonably priced French bistro fare.
Come 9pm, the sleek, whimsically designed bar area comes alive with
young professionals intent on flexing and making the most of their smile
muscles and appreciating the nightly live jazz performances .
Les Zygomates
Whiskey Park Anchoring
the Park Plaza Hotel, Whiskey Park more closely approximates the trendy
Manhattan cocktail-lounge concept than any bar in Boston. The gorgeous,
black-clad wait staff serves all the classics – sidecars, mai tais,
cosmopolitans, et al. The bar is owned by “Mr Cindy Crawford”, nightlife mogul Rande Gerber. Regattabar The
giants of jazz frequently stop at this nautical-theme lounge in
Cambridge’s Charles Hotel. Drinks may not be extraordinary but the
talent is; recent visitors have included McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, and
local favorite the Charlie Kolhase Quintet. A popular place, its shows
sell out quickly . Noir Sophisticated
bar food such as flatbread pizzas, or chicken and shrimp skewers with
dipping sauces, complement equally sophisticated variants on the
martini. The all-black decor with high-backed banquettes creates a
perfect atmosphere for private carrying-on. Waitresses carry flashlights
to help read the menu. Porters Bar and Grill There
are a dozen taps pouring a variety of local, British, and Irish beers
here. Porters is a favorite before and after hockey and basketball games
played in the TD Banknorth Garden. Parking is not great, but the North
Station T is handy.
Top 10 Locally-Brewed Beers
Tremont Ale An English-style pale ale with the delicious, malty middle of its forbearers. Harpoon IPA Ranked among the top domestic and imported India pale ales by Beer Connoisseur Magazine. John Harvard’s Coffee Stout Try this novel, rich stout at John Harvard’s Brewhouse ( 33 Dunster St, Cambridge ).Samuel Adams Octoberfest Sam’s finest – available only during the autumn – with deep amber coloring and a warm, spicy smoothness. Boston Beer Works Fenway Pale Ale Don your Red Sox cap and sip a light Fenway Pale at Beer Works. Samuel Adams Boston Lager The beer that put Sam back on the brewing map after a 200-year hiatus. Buzzards Bay Old Buzzards Lager A sweet, fruity, Export-style lager; available in bottles at most agency liquor stores. Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat Ale Like a hybrid between champagne and cherry soda; available at most liquor stores. Harpoon UFO Hefeweizen Unfiltered, Belgian-style brew, with fruity undertones. Tremont Winter Ale Robust, strong ale for those cold winter nights (on tap October to April).
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