COVER STORY
Club Boston
North Station area
THE HARP
200 Portland St., Boston. 617-742-1010. (Get directions).
Food Bar menu until 8 p.m.
Music Cover bands weekends on first floor; Tim Crandall on acoustic guitar at happy hour Thur. (5-8 p.m.) and Fri.-Sat. 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. downstairs.
Cover Fri.-Sat. $5
Age 21+
Atmosphere Sports bar early in the week; gets rowdy on weekends. A hard-drinking, hard-partying crowd. Can be fun, but not for the squeamish.
- Steve Morse
IRISH EMBASSY
234 Friend St., Boston. 617-742-6618. (Get directions).
Food Bar menu 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.
Music Top 40/dance DJs Fri.-Sun. Bands every other Wed.
Cover None, except $5 when bands.
Age 21+
Atmosphere A lively, homey bar with a cosmopolitan crowd and colorful posters of Ireland's famed Lisdoonvarna music festivals on the walls. Great Guinness, great jukebox, great staff.
- S.M.
HIBERNIA
25 Kingston St., Boston. 617-292-2333. (Get directions).
Food: International 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
Music Wed.: DJ Frank spins hip-hop. Thur.: "Downtown" with DJ Kris Defixio and weekly guest DJs. Fri.: House and techno with DJs Skot Havens, Keith Kene, and Chuck Caseroc. Sat.: "Translations" with Dino and Dave West.
Cover Varies; usually free Thur.
Age 21+ after 9 p.m.
Atmosphere This upscale Irish club has a small dance floor, but with its stylish bar and lounge areas you'll probably never notice. Chris Defixio's Thursday night mix of street-wise jungle and house music draws students and professionals; she brings in local and national DJs the second half of the night. Dave West and Dino have built a strong following spinning deep house on Saturdays. The club regularly hosts Miami DJs.
- Christopher Muther
JIMMY MAC'S
150 Canal St., Boston. 617-722-9321.
Food Bar menu 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and 4-8 p.m. if the FleetCenter has an event.
Music Fri.: DJs. Sat.: one-man band Jim Plunkett. Open both nights until 2 a.m.
Cover Fri.-Sat. $5
Age 21+
Atmosphere Sports bar (formerly called the Beanpot) with college hockey jerseys on the walls, basic bar atmosphere, and a couple of pool tables in back.
- S.M.
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