Psst! Slink through the thick crowd of industry types in the main room of Carrie Nation, named for the hatchet-wielding, barroom-smashing matriarch of the early temperance movement. Down a rear hall, peel back burgundy curtains to reveal a shadowy, speakeasy-style “cocktail club” that opens at 5 pm each night. This cozy hideaway is where the locals go and whiskey flows around billiard tables. Nation herself might succumb to its charms.
Speakeasy at Carrie Nation
11 Beacon St., Boston • (617) 227-3100
carrienationcocktailclub.com
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2015 Winner: MAST’s Bottle-Locker Program
Who needs BYOB when you can LYOB? L for “leave,” that is: This downtown trattoria has 27 liquor lockers where regulars can store unfinished spirits or wines until their next visit…...
- 45 Province St., Boston
- (617) 936-3800
- mastboston.com
