Boston Must visits

There are lots of good places in the city, but Cambridge Brewing Company (CBC) is the one absolute must, in my opinion. They just celebrated their 30th anniversary and are still the best brewery (and one of the best patios) in the city. Their best beers are not hop-forward juice bombs (though they do a nice job at those too), but wonderfully complex saisons, lagers, sours and barleywines. They had 30 beers on-tap for their 30th anniversary this past weekend, and no doubt there will be plenty of excellent beers on-tap this weekend too.

As a bonus, it's a short walk from the CBC to Lamplighter, which is a much more recent addition but one of the other excellent breweries in the area.

 

+1 for CBC. Go there and thank us later.

Lewer Depths in Kenmore Square is a nice spot before the Sox game.

p.s. Go Sox!

 

Go to Mystic in Chelsea. From their you can easily lyft to Idle Hands and Nightshift as well. If you want the best beer and good vibes do this, but if you want a better scene and more to do then the Cambridge, Somerville area like whats mentioned above will be better

 

Eat at Row 34 before or after Trillium. Excellent seafood and draft list. Pastoral, Lucky's, Blue Dragon, Smoke Shop are other good spots in Fort Point.

Walkable from your hotel: Salty Pig, Bukowski Tavern, Coda, Picco(excellent pizza, homemade ice cream, good draft list).

Near Fenway: Eastern Standard(amazing cocktails, food, and atmosphere, good bottle list). Cornwalls, Boston Beer Works, Hojoko(super fun Japanese bar).

Agreed that Cambridge Brewing is a must visit.

 

My favorite spots to visit are Idle Hands and Mystic. Mystic used to be number 1 but has dropped down a bit in the last few years.
If you Lyft to either/both of these it is easy to get to Night Shift and Bone Up.

I like Remnant last winter. Fun new place. Can walk to Aeronaut and some other spots from here.

 

Outside of breweries I always enjoy The Publick House in Brookline (can take the T).

 

Bar Taco down the street from Trillium FP is pretty good. Much more affordable than Row 34. Breakfast sandwiches and pastries at Flour also near Trillium FP are good too.

If you do the Cambridge thing, Mead Hall has a huge draft list also.

 

If you go to Mystic, I'd recommend grabbing pizza from Ciao! or a meal at Chelsea Station. The former has arguably the best pizza in Greater Boston, and the latter makes some really delicious pub food and has a solid tap list.

 

Go to Trillium for beer. Walk 1 block to Row 34 and have some more beer and food. Walk 50 yards to Drink and have great cocktails. Done.

 

All in Boston and offering full bars, but some (Lulu’s) not super easy to get to:

Stoddard’s
Worden Hall
Tip Tap Room
Ginger Man
Five Horses (South End).
Lulu’s

 

You’ve got some great suggestions in this chain. You can’t go wrong to be honest. Figure out where you want to be based for an evening and you’re going to have at the minimum at least a few good options for food, beer, cocktails and wine within a 1/4 mile (1/2 mile tops).

 

Second Stoddard's - an expansive cocktail menu and an interesting (and relatively affordable) tap list. Plus, they often have something on cask.

 

Drink is great and super close to Trillium but can have a line to get in. I like to get there right when they open. Stoddards is indeed solid for both beer and cocktails. Gingerman was a good suggestion too based on their huge draft list and whiskey selection.

The Fenway area might be the best for cocktails around. The Hawthorne, Island Creek Oyster Bar, Eastern Standard, Citizen Public House, Fools Errand. Near Cambridge Brewing is Cafe Art Science which has very inventive cocktails.

 

As a final note, if you weren't already aware, traffic in Boston is ultra-miserable but you should have some good walking weather (subject to change) this weekend. Consider all your options in that regard before you hop into a potential meat grinder.

 

I’m heading to Boston with a buddy this weekend. Just have Friday night for Red Sox game and hanging out after the game then all day Saturday in the city. From all of the suggestions and what you did what would you say is a must hit or what places weren’t anything special?