E&C is part of a chain of English-style pubs. Think beer, fish 'n chips, shepard's pie, wood, brass. Features a list of over 100 beers and an extensive list of Scotch whisky. The E&C Boston is located in the heart of Boston's Financial District. Conveniently located within blocks of historic Faneuil Hall, Qunicy Market, Old South Meeting House and The Freedom Trail. This place packs 'em in at lunch. A little know fact about E&C Boston is that the flow of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 actually stopped at 161 Devonshire Street which is now home to E&C. Come here at 6:30 pm on Tuesday evenings will offer some traditional food - at moderate prices and engaging trivia. There is a fine selection of drinks, which is great for the refined crowd that frequent the trivia nights.

Centrally located minutes from the Freedom Trail and Downtown Crossing, this neighborhood bar claims to be the friendliest place in Boston. Tucked away from the downtown crowds on Province Street, regulars enjoy the Hub Pub's $7 pitchers of beers and its better-than-average selection of bar foods—everything from chicken fingers to jalapeno poppers to buffalo wings. Great place to grab an after-work brew.

Nestled between Washington Street in Downtown Crossing and Tremont Street near the Boston Common, Kennedy's Midtown is an Irish pub and steakhouse located in the heart of downtown. This restaurant, which offers live music to patrons, is just steps away from Boston's finest hotels and attractions including the Orpheum Theatre, the Freedom Trail and the Theatre District.

Since the mid 1800's this venerable restaurant has given Bostonians's breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and especially Boston Cream Pie. The Parker House continues to be ensconced in the Omni Parker Hotel and offers all three meals to guests and the general public, as well as a french themed menu being introduced to diners Fall of 2008.

The Last Hurrah, Omni Parker House?s fabled bar, has been the gathering place for Boston's colorful political pantheon for close to 150 years. Rogues, visionaries and villains sipped late-afternoon drinks at the Last Hurrah and hatched their plans to save the world, bilk it or escape it. James Michael Curley, a larger-than-life politician who embodied all three characteristics, was a regular patron. In fact, the bar takes its name from Edwin O'Connor's 1956 Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel "The Last Hurrah," based on Curley's picturesque career. The Last Hurrah serves cocktails only.

The 4th oldest restaurant in Boston that offers history, sweeping views, and a peek into the bootlegging days of our past. From their website: The Marliave will open with two classic dining options: The Upstairs affords its famous view and serves classic continental cuisine such as butter-poached lobster, Beef Wellington, and halibut baked in a salt crust. The Downstairs, harkens back to Marliave’s bootlegging days serving classic prohibition-era cocktails and updated versions of the classic dishes you would have found at the Marliave a century ago, such as Yankee pot roast, Welsh rarebits, and freshly shucked oysters.

This basement bar is festooned with radios from the '50s. Try the mac and cheese. Comfort-food plates of high quality and value, reasonably quick if you sit at the bar. Great grilled fish, steak tips, sandwiches with very good fries. Their appetizers include a tasty bruschetta and a goat cheese crostini. Price Range = Apps. $4-$8 Entrees $10-$20. There is some street parking with meters. Closest MBTA Green Line Park St Red Line Park St & Downtown Crossing

This Suffolk law school hang out is the perfect dark hiding spot to escape to. Enjoy a cold beer while playing pool in the back. Diverse crowd. The Beantown Pub is also the only bar in the world where you can have a Sam Adams beer when looking at the grave of Sam Adams across the street.

Boston's young consulting crowd never looked better in this dimly-lit downtown watering hole. Swank and surprisingly stentorian Vinalia (Latin for Festival of Wines) is part upscale restaurant and part wine bar that serves Mercer fare at Baine prices. The Crab Fritters with Napa Cabbage Cole Slaw ($12) and Steak Tartare ($10) are traditional introductions to the sumptuous Lobster Risotto ($27) and Veal Chop ($34), and the desserts (chocolate molten cake $7) are pedestrian but delicious. Satisfy your enological pursuits with any one of the array of international wines by the bottle and glass—ask you server for recommendations.