Rec | ANCHOVIES ON COLUMBUS AVE

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Rec'd on 🍺 5/7: BEST DIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

they just don’t open bars like anchovies anymore. it‘s narrow and dark inside. the stools are uncomfortable and wooden booths are tight. The drinks are stiff and priced to sell. Staff is charismatic but takes no shit. Clientele is regular and diverse. Kitchen is open LATE which is impossibly rare in boston. The only place i go to drown my sorrows in cheap beer and chicken parm.

@jackvaughan

May 7, 2024

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