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Legal Harborside
Legal Harborside is a giant seafood restaurant in the Seaport, with multiple dining concepts and a big roof deck with harbor views.
Select Oyster Bar
Select Oyster Bar is a relaxed Back Bay seafood restaurant and bar with a small but very good menu.
Bone Up Brewing Company
Bone Up, a brewery in Everett, is a great smaller, chiller alternative when Night Shift is too crowded.
Lamplighter Brewing Co.
There are a lot of reasons to love Lamplighter, a Cambridge brewery. You’ll probably find one of them within minutes of walking in.
Mariel
Mariel is a Cuban restaurant downtown. Don’t let all the selfies distract you from the fact that it’s actually really good.
Trillium Fenway
Trillium Fenway is the much smaller (but still crowded, because Trillium) Fenway outpost of one of Boston’s best breweries.
Biddy Early’s
Biddy Early’s is a well-worn, honey, sort of divey pub in Downtown Boston. We love it, you love it, and let’s all thank god it still exists.
Ducali Pizzeria & Bar
Ducali isn’t as famous as some other well-known North End pizza places, but one day it might be.
Shays Pub & Wine Bar
Shay’s is an Irish pub in Harvard Square that also thinks it’s a wine bar, which is cute.
L Street Tavern
The L Street is an Irish pub in South Boston that will make you contemplate whether you like apples.
Croke Park (Whitey’s)
Croke Park (AKA Whitey’s) is a dive in South Boston that’s so popular it’s no longer a dive.
Harpoon Brewery
Harpoon Brewery is the headquarters for one of the most ubiquitous beers in New England. It has a nice tap room and pretzels -lots of pretzels.
Rooftop at Revere
As you probably guessed, the Rooftop at Revere is the Revere Hotel's rooftop bar. It's got couches, an indoor pool, and decent drinks and bites.
ReelHouse
ReelHouse is a seafood place in East Boston with one of the best outdoor spaces in the city.
Atlantic Fish Company
Atlantic Fish is a standard seafood restaurant in Back Bay where you can get some perfectly OK New England seafood.
Brendan Behan Pub
Brendan Behan Pub in Jamaica Plain is the Irish pub that makes other, lesser Irish pubs feel bad about themselves.