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Shay's Pub

  • 58 JFK St.
    Boston 02138
  • 617-864-9161

Editorial Review

Subterranean pub with exposed pipes and bricks and cramped bar and table seating. Not the modern, design friendly pipes and bricks style, more like working what the architecture gives us. Slumming Harvard kids and punk crowd swig beer and wine elbow patched blazer to inked up elbow in the tiny bar room or on the overflowing outdoor stone patio. Bar snacks are fine, but this is a throwback pub. No frills, no nonsense and a little bit of attitude.

Features

  • Bar Food
  • Downtown Style
  • Funky
  • Hipster Hot Spot
  • Outdoor Area

Attributes

  • Price:
    $
  • Vibe:
    Bustling/Boisterous
  • Bar Type:
    Pub, Indie Bar, Beer Garden, Bohemian

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