8 bars in Boston, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Boston.
Backbar ★ 4.7
somerville · 7 Sanborn Ct, Somerville, MA 02143
Hours: Tue-Sun 17:00-23:15, closed Monday
Backbar in Union Square Somerville has poured artful cocktails behind an unmarked door in Boston since 2011. Order the greek mastiha milk punch.
Tip: Walk-in only, no reservations. Last call 23:15. Order from the staff-pick chalkboard for the best off-menu drink.
The Wig Shop ★ 4.5
beacon-hill · 27 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111
Hours: Daily 17:00-02:00
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.
Tip: Find the unmarked door inside the wig storefront.
Yvonne's ★ 4.4
beacon-hill · 2 Winter Place, Boston, MA 02108
Hours: Sun-Thu 17:00-01:00, Fri-Sat 16:00-02:00
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.
Tip: The library room is the quiet cocktail seat. Sunday and Monday nights are the easy walk-in slots.
Trillium Brewing Fort Point ★ 4.4
seaport-fort-point · 50 Thomson Pl, Boston, MA 02210
Hours: Mon-Fri 12:00-23:00, Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-22:00
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.
Tip: Third-floor roof seats fill by 17:00 in summer. Online order ahead for can release lineups.
Estragon Tapas ★ 4.3
south-end · 700 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Hours: Mon-Sat 17:00-23:00, closed Sunday
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.
Tip: Happy hour 17:00-19:00 weekdays runs half-price tapas. The lounge is the walk-in seat; book the dining room for parties.
Caffe Vittoria ★ 4.3
north-end · 290-296 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
Hours: Daily 08:00-24:00
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.
Tip: Basement liquor bar after 21:00 is the under-toured seat. Grappa and espresso is the canonical close.
Alibi ★ 4.2
beacon-hill · 215 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114
Hours: Mon-Wed 17:00-01:00, Thu-Sat 17:00-02:00, Sun 17:00-23:00
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.
Tip: The jail-cell booths book up by 19:00 on weekends. The bar lounge is the easier walk-in seat.
Bleacher Bar ★ 4.0
kenmore-fenway · 82A Lansdowne St, Boston, MA 02215
Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30-24:00, Fri-Sat 11:30-02:00, Sun 11:30-22:00
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.
Tip: Reservations on the website during Sox games; arrive 2 hours before first pitch. The garage-door window opens onto the field on rainouts.