As Yoda was to Luke and Mr. Miyagi was to the Karate Kid, so has Jackson Cannon been an indispensible mentor to Boston’s collective beverage industry. Ever since he opened Eastern Standard at Hotel Commonwealth in 2005, the American brasserie’s bar program has earned national raves—including a win at 2015’s Tales of the Cocktail—while cultivating the city’s top young mixology talent under Cannon’s sensei-like guidance. Sorry, Citgo sign: This is Kenmore Square’s true landmark.
Eastern Standard
528 Comm. Ave., Boston • (617) 532-9100
easternstandardboston.com
Other Winners
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Hotel Bar
2014 Winner: Highball Lounge
We love a bar that boasts a serious cocktail program—but doesn’t take itself too seriously...
- Nine Zero Hotel, 90 Tremont St., Boston
- (617) 772-0202
- highballboston.com
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Hotel Bar
2015 Winner: Highball Lounge
No longer your grandparents’ lame, lamé-covered special-occasion joints, hotel bars have become some of Boston’s best spots to find top-shelf beverage programs and equally intoxicating vibes…...
- Nine Zero Hotel, 90 Tremont St., Boston
- (617) 772-0202
- highballboston.com
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Hotel Bar
2017 Winner: Hojoko
This kooky izakaya inside the rock ’n’ roll-themed Verb Hotel is the antithesis of all those unstylish lobby bars where sad traveling salesmen slump and get sauced...
- 1271 Boylston St., Boston
- (617) 670-0507
- hojokoboston.com
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