Welcome to Doyle’s…home of the best corned beef and cabbage dinner in Boston, and the largest selection of draft beer in New England. At last count, 21 brands of draft beer were available at the renowned mahogany bar. Over the years, Doyle’s has been known for good food, conversation, and a wide variety of draft beer. The selection changes with the seasons, and brewers of new beers coming on the market strive to have them introduced at Doyle’s.

Doyle’s is regularly recognized as being the best neighborhood bar and restaurant in Boston. Authentic wartime posters hang over the original bar which dates back to 1882. If the walls in this room could talk! During national prohibition not a single day was lost; Doyle’s was a speakeasy, until the glorious day in 1933 after repeal, when none other than “Himself,” Mayor James Michael Curley, personally opened Doyle’s up again “legitimately.”

For decades Doyle’s sold only those beers that were brewed in Boston. As recently as 1940, there were 27 different breweries in the area. With the closing of the Haffenreffer Brewery in 1967, the curtain came down on the brewery industry in Boston. The old brewery reopened in 1985 and is now the home of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams products. James Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Company, made a commitment to brewing the best product available and has succeeded. We are proud that upon the introduction of each of his brews to the market, Doyle’s was chosen to be the first outlet for these products.

After more than a century Doyle’s is still one of Boston’s premier watering holes. We hope you enjoy your visit with us, and will tell your friends about the fun you had here.

Thank you.

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News

4/13/08 - Thank you to the  participants of the Doyle's Emerald Necklace Road Race.