Best bar within a mile of Davis Square

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Okay, we are going to do another poll. This one is "Best Bar within a mile of Davis Square".

You need to make suggestions here and if there is agreement, it will be included in the poll.

Two rules (please no butthurt).

1) It has to be within a mile of the center of Davis Square.
2) It needs to be a Bar. The difference between a bar and a restaurant is a judgment call, but we can generally agree. Restaurants that have a bar do not count, while bars that serve food does. For example, the Burren is a bar that has food, Mikes is a restaurant that has a bar.
2) Lets go with "best place to have a drink". I'm fine with that. Nominate now and I'll put up the poll at 3pm.

A little bit later this afternoon, I'll make the poll. Examples we are already going to include are:

Burren, Joshua Tree, Underbones, Sligo, Orleans, PJ Ryan's, Christopher's, Toad, Spirit, Newtowne Grill, Joe Sent Me, Johnny D's.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Not sure whether Christopher's qualifies or not under your criterion.

Looks like you've ruled out Rudy's, Gargoyles, SoundBites, Sagra. You probably want to add in Powder House Pub.

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Those all seem like restaurants to me, but I can be overuled.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I think it's a fair call on three out of four, especially Rudy's, since last I checked parents don't generally take their kids to bars. I'm a bit uncertain about Sagra, though.

[inahandbasket]

frankly I think your grouping is fairly arbitrary.
Orleans and Christophers are definitely more restaurant-with-bar if you ask me, far more so than Mike's. And Gargoyles front room is definitely a bar, if you're splitting out Underbones you can split out the gargoyles bar.

I think if you're really doing this you toss rule #2 and just go with "best bar within a mile of Davis."

Perhaps do Best Classic Bar and Best Classy Bar...

[frederic.livejournal.com]

Is the Powder House Pub even open any more? When we walked by last night, there was a couch section out front with a "Take Me" sign and the place seemed unlit.

[evenblend.livejournal.com]

how about... "Best place to drink"

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

then it confuses bars and restaurants.

[ron_newman]

I like that. I think anomie666 is trying to avoid a poll with 20 choices, but I'm not sure if the proposed distinction really works.

[veda815.livejournal.com]

+1 "Best place to drink"

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

best places to drink +2

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd generally classify Christopher's as a restaurant.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Where's the Porter Square Tavern?

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Official name I suppose is "tavern on the square, porter square"

[ron_newman]

I don't know. Where is it (geographically) ?

[nathanjw]

How about Diva Lounge?

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[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Okay, I give up. "Best place to have a drink". Make your nominations.

[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

sabur lounge

[beantownclown.livejournal.com]

Sligo. nuff said

[ron_newman]

With "needs to be a bar" eliminated as a criterion, I count the following:

Elm Street: Mike's, Burren, Joshua Tree, Diva Lounge, Redbones/Underbones, Sligo, Gargoyles, Rosebud

Holland Street: Johnny D's, Orleans, Sabur, Rudy's, PJ Ryan's

Highland Ave: Sagra

Ball Square: SoundBites, any others??

Mass. Ave.: Tavern On the Square (if that's the right name), Christopher's, Toad, Spirit, Newtowne Grill, Joe Sent Me

Any I've missed?

[c-m-i.livejournal.com]

Powder House (renovating now, but will be back up soon), Tavern on the Hill, and Magouns are all within a mile according to Google (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=bars+near+Davis+Square,+Somerville&sll=42.399719,-71.111709&sspn=0.06858,0.131149&ie=UTF8&attrid=&radius=1.000000&ei=-D64SKWFLpz2rAKT7Mz7Ag&start=10&z=14).

[ron_newman]

make sure there's an "Other" choice. (Is there any danger of exceeding LJ's limit on the number of choices?)

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

If we're going with "best place to have a drink"...don't forget the Somerville Theater. ;-)

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

I've stretched, but I'm not going to stretch that far.

[spatch]

Best place to argue semantics within a mile of Davis Square?

davis_square.




--- 8< --- CONTEST OVER, CUT HERE --- 8< ---

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Fail. The best place to argue semantics is New York. Everything is better there.