{"id":2961,"date":"2012-08-25T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T12:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2012-08-25T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T12:32:26","slug":"how-i-ended-up-in-the-pour-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visitingnewengland.com\/blog-cheap-travel\/?p=2961","title":{"rendered":"How I Ended Up in the Pour House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pour House Bar and Grill, Boston, Mass. (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When a friend recommended going to The Pour House Bar and Grill in Boston, Mass., before attending a Red Sox game that night, I thought of a Yogi Berra line: “No one ever goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”<\/p>\n

True, The Pour House is one of those wildly popular Copley Square area restaurant\/bars that seemingly has crowds as large as Fenway Park in a couple thousand square feet of space, but when my friend said “Meet me downstairs,” I drew a complete blank. They have a downstairs? <\/em><\/p>\n

Turning out to be a great hidden Boston restaurant within an unhidden Boston dining spot, the downstairs at The Pour House was uncrowded with a comfortable old school Boston pub look featuring a larger bar area. Even with that extended bar space, the downstairs at The Pour House offers plenty of seating space while offering quick, courteous service and more of a consistently mature audience than upstairs (no stentorian college kids trying to outdo each other). What a nice alternative to the wall-to-wall madhouse upstairs!<\/p>\n

Of course, the trademark Pour House “cheap eats” comfort food meals (burgers, nachos, wings, etc.) applies to the downstairs setting, too, with several meals coming in at under $7. My friend enjoyed a towering glass of beer that he mentioned also had a very low price. Our meals of burgers, cheeseburger sliders with bacon, New<\/p>\n

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Burger at The Pour House, Boston, Mass (photo by Eric)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

England clam chowder, and fries were as good as any other place I’ve tried in the Boston area, and with prices half that of many other dining establishments.<\/p>\n

The Boston dining scene can get mighty crowded and expensive, so it’s nice to know that dining spots like The Pour House still offer affordable dining for those that love a crowded, no frills bar scene — or for the dining patron looking for a quieter space but with all the classic bar\/restaurant atmosphere and cuisine fully intact.<\/p>\n

The Pour House is located at 907 Boylston St., Boston, MA. Tel. (617) 236-1767<\/em><\/p>\n

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