Best of Boston

Best Irish Pub

2007 Best Irish Pub

Green Dragon Tavern

Boston
Picking Boston's best Irish pub is a little like picking the loveliest clover in County Kildare. Still, the Green Dragon manages to stand out from [...] read more»
2006 Best Irish Pub

McFadden’s Irish Pub

Boston
Most Gaelic-themed haunts share the same traits: a dark interior, flowing Guinness, and weathered regulars. McFadden's has the first two, but mercifully replaces aging drunkards [...] read more»
2005 Best Irish Pub

James’s Gate Restaurant & Pub

Jamaica Plain
The best pubs purvey mysterious dark corners, crackling fires, and Guinness. But James's Gate is a cut above the rest, with high-grade bar food that [...] read more»
2004 Best Irish Pub

Brendan Behan’s

Jamaica Plain
Even discounting the countless plastic-Paddy pubs that have sprouted all over Boston, our city boasts a wealth of genuine Celtic hangouts. But for all their [...] read more»
2003 Best Irish Pub

The Plough & Stars

Cambridge
A real pint of Guinness takes time to pour. So while you're waiting at the bar in this old Cambridge haunt, take a gander at [...] read more»
2002 Best Irish Pub

The Brendan Behan Pub

Jamaica Plain
When he wasn't behind bars, Irish writer and nationalist Brendan Behan was usually bellied up to a bar. Odds are, he would've felt right at [...] read more»
2002 Best Irish Pub

Matt Murphy’s

Brookline Village
Some might scoff that Matt Murphy's perennially wins this award because, well, there aren't exactly Irish restaurants on every corner of this largely Irish town. [...] read more»
2001 Best Irish Pub

The Field

Cambridge
In Ireland, a pub is just a simple bar, not a junkyard of faux-Irish flourishes like County Cork mile markers or an imported floor. Behind [...] read more»
2001 Best Irish Pub

Matt Murphy’s

Brookline
This Brookline Village pub has consistently bucked conventional wisdom by proving that "Irish cuisine" is not an oxymoron. Spicy pork sandwiches and divine French fries [...] read more»
1999 Best Irish Pub

Kitty O’Shea’s

Boston
It's tough for a newcomer to stand out in a city that already has more Irish pubs than Ireland. Kitty O'Shea's, though, is like a [...] read more»