We mean it as a compliment when we say Clerys is a perfect stepping-stone for 20-somethings dipping their toes into the post-collegiate dating pool. The polished tavern-style digs are still accessible to those who’ve graduated from college bars, the tabs for solid bites and pints are amenable to entry-level pay stubs, and weekly trivia nights and buzzing weekends, soundtracked by Top 40 and calls for “Shots!” are an appropriate backdrop for Snapchatting your social life while scoring digits.
Clerys
113 Dartmouth St., Boston • (617) 262-9874
clerysboston.com
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2014 Winner: Brahmin
Don’t let the genteel name fool you...
- 33 Stanhope St., Boston
- (617) 723-3131
- thebrahmin.com
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2015 Winner: Lincoln
For upwardly mobile, fresh-faced South Boston transplants (the kind that make grizzled old townies shake a Guinness-grasping fist), there’s no better place to drop early-career paychecks and trade digits than at Lincoln’s two big, buzzing bars…...
- 425 W. Broadway, Boston
- (617) 765-8636
- lincolnsouthboston.com
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2017 Winner: Coppersmith
Set in a former copper fabrication plant, Coppersmith now manufactures good times for throngs of 20-somethings...
- 40 W. Third St., Boston
- (617) 658-3452
- coppersmithboston.com
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2018 Winner: Lucky's Lounge
- 355 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210
- (617) 357-5825
- https://luckyslounge.com
Photo Credit: Marian Siljeholm
