Best of Boston
Best Nightlife
Brenden Crocker’s Wild Horse Café
Beverly
When people start gathering outside a bar before 5 o'clock, it's a sign of either a really choice watering hole or really thirsty locals. Not [...] read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, South
Ember
Marshfield
When this hypnotically arty restaurant-bar designed and owned by a local architect made its debut four years ago, it not only lent zing to the [...] read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, North End
The Living Room
Boston
Young suits loosen their ties and hipsters let down their guard in the loungey, kick-back atmosphere. read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, Roslindale
Birch Street Bistro
Roslindale
Save yourself the T fare: The stylish gathering spot, a magnet for young commuters, can hold its own against big-city bars. read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, Allston
Privus
Allston
Glam décor and upscale cocktails like the dirty wasabi-tini cordon off sushi lounge Privus as 'adult swim' amid undergrad-swamped booze holes. read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, Davis Square
Johnny D’s
Somerville
The crowd is young and lively and the lineup is unfailingly eclectic (Texas swing one night, reggae the next) at this live-music institution. read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, South Boston
Lucky’s Lounge
South Boston
Retro without being poseurish, Lucky's is jammed nightly with Fort Point artists and business types who blew across the Summer Street bridge. read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, West
Watch City Brewing Company
Waltham
In trying to determine a bar's worthiness, here's a helpful question: If in the company of the most fantastically annoying people imaginable (say, the combined [...] read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, Washington Square
The Publick House
Brookline
Sometimes a cozy haunt, sometimes a party den, the imported-beer mecca is consistently the square's best bet for elbow bending (and rubbing). read more»
2008 Best Nightlife, Neighborhood, Charlestown
Tangierino
Charlestown
The fun-seeking throngs that rock the Casbah Lounge at this Moroccan favorite come for the belly dancing, stay for the hookah. read more»