For lack of a punch line, if you've never been to Jillian's, you should … go. Seriously. Right now. Stop reading, get a couple friends together, catch the D line and go.
It's a monstrosity of a bar, appropriately located right near the Green Monster. It consists of 70,000 square feet, and has 52 pool tables and 250 video games. There's also darts, table tennis, a dance club, and foosball (and who doesn't love foosball?). And it's connected to Lucky Strike upstairs and Tequila Rain next door, which are obviously two other locations to have a good time. If you go to the corner of Lansdowne Street and don't have a good time, then I suggest you lighten up and go back the next night to make sure you still have a soul.
So far as prices, it's $12 a table for an hour. Not exactly dive bar prices, I know, but good luck finding a dive bar near Fenway. There's a restaurant where you can get pretty much anything for about $8 to $10, but on the other hand, you can't get much for under $8 to $10, except fries or potato skins. Drinks are also a bit expensive, too. Most are between $7 and $11. Therefore, it's not all that economical to get plastered here, so you'll definitely want to pre-game. With four stories of crowded bar space, however, there's lots of space to get lost. So if you have a friend who tends to be a wandering drunk, now may be the time to invest in one of those kiddie leashes those overprotective moms use in shopping malls.
Jillian's is one of Boston's many drinking institutions. It's something that must be experienced before leaving this city - kind of like an Eiffel Tower of Boston, in a way. A
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