Cocktail hour
Forget the standard stuff: Take your special friend for some delicious sips at the various cocktail bars that are popping up all over town. Backbar has been open for a little more than a year, and hasn’t failed to capture some noteworthy buzz.
The bar, which isn’t the easiest bar to find, may well be one of the coolest. The scene at the bar, with bartender Sam Treadway, left.
Backbar, 9 Sanborn Court, Somerville, www.backbarunion.com
Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
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- Change it up
- Brunch at East Coast Grill
- After Hours at the Gardner
- Tour Sam Adams Brewery
- Belly dancing at the Middle East
- Candlepin bowling
- A trip to the Sports Museum
- Moonlit stroll, cobblestone streets
- A scenic bike ride
- Game night
- Do some good
- Tacos and beer
- Go to Fenway, but make your own way
- Cocktail hour
- Dine to impress
- Fun on the waterfront
- ICA First Fridays
- Tour the Harbor Islands
- Act like love birds
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