The Junction

Great little bar.  Cold draft beers, love their steak tip sandwich!  Given the small space, it can get a bit crowded and loud especially when a band's playing.  But service doesn't slack.

How this bar does not have an average of 5 stars just blows my mind. Yes, I'm a sucker for a gimmick, and The Junction has succeeded in winning me over with their 50% off menu. Yes, everything on the menu (excluding the booze) is 50% off --with the purchase of a alcoholic beverage, which they don't note however--- but really - why would you go into a Southie bar and not get an alcoholic beverage? I feel like I need an alcoholic beverage just to walk back through Southie to get home.

Food - 5 stars. Great food at 50% off?! I'd pay 100% for the food I get there. I can honestly say that the turkey burger there is probably the best I've ever had. I even tell my roommate all about it every time I get it (and I'm sure she's sick of hearing about it), but I feel it's my job to spread the word of The Junction to non-believers.

The wait staff is always so friendly and accommodating. You need to remember that is in fact a bar/restaurant, so they are busy waiting on bar patrons and eying all the tables at the same time. It's not the quickest service, but it's definitely appropriate service. Tip them well, they do it all there!

Mind you, it is a bar still - so it can get relatively loud in there. I have had to shout a few times at friends to be engaged in a causual conversations. But to my benefit I'd rather eat, drink, and be merry, then to talk to some of my pain in the butt friends anyway - so it's a win-win.

There's always something going on - trivia, live music, and generous plates of half-off goodness. I brought my out-of-town friends here, my parents, and and a date. It's my favorite go-to.

Oh 50% off... you got me.... you got me good.

You, Sir, are the best dive bar in Southie.

Reasons:

- You are not a sports bar.  Congratulations on not being a cookie-cutter same-as-it-ever-was unoriginal Boston bar.  You have your own vibe and personality and it's a good one: chill, un-pretentious, and smooth as good music with Jameson on the rocks.
- You have an excellent selection of beer, both bottle and tap
- You have 50% off food!  Yes it's bar food but it's still tasty. The wings, the burgers, and the Blue Moon mussels are all tippy top.
- You have good live music, even during the week.
- You have Golden Tee.  Whammy!


Go here, not there when you want a chill local bar.  You will be happy you did.