4 bars in Boston, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Boston.
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.
Caffe Vittoria ★ 4.3
north-end · 290-296 Hanover St, Boston, MA 02113
Hours: Daily 08:00-00:00
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.