Carrie Nation Cocktail Club

Named after the temperance crusader who would have hated everything about it, Carrie Nation occupies a Beacon Hill basement where Prohibition-era aesthetics meet a cocktail programme built on whiskey and gin. Named one of the best bars in America by USA Today, the bar combines plush seating, rich woods, warm lighting, and live jazz on select evenings into a package that feels like stepping into a well-funded speakeasy without the performative secrecy. The cocktail list skews classic — Old Fashioneds, Sazeracs, Gimlets — with enough seasonal variation to keep the regulars interested. Drinks are priced between $12 and $18, which for this level of execution in Beacon Hill represents genuine value. A bar that honours Boston's complicated relationship with temperance by doing the opposite, beautifully.