The Beehive
541 Tremont Street; (617) 423-0069.
The Beehive, one of the city’s newest nightspots pulses with live music, mostly jazz, seven nights a week. Most performers are local, with the nearby Berklee College of Music providing a steady supply. You might catch a jazz organ trio, a bluesy jam band or a bossa nova chanteuse in the cavernous space, a former boiler room with exposed brick walls, red velvet curtains and funky chandeliers. Drinks like the Beehive Julep and the Moscow Mule (vodka, ginger beer and lime) will help you stay toasty.
Nestled in the Boston Center for the Arts complex, the Beehive’s space dates from 1884 and was most recently occupied by a black-box theater at street level and a dilapidated basement. Now, a dining room on the upper level overlooks “the pit,” where round cafe tables surround a slightly elevated stage. Live jazz, soul or R&B is featured nightly.
If snow is falling, walk less than two blocks south to Union Park Street to glimpse a scene from 19th-century Boston before calling it a night. The narrow park, surrounded by cast-iron fences and gas lamps, will be lovely and still, a perfect precursor to sleep.
GETTING IN
No cover. Make a reservation or get in line. If you don’t plan to eat and a table opens up, take the table and a menu.
DRESS CODE
Retro T-shirts, sports jerseys or button-downs with top buttons undone for men. Baby-doll dresses, anything lace-trimmed, slingbacks for women.
SIGNATURE DRINK
Beehive Julep (muddled mint, orange and lime slices, sugar water, Rhum Clément Liqueur Créole Shrubb and white rum, splash of fresh orange juice, splash of fresh citrus), $10.
