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Best place to begin and/or end a walk down Newbury Street

Sonsie and 29 Newbury sit astride Boston's glamour thoroughfare like two ends of a moustache. Sonsie is big and bustling, 29 snug and intimate. What these two establishments share is a commitment to cocktail culture. To call them soigné saloons would not be inaccurate, but it would be too limiting. Both serve food, casual and fancy. But their real allure - at least for some patrons - lies in their respective bars. Tourists may flock to Cheers, but these are real bars for real Bostonians.

Sonsie, 327 Newbury Street, Boston, (617) 351-2500; 29 Newbury, 29 Newbury Street, Boston, (617) 536-0290.


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