🤯🍹 Boston happy hour is ... BACK?!

Happy Saturday, B-Siders!

🇮🇹 A deal we’ll call… dolce …is coming your way. Pencil this in for July 12: Up and Adam Food Tours, run by one of Boston’s most passionate foodies (and our pal) Adam Branco, put together a special North End food tour for 12 lucky B-Side members. And it *might* look something like this (besides the price — stay tuned for more details!).

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• Get ready to RUMBLE

• B-Siders find love <3

• P-Town day trip!

Up first…

B-SIDE GUIDE

Happy hour DUUUPE

Fun fact: Happy hour drink deals exist in Boston. You just need to know where to look. 

You can get into the nitty gritty as to how exactly these loopholes work here (TL;DR: it’s often a restaurant cheat code since 1. you can technically get these deals all the time, and 2. you’re often just being sold a half-sized cocktail). Buuuuuut, if you’re just here for the cheap drink recs and happy hour dupes (don’t blame you), here’s where to find them:

🍹 There’s a silver lining to another rainy Saturday. A little birdie (OK, TikTok) told us about Bar Taco’s secret $8 “Rainy Day Margarita.” The only rules: They say you gotta ask for it by name, and it’s only around when it’s raining. <3

🍸 Get an adorable-sized martini. Seriously, you’ve got plenty to pick from: 

• Barcelona Wine Bar’s “happy hour” special runs Monday through Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m. where you can score half-sized espresso and dirty martinis, and gimlets for $7.

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🪩 Want even more things to do recommendations? B-Side’s members-only Saturday editions offer a roundup of timely recs, like this one from today:

🛶 Watch July 4th fireworks from the Charles River. No really, like IN the Charles. Paddle Boston is offering evening rentals that night where you can float along the river while the sky lights up. TBH, unrivaled main character opportunity.

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