It's polished, it's chic, it's packed with designer-clad South Enders swirling wine goblets and nibbling on pâté, it's… a butcher's shop? Yes, indeed - as well as a cosy...

Boston is a pretty serious beer town - and Cambridge has never been one to be outdone. Thus, the Cambridge Brewing Company approaches the task of drawing beer geeks to its bar...

Despite the rampant fancifying of everything within a five-mile radius of Harvard, the stalwart Charlie's Kitchen has hardly changed a bit. This place may be known as the...

You'll recognise the façade of Cheers from the once-popular sitcom of the same name. Snap a picture and move on, Norm, because that's where the similarities end. Nobody here...

Clery's is one of the few remaining joints in the South End where you can still order a Bud without feeling like a pariah. The clientele is generally a mix of sporty youngsters...

A sprawling bar/restaurant complex, and one of gay Boston's mainstays, Club Café hasn't changed much over the years. At the front lingers an older, professional crowd of...

The owners of Dbar took over a grubby little Irish pub and installed a dark wood interior, a lengthy martini list and an upscale menu that rivals most of its downtown cousins....

The decor is plainspoken, but the beer list is superb. And so are the cocktails, with bartenders willing and able to mix up any old-fashioned or off-the-wall concoction you can...

A wall of record sleeves, graffiti-covered restrooms and a low budget, laid-back feel make this place a favourite with locals, passing bike messengers and people from all over...

While District sits apart from most of the Leather District's foot traffic, after work and on weekends the place really picks up - and it's no mystery why. In a town not taken...

In business for more than a century, this old Irish charmer has long been popular with politicos. Times have changed, however; the room once named afer JFK's grandfather 'Honey...

While it seems that the Eagle in every other major city ends up, by default, serving as the hub of the leather-and-Levi's scene, Boston's Eagle has slowly become a classic,...

Easily one of the most popular places in Central Square, the Enormous Room is not exactly enormous, but cordon yourself some space on the long, oriental carpet-clad platforms,...

The door, marked only by the silhouette of a pachyderm, is the only low-key thing about the Enormous Room. Early evenings find the post-work crowd lounging on carpeted...