Try It: Romantic Bars

by Christine Liu - Citysearch Editor - 63 Reviews - 102 Lists

Updated: January 23, 2009

There's something magically intimate about a date at one of the city's most romantic bars--whether that means canoodling in a secluded loveseat in Beacon Hill or clinking a toast at a bar in Allston. Here's a bonus Casanova pointer: Bar snacks, when paired with adventurous cocktails or boutique wines, provide the ultimate let-me-feed-you opportunity.

5 to Try

  1. 1 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Tangierino Restaurant
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    83 Main St, Charlestown, MA 02129 (map)

    Slipping into Tangierino's Moroccan wonderland is probably the next best thing to an exotic getaway. Lush tapestries, warm spices and a hookah bar are elegantly enchanting, a more than seductive environment to work your way through the extensive wine list. Playing footsie just got fabulous.

  2. 2 3.5 Star Rating: Average Myers + Chang
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    1145 Washington St, Boston, MA 02118 (map)

    With funky Formica and tongue-in-cheek Confucianisms, this restaurant's bar is the new-wave bohemian's version of "romantic." Spunky lists of beer, wine and sake cocktails (Tokyo Car Bomb, anyone?) wash down the dim sum and pair perfectly with your strategic, chopstick-wielding courtship.

  3. 3 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended Beacon Hill Bistro
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    25 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114 (map)

    You could call this bistro's bar, which seats about seven snugly, super-tiny. Size matters: Perching here feels wonderfully intimate, like you own the place, and indulges close-up bartending voyeurism while you await seasonal cocktails. Everything will soon fade into the background except your sweetheart, stunningly in focus.

  4. 4 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Deep Ellum Bar
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    477 Cambridge St, Allston, MA 02134 (map)

    Especially in Boston, beer can be the best way to craft a nest of affection within your lovebird's heart. With its formidable brew list, immaculately retro-fabulous cocktails (including seven version of the Manhattan at last count) and a gastropub energy where cheese fries are deemed sexy, Deep Ellum is the closest thing to a hipster's seduction den.