#cocktail-bars

#cocktail-bars

It's a good time to be a Greater Boston diner in 2025, with exciting and diverse restaurant openings occurring all over the metro area. Each week, Boston.com will highlight the restaurant openings worth knowing about across the Greater Boston region. Some spots will already be open, while others are set to debut soon or later this year. At least one featured restaurant will always be a bonus item - either a pop-up, a collaboration, or event at area restaurants.

What makes Vietnam's bar scene so special right now is its embrace of local ingredients, new craft spirits and innovative pairings with contemporary Vietnamese cuisine. Molecular mixology and no-alcohol options are also on the rise.

The Library Bar inside the Copenhagen Plaza hotel, situated next to the Central Station, is more about history, jazz, and wood paneled walls than traditional CPH "cool." Think Chesterfield armchairs, gold-framed oil paintings of nobility, vaulted high ceilings, and you're there-it's more old-fashioned gentlemen's club than funky. Champagne, cognac, whiskey, and cigars are the name of the game, here, although to smoke these days you'll have to brave the weather.

Bar Lunette, a French cocktail bar that is drawing (more) crowds to Coolidge Corner.

In 2016, Hanky Panky bar opened in Mexico City and has consistently been recognized among the best bars in the world, emphasizing a unique cocktail experience.

"Inside, two spaces unfold before you: the main lounge, affectionately dubbed The Living Room, and a smaller, semi-private hideaway known as The Kitchen Table."