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Drink This Now: Down Undah Pale Ale at Cheeky Monkey Brewing

Fresh, unfiltered beer is the new tequila—at least, in a certain venue on Lansdowne Street it is. Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co. opened this week in […]

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If the Land Ho’s Walls Could Talk

Cool off with a frosty beer and a good story this summer at the Land Ho, Cape Cod’s quirky sign-filled watering hole.

"Drink Like a Bartender" cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster
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Read This Book Before You Order Another Boring Mixed Drink

It wasn’t at a bar, over Manhattans, where the authors of the Drink Like a Bartender solidified their book idea. Instead, it was in somebody’s […]

Todd Maul's signature cocktails
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Todd Maul’s Clarified, Centrifuged Cocktails Pop Up Every Week in Somerville

Any cocktail fans out there who are missing the scientifically perfected drinks of bartender Todd Maul, or craving a piping plate of chiles rellenos… or […]

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Ran Duan Is Bringing Blossom Bar to Brookline Village

UPDATE, September 26, 5:45 p.m.: The Sichuan Garden that you know in Brookline will serve its final pork dumplings on Sunday, October 1, before it […]

Burning cocktails in shot glass served on the bar
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Controversy Ignites After a Crave Chicken Patron Says Flaming Drink Burned Her

Oh, yeah, flaming cocktails are one reason why you should always remember basic fire safety tips. The latest reminder comes from a Boston Licensing Board […]

Scenes from soft opening weekend of the Harpoon Keg Yard via Instagram
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Harpoon Brewery Debuts an Outdoor Beer Garden

No plans for the long holiday weekend coming up? Sounds like a good time to drink outside at one of Boston’s original breweries. Harpoon softly […]

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Field & Vine Will Make the Food at Backbar

Field & Vine is opening in the former home of Journeyman later this summer, but as soon as next week, diners can get a taste […]

Vanderbilt Kitchen & Bar. / Photo provided
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Vanderbilt Kitchen & Bar Reopens Tuesday

Just in time to see off the Tall Ships, Financial District spot Vanderbilt Kitchen & Bar reopens this week under new ownership. Manager Jamie Walsh, […]

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Trillium Garden on the Greenway Starts Pouring This Week

Don’t let the gray skies get you down—Boston’s first fully open-air beer garden is so close, we can almost taste it. The Trillium Garden on […]

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Where to Find Craft Beer on Cape Cod This Summer

When visitors head to Cape Cod for a summer weekend, most of them want fried seafood, clam chowder, and a good lobster roll, says longtime […]

The Baldwin Bar
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Woburn’s Baldwin & Sons Lands on Esquire 2017 Best Bars

Ran Duan made a Colonial mansion in Woburn a drink-lover’s destination when he transformed a bar driven by scorpion bowls into a retro-modern tiki lounge, […]

One Kendall Square, Cambridge
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State Park, Mamaleh’s Debut the Tropical Bar by the Elevator

With some hot and sunny days finally in the forecast, One Kendall Square has a brand new reason to be stoked about patio season. The […]

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Todd Maul Is Leaving Café ArtScience in June

UPDATE, May 15, 2:30 p.m.: Not only will June 14 be Todd Maul’s last day at Café ArtScience, it will also be the restaurant’s last […]

Budweiser Signature Draught
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Shock Topper: State Says Anheuser-Busch Is Anticompetitive

After a 14-month investigation into “aggressive [marketing] tactics” of Anheuser-Busch (AB InBev), the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission has charged the the multinational beer behemoth […]