Best free chicken dinner

Buy that old-timer a drink and he'll tell you about a time when it was common for bars to give out pretzels or peanuts with each round. Unfortunately, such generosity is so far gone that it took a retro bar -- Cambridge's B-Side Lounge -- to reintroduce the concept. Only instead of munchies, they serve eggs. You heard right: atop the bar sits an iron caddy filled with row upon row of hard-boiled eggs. According to our bartender on a recent visit, the display often provokes confusion or even consternation in newcomers. But the eggs are a hot item, and on a good night, the bar will go through three dozen of them. Bartenders are happy to provide salt, pepper, or hot sauce.

B-Side Lounge, 92 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, (617) 354-0766.