Template:Comedy Club
Improv is at its craziest—and best—at this underground comedy haven. Tucked into the beginning of Hanover Street in the North End,mainstage shows combine improv and sketches into a slap-happy laugh orgy (W-Th 8pm, $15; F-Sa 8 and 10pm, $20). After the mainstage, late shows ($5-10) offer routines and sketches from guest artists as well as the cast. The all-improv Midnight Show (Sa, $10) is even zanier. Students can enjoy all NXT shows, featuring the “developmental” cast, for free ($5 for non-students). The onsite bar does a brisk business. Improv Asylum also offers classes ($250 for 8 3hr classes), corporate training, and private performances. Call a couple days ahead to ensure admission, a few weeks ahead for large parties. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

The Point style bar in the narrow streets of Haymarket, is a spacious and cozy hangout. Their decor is furnished with a marble bar, soft lighting, and padded barstools. The crowd, a mix of sports fans, young professionals, local characters, and tourists all chat it up with our friendly bar staff. Check out the second floor, which provides nice views of the Haymarket Square, the North End, and is available for catered private parties.

It’s often said that, in order to move forward you have to look to the past. This can definitely be said about the inspiration for Durty Nelly's, based on a real-life woman, Nelly O’Sullivan, who was a stall holder in the Coal Quay Market in Cork City, Ireland. Overflowing with Irish charm and hospitality, this is just the place to take a break from a hectic day or spend the night with good friends passing away the hours in great conversation. On the second floor a surprise awaits in the form of a luxurious 18th Century dining room with some of the best views of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The dinner Menu will not just include specials but will, in fact, change every evening.

The oldest bar in the entire nation, the Green Dragon, housed in the Fanueil Hall area, was a favorite pub of Washington and Franklin, among other Patriots. Skip the usual brunch offerings for a full Irish breakfast--baked beans and all--served Saturdays and Sundays from 11am-3pm.

A bar for the 20 something crowd of the North End, Goody Glovers does pub food, trivia, outdoor seating, loud music, and beer pretty well. Goody's is a thin and small bar, so beware if you roll up with a large group. On the weekends the music is quite loud and not conducive to conversation.

Now with a full service bar, Tresca in the North End is a fine dining Italian destination.

Owner Frank DePasquale describes Bricco as a "boutique" Italian restaurant offering modern interpretations of regional Italian dishes. The menu features items such as zucchini flowers stuffed with truffled ricotta cheese, Big Night Timpano (drum-shaped stuffed pasta w/ meatballs & a slow, braised meat ragu), stuffed lobster, as well as a five-course chef tasting & wine flight. Bricco's chefs use locally grown fruits and vegetables, domestic & organic meats & specially selected seafood. Bricco has garnered many awards such as TV Diner's "Platinum Plate", one of Esquire Magazine's "Top Ten Restaurants in America", and "Best Guaranteed Great Meal in the North End," from The Improper Bostonian Magazine.

Either you love it or you hate it. This bar has been getting people drunk as skunks for over 200 years. Little known fact: The sidewalk in front of the Bell in Hand contains the only remaining original street surface in the city. It has 2 floors, five bars, home brewed ales, plasma TV, live music and dancing on the weekends. Bonus: Karaoke on Tuesdays, so get a group of your vocally challenged friends together and head over. A Faneuil Hall favorite for Bostonians and Metro Bostonians for it's live music and cheap drinks.

This restaurant closed in the fall of 2008- currently vacant! In the space of the old La Brace comes Paesan's, a local pizzeria and restaurant owned by a local North Ender. The current place has flat screen tv's at every table and touts itself as a great place to watcht the Red Sox or Celtics. Has full bar as well.

3 floors of distinct dining rooms and the North End's ONLY seasonal patio and rooftop dining. You'd think that the rooftop might offer you a panoramic view of the North End, but that's not the case. While it is open air, there's a sort of garden wall that runs up high on all sides and pens in a friendly bunch of people who love to chat, drink and smoke. In the summertime the patio is a total meat market, which is perfect if you are loaded with enough cash and the desire to get your buns gooched (girls) and your egos bruised (guys). Don't go if you're the least bit prissy or fussy. This is more like an amusement park than a restaurant, and an experience that you should enjoy at least once in your life.