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We've compiled the best of the best in Boston Outskirts - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
Your true-emerald Irish music pub pulls in devoted locals and all fans of craic (enjoyable environment). Enthusiastic staff and professional bartenders expertly pour Guinness on tap and serve comfort food (some of the best fish-and-chips in the area, bangers and mash, Irish stew, shepherd's pie). Dark decor; a tiny, sunny, west-facing patio; an old-wood library bar; and slate specials add to the allure of live Irish music—acoustic groups—most nights in both the front and back rooms.
In Somerville's Union Square, this comfortable neighborhood bar is a good spot to hit for a pint, a whiskey-based cocktail with a quaint name, quality brews (25 drafts, 10 bottles/cans), and a long listing of spirits that come together for a mad menu of house cocktails.
Inventive cocktails wash down Southern comfort grub at this hip, retro joint packed with a younger crowd. The original drinks are just that—original—with concoctions like the Rockin' Chair (black-tea-infused bourbon, canton ginger cognac, and lemon) and the Fallen Angel (a spicy mango margarita with a barbecue-dusted rim). Their buttermilk fried chicken is well loved, and the mac and cheese with Ritz crackers and hot dogs is your new guilty pleasure.
