Best of Boston

An establishment must meet certain criteria before it can rightfully call itself a dive. It must be dark. It must be cheap. It must have [...] read more»

Generally speaking, a person's favorite dive bar is the one closest to home. The Model is that rare specimen—a neighborhood bar that's gained destination status [...] read more»

When Jim Morrison wrote "People Are Strange," he might well have had this downbeat Cambridge dive in mind. Where else within five miles could you [...] read more»

Neighborhood characters and bleary-eyed medical students meet beneath a permanent haze of smoke at this rough-at-edges Mission Hill haunt, where everyone seems to know everyone [...] read more»

"Cheap booze" and "rock 'n' roll," those twin sacraments of a great neighborhood bar, are in high evidence at this grungy yet lovable spot on [...] read more»