Club Boston North Station area Faneuil Hall area Theater District South End Kenmore/Fenway Jamaica Plain Allston/Brighton Central Square Harvard/Porter squares Inman/Kendall squares Davis Square More information Photo gallery The city: a crash course Boston.com's Back on Campus guide Weekly Health | Science (Mon.) Food (Wed.) Calendar (Thu.) At Home (Thu.) Picture This (Fri.) Sunday Automotive Cape & Islands Focus Learning Magazine New England Real Estate Travel City Weekly South Weekly West Weekly North Weekly NorthWest Weekly NH Weekly Features Archives Book Reviews Columns Comics Crossword Horoscopes Death Notices Lottery Movie Reviews Music Reviews Obituaries Today's stories A-Z TV & Radio Weather Classifieds Autos Classifieds Help Wanted Real Estate Help Contact the Globe Send us feedback Alternative views Low-graphics version Acrobat version (.pdf) Search the Globe: Today Yesterday Search the Web Using Lycos:

COVER STORY Club Boston Davis Square THE BURREN 247 Elm St., Somerville. 617-776-6896. (Get directions). Food Sandwiches, light entrees, traditional Irish and American fare served noon-9:45 p.m. Music Nightly: Irish sessiun (an informal music gathering) in front. Tue.-Sun.: Irish and American acts in the back room. Top names in Celtic music appear on off nights, such as Altan and Andy M. Stewart. Cover Fri.-Sat. $3; varies otherwise. Age 21+ Atmosphere Casual, popular with college crowd, Irish, Irish-Americans. Saturday back room regulars the Tarbox Ramblers have a cult following for their high-gear brand of roots music. - S.A. JOHNNY D'S 17 Holland St., Somerville. 617-776-2004. (Get directions). Food Specials change weekly, and include fare like prime rib and trout. Much of the menu has a Southern flavor. Weekend brunches are very popular. Music Live. Sun.: blues jam 4:30-8:30 p.m.; salsa dance lessons later. Mon.: swing lessons. Other nights, a roots-heavy mix of blues, rock, country, folk, Celtic, swing. Cover Varies. Age 21+ (all ages for Sun. blues jam). Atmosphere A cross between a family tavern and a hip night spot. - A.F. JOSHUA TREE 256 Elm St., Somerville. 617-623-9910. (Get directions). Food Southwestern, pasta, seafood in Irish bar setting; kitchen closes 10 p.m. Music Thur.: DJ with new wave '80s. Fri.-Sat.: DJ with alternative music. Cover No Age 21+ after 10 p.m. Atmosphere Standing room only after 11 p.m. as well-dressed students and young professionals crowd around the bar and try to converse over the sound of alternative music or Top-40 hits from the '70s and '80s. - C.M. Previous page | First page

	© Copyright 1999 Globe Newspaper Company	Extending our newspaper services to the web	Return to the home page of The Globe Online