Best of Boston

Best Dive Bar

2007 Best Dive Bar

People’s Republik

Cambridge
An establishment must meet certain criteria before it can rightfully call itself a dive. It must be dark. It must be cheap. It must have [...] read more»
2003 Best Dive Bar

The Model Café

Allston
Generally speaking, a person's favorite dive bar is the one closest to home. The Model is that rare specimen—a neighborhood bar that's gained destination status [...] read more»
2002 Best Dive Bar

Cambridgeport Saloon

Cambridge
When Jim Morrison wrote "People Are Strange," he might well have had this downbeat Cambridge dive in mind. Where else within five miles could you [...] read more»
2001 Best Dive Bar

Chopping Block

Mission Hill
Neighborhood characters and bleary-eyed medical students meet beneath a permanent haze of smoke at this rough-at-edges Mission Hill haunt, where everyone seems to know everyone [...] read more»
2000 Best Dive Bar

The Abbey Lounge

Somerville
"Cheap booze" and "rock 'n' roll," those twin sacraments of a great neighborhood bar, are in high evidence at this grungy yet lovable spot on [...] read more»