The Wig Shop
- ★ 4.5
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Beacon Hill
Drink Absinthe Sazerac
The Wig Shop has run a speakeasy-style cocktail bar behind a fake wig-shop storefront on Temple Place in Downtown Boston since 2019. 1940s magazine-ad decor.
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Backbar
- ★ 4.7
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Somerville
Drink Greek mastiha milk punch
Backbar in Union Square Somerville has poured artful cocktails behind an unmarked door in Boston since 2011. Order the greek mastiha milk punch.
Bleacher Bar
- ★ 4.0
- Sports bar
- $$$
- Kenmore and Fenway
Drink Pint of Sam Adams Boston Lager
Bleacher Bar on Lansdowne Street sits beneath the centre-field bleachers at Fenway Park in Boston's Kenmore Square since 2008. Located in Kenmore Fenway.
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Estragon Tapas
- ★ 4.3
- Tapas bar
- $$$
- South End
Drink Spanish gin and tonic with juniper
Julio de Haro's Estragon on Harrison Avenue has poured Spanish gin-tonics and tapas in Boston's South End since 2008. Boston Magazine Best of Boston 2023.
Yvonne's
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Beacon Hill
Drink Aviation cocktail
Yvonne's reopened the historic Locke-Ober space on Winter Place in Downtown Boston in 2015 as a modern supper club. Order the aviation cocktail.
Alibi
- ★ 4.2
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Beacon Hill
Drink Charles Street Manhattan
Alibi inside the Liberty Hotel on Charles Street has run a former-jail-cell cocktail bar in Beacon Hill Boston since 2007. Order the charles street manhattan.
The Gin Palace at Nine
- ★ 4.4
- Cocktail bar
- $$$
- Beacon Hill
Drink Gin and Tonic with global gins
The Gin Palace at Nine on Park Street is the cocktail bar inside the new Nine restaurant on Beacon Hill in Boston since August 2025. 80 gins from around.
Caffe Vittoria
- ★ 4.3
- Espresso bar
- $$$
- North End
Drink Grappa and espresso
Caffe Vittoria on Hanover Street has poured espresso and grappa in Boston's North End since 1929. Four floors, three liquor bars, a cigar room.
Trillium Brewing Fort Point
- ★ 4.4
- Brewpub
- $$$
- Seaport and Fort Point
Drink Trillium IPA
Trillium on Thomson Place is the Fort Point three-storey taproom and brewpub in Boston since 2018. The third-floor roof terrace is the marquee seat.
Harpoon Brewery Beer Hall
- ★ 4.3
- Beer hall
- $$$
- Seaport and Fort Point
Drink Harpoon IPA
Harpoon Brewery's Beer Hall on Northern Avenue in Boston's Seaport has poured pints since 1986. Located in Seaport Fort Point. Order the harpoon ipa.
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