bars

Finally: A bar for anal-retentive perfectionists

adamg — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:37:40 -0400

Everybody else, however, might want to avoid TC's Lounge on Haviland Street, Jason Feifer reports.

She pines for the Emerald Isle

adamg — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:05:36 -0400

... The drinks were stiff and cheap, and served up in clear plastic cups. The bartenders had Irish brogues. The DJs played standard Top 40 hits, and the dancefloor would get packed by a pretty diverse crowd of Irish folks, Dot natives, and black kids. ...

The joints of JP

adamg — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:55:26 -0400

Mike Ball puts his liver on the line, so you don't have to, as he and a friend sample some of Jamaica Plain's bars that aren't named Doyle's. They started with the Drinking Fountain and continued on through Griffin's and J.J. Foley's Fireside, all within an easy stagger of the Forest Hills T stop.

None calls out or even whispers, "Enter, yuppies!" Of course, that's a major point, eh? From external, and as we found, internal, appearance, this are purposeful potable places. Drinkers welcome.

The ugly duckling of Somerville bars

adamg — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:04:32 -0400

DrinkBoston hoists a brew in honor of the Independent:

... The Independent in Somerville's Union Square is kind of like that middle sister who, after an awkward adolescence in which she was often overshadowed by her older and younger siblings, grew up to be the attractive, smart girl who's really easy to hang out with. ...

Still wet behind the ears

adamg — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:11:10 -0400

Susie reports that if you've been out of college for more than a couple years, Joshua Tree on Comm. Ave. is a great place to go to feel really old:

... After having awkward convos with several groups of guys, I looked at my friends and said, "You know you're in trouble, when every single person you talk to asks you where you go to school." And they did. When we replied "We're not in school," they looked at us like we were delinquents or something...maybe we decided not to go to college? Or maybe we were still in high school? No, we must have misunderstood the question. "Sooo, do you, like, go to BU?" ...

Boston clubs and bars

adamg — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 11:24:21 -0400

Krissy critiques every last live-music venue she's been to of late:

Harper's Ferry â€” despite being in Allston, all of the shows I've been to there were free of that fratty crowd. It's a cool place with good bands that go thereâ€¦lots of jam bands. However, Harper's Ferry has three strikes against them. 1) They will not give you a glass of water. They force you to purchase bottled water. 2) They have a dress code. The bouncers may or may not enforce it. 3) Surly employees. The bartenders are sometimes too busy gossiping with each other to serve you. A lot of the bouncers are twerps on a power trip.

Should hotel bars be allowed to stay open until 4 a.m.?

adamg — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:38:29 -0400

* Yes\n* No\n* Don't know\n* \n* \n