

Don’t let the genteel name fool you. Top buttons come undone, ties get loosened and, to the tune of weekend DJs, fists get pumped at this fun Back Bay magnet for 20-something professionals. After-work crowds file in for cocktails and dressed-up takes on American tavern fare—but as the night rolls on, the air gets thick with schmoozing, boozing and a little red-blooded (not blue-blooded) bumping and grinding.
Brahmin
33 Stanhope St., Boston • (617) 723-3131
thebrahmin.com
Other Winners
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Singles Scene—Under 30
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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Singles Scene—Under 30
2016 Winner: Clerys
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...
- 113 Dartmouth St., Boston
- (617) 262-9874
- clerysboston.com
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Singles Scene—Under 30
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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Singles Scene—Under 30
2018 Winner: Lucky's Lounge
- 355 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210
- (617) 357-5825
- https://luckyslounge.com