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dive bars

Here are your City's Best winners.
We nominated a short list and you picked the winners. Congratulations to the winners and in this case, it really is an honor to be nominated. Be sure to eat and drink responsibly.

Dive Bars Winner
Pour House
Location: Boston
Right across from the Prudential Center is the Pour House, one of several divey yet progressive bars along Boylston Street. Much like Whiskey's dow...
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Purple Shamrock
Location: Boston
Facing the imposing edifice of City Hall, the Purple Shamrock is where Boston civil servants can enjoy their three-martini lunches without having t...
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J.J. Foley's
Location: Boston
Just around quitting time, when you get ready to head back to your homestead, it's easy to feel like a lone ranger as the herds that crowd the Fina...
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Beacon Hill Pub
Location: Boston
The Beacon Hill Pub is a bar, and a simple one at that. It gets loud sometimes, drawing old guys from Beacon Hill who drink here when it opens in t...
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The Dugout
Location: Boston
Years ago the Dugout was a favorite pre- or post-Red Sox game hangout for Boston baseball fans. But these days it stands as a stomping ground for a...
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Cantab Lounge
Location: Cambridge
Do you remember Little Joe Cook? The guy who sang 'Peanuts' in the '50s? Well, he's pushing 80, but he's still around and he happens to rule this p...
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Model Cafe
Location: Allston
Let's get this out of the way: The only models at Model Caf are the miniature trains on display in the bar area. And if your goal for the night is ...
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Silhouette Lounge
Location: Allston
Possessing no frills, but not devoid of style, Silhouette Lounge is a place that seems cool by mistake -- and therefore is cooler than any premedit...
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Whiskey Smokehouse
Location: Boston
You enter to pulsating music and find bottle-cap-studded walls. Post-work, it's young people of both sexes in business attire. Post 9 o'clock, it's...
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Field
Location: Cambridge
Central Square hosts its own Irish immigrant, The Field, a quaint Irish pub that one would expect to see in Boston or Brighton, but not in this qui...
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