Get brunch in the South End, or go to the SoWa for food trucks. For brunch in the South End, Coppa is delicious, but super super expensive for what it is. I really like Metropolis for brunch. If you want to do a not-cheap-but-cheaper coffee and breakfast sandwich, you could go to Render on Columbus and Mass Ave.
Then just walk around! Seriously.
Before winter sets in, the Tuesday and Friday farmer's market at Copley Square offers a bounty of local produce. In the fall, expect outrageous quantities of apples, cider, and cider donuts.
My absolute favorite place in the whole world is the Tip Tap Room in Beacon Hill. Definitely get one of the burgers. According to the waitstaff, the steak tips are the most frequent order, but that’s just beef shaped into little triangles. The burger, you get the same amount of meat, but with amazing sauces and things. So that is where I would start the Buck Hunter Tour. Tip Tap doesn’t have Buck Hunter, just to be clear. I just think it’s amazing, in general.
Good luck trying to weave your way to the bar on the weekends, but Beacon Hill Pub is empty during the week--perfect for a few uninterrupted Buck Hunter games and a cold Harpoon IPA. A cheeky review behind the bar describes the BHP as "a bar scene straight out of Star Wars."
So to do the Buck Hunter tour, you just go around to different bars and play Buck Hunter. I mean, you would be with a friend. You could do it yourself, but…that would be a different experience.
So there are a few different places you can go. There’s the classic, BHP. Beacon Hill Pub. And the Red Hat, which is next door to the Tip Tap Room.
But the best Buck Hunter place I’ve been to is Jillian’s, at Lucky Strike. You know, the bowling place? They have all the Buck Hunters. Buck Hunter Safari, Buck Hunter HD, there’s one that’s like connected to the Internet, and like, Super Big Buck Hunter Pro HD something. I mean, just a whole chain of adjectives.
I just moved to Cambridge and my go-to bar here is definitely People's Republik. It's a dive bar with cheap beer and three dartboards, but is actually pretty cleaned up with lots of space for hanging out. Dive bars are great, but sometimes they can feel like getting stuffed into a smelly closet.
I think Southie has a bunch of interesting bars for drinks. There's a super dive bar, Lucky's, right next to the fancy, probably-has-a-line-but-not-actually-crowded cocktail bar Drink. Drink is a great place for visitors, but I never end up going there myself because it's so far.
I think a typical night out involves wandering around a series of bars, constantly trying to remember where you know that guy you just ran into from.
