Boston Lounges

Good Drinks

1. Franklin Cafe

Neighborhood: South End

this one is doing ok for itself.  I like what they do with it and I enjoy the place.  Good service, good food, good drinks.  Not cheap, but what is these days.  Their hummus spread with the bread...

2. City Bar

Neighborhood: Back Bay

Good drinks (try the berry caipirinha).   Mixed crowd, which seems to depend partly on what's going on at the hotel/whose staying at the hotel (there were a bunch of drunk people from a wedding when...

3. Green Street

Neighborhood: Central Square

Good: -The place looks like some shady bar/diner on the outside, but is actually hella nice and dim lit and modern on the inside. Yelpers love that stuff. -Good drink menu. -Special appetizer: duck...

4. Cantab Lounge

Neighborhood: Central Square

Little Joe Cook was great...don't think he's playing anymore though.  Drinks are expensive. Feels like a backcountry roadhouse, which is a really good thing. Bartenders have tried to screw me over...

5. Privus

Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton

salad) Good drinks. The prices are what you would expect for the quality and atmosphere.  The tables are set up in neat way that creates a lot of privacy with your party, and decreases the noise from...

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Nice Bartenders

1. Green Street

Neighborhood: Central Square

different bartenders "waited" on us and were very nice, helpful with menu choices, and did not push us to order quickly.  That said, there was an awkward moment when I ordered a burger "medium well" (again...

2. City Bar

Neighborhood: Back Bay

City Bar is a single, square room.  Everyone sees you, you see them.  Nice label clothes on average looking people.    The bartender maintains his dignity.  Heavy use of eye contact and minimal use...

3. B-Side Lounge

Neighborhood: Kendall Square/MIT

and neighborhood folks. I have felt in the last couple years that the decor needed a paint job or a refresh (after all it's not the Windsor tap)  But the real reason you go to the B-Side is for the bartenders...

4. The Charlesmark…

Neighborhood: Back Bay

it there.  I'm always nervous when I'm the first one to a meeting spot, I don't want to look like a lush or anything!  I found that I didn't feel out of place here.  The bartender was very nice...

5. Alibi Bar & Lounge

Really nice and personable bartenders. Chris and Niko made time fly with our exchanges of funny stories and dating mishaps. The scene was anything but dull. Came across the occasional too drunk...

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