The Hill Tavern is Beacon Hill's neighborhood bar. Standing proud on bustling Cambridge Street, the Hill Tavern is the perfect spot for a great burger, big brunch, or tasty beer. The house burger contains seven ounces of top-flight ground sirloin, which arrives courtesy of Savenor's (Beacon Hill's top butcher), wood-grilled to juicy perfection and served with hand-cut fries.The clientele is mainly local 20's and 30 somethings that either enjoy the new seated patio, or stand in the crowded bar on a weekend night. Either it be a low key dinner with friends or a place to watch the Red Sox game, the Hill Tavern is the place to be. This is the best bar around! Tip: Stop by weekdays, 4pm-6pm, and enjoy half-priced appetizers (chips and salsa, wings, chicken tenders). Also, if you're on a date, ask to be seated in the quiet, secluded side dining room which is partially obscured from the bar.

The red hat offers two different floors with two different environments, on the lower level (The Pub) you will find our bar with a warm feel, a great mix of patrons, flat screen tvs, and the best juke box in Boston. On the second level it is like stepping back in time to 1906, you will find a dining room and historical bar that has been brought back to life from it's original look. A large mural of Boston in it's earlier days is adorning the walls of this 99-year-old restaurant.

Well done Irish bar right near the Garden. For a large-capacity bar, this place nevertheless manages an intimate feel. ~30 beers, British exports, solid pub food. Working fireplace.

A classier pre-game destination than the hot dog stand outside the Fleet Center—but don't really come the night of a Bruins game, or you'll be faced with a limited “game day” menu. Anthem seeks to provide “gourmet comfort food” in a trendy but casual eatery, but, like Larry Summers, is not quite pulled together. Perhaps with time. Unique menu items make the trek worth it. Start off with a generous serving of the roasted pumpkin soup ($5.75) while steering clear of the overly-breaded fried plaintains. This may be the only place north of the Mason-Dixon line where you can eat a fried twinkie (with berry coulis; $5) without risking ridicule at the state fair. Balance it out with a fashionable sidecar from the well-stocked and hip bar. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

This sports bar provides a great spot to pre or post game for any TD Banknorth Garden event, with a full bar, menu and TVs tuned into local sports teams.

A boutique Kimpton hotel situated in the Boston Garden neighborhood of Boston near North Station. This small and arty hotel packs a punch with the Ruby Room, a hotel bar and restaurant that is the perfect place to get your day or evening started.

Ruby Room is the lush bar located in the Onyx Hotel.

Panders to young professionals and plays top 40 music. Sadly the name is rather a misnomer, and the only thing truly great about this bar is the sheer size. This is just another bar with two flat screens. There really isn't anything great, good or even OK about this bar. The wallpaper is an attempt at creating atmosphere that's otherwise lacking, with random retro Boston newspaper clippings. Reading about the Great Boston Fire of 1872 might be the highlight of your night.