The Midway celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2007. This Jamaica Plain bar and club offers live music, food and beverages. Save the stage for the gays. Queereoke is definitely an avenue for Thursday night aural debauchery. Although, the show doesn't usually get started until after 10pm, once it does... there's nothing that can stop it. Well, nothing except the ten to twenty minute hip hop breaks, which make for longer waits to sing, but overall the party gets hoppin'... after all, the queers DO love to tear it up on the dance floor. Cash only!

The Alchemist Lounge is a perfect allegory for the recent transformation of Jamaica Plain. It's in the former location of Triple D's. While you can still get a beer and food here, at the Alchemist it's going to be a Bass (or a microbrew) and calamari or a flatbread pizza (while at Triple D's it would have been Bud and pre-constituted chicken wings). Alchemist is a friendly neighborhood place and it's just slightly upscale but in a way that ensures you are getting great tasting food and drinks without all the pretension of someplace downtown. The Triple D's guys still come in to hang out (there's the proof!) And this is JP, so you will see a huge diversity of folks enjoying the bar or noshing at one of the tables in the restaurant. The cocktail menu features really excellent creations, which change seasonally. Food includes flatbreads (pizzas), salads, entrees (sirloin, spaghetti bolognese, stuffed peppers), sandwiches and desserts. There's a late night menu too. There's also live music Thur-Sun and Monday Night movies. The Alchemist Lounge is a great way to experience what is so fantastic about Jamaica Plain in its 21st century guise. Hours: Lunch 11:30-5:00 Daily, Dinner Su-Wed 5-10, Th-Sat5-10:30, Late Night menu 10:30-12, Lounge 5pm-1am

Doyle's is a true neighborhood bar - you see old-timers, sports teams, couples, families - pretty much everyone from the diverse JP neighborhood hanging out at Doyle's. Food is consistently good, large selection of beers not commonly offered - but they have been at Doyle's forever. (It's 125 years old!) It even survived prohibition as a speakeasy and was officially reopened by the mayor of Boston when that silly little law was repealed. Doyle's is famous as a stop on the political trail - all the old pols stopped by. You can see that reflected on the walls throughout the rambling rooms that make up the place. It's also used in the movies as the "quintessential Boston Irish bar". It was in 'Mystic River' and 'Bachelor No. 2' just filmed there in September '07. Also, actor Mel Gibson was spotted at Doyle's in August '08. Can't recommend a better place to have brunch/lunch after visitng the Sam Adams brewery tour down the way. Or to watch the ball game with a friendly crowd (providing you root for the home team). And they have their own generator, in the advent you are a JPer who experiences a power outage during a blizzard! Stop by on St. Patrick's Day for one of the area's biggest celebrations (bagpipers perform throughout the day).

Costello's is a long-standing neighborhood bar in JP. The tavern includes the JAM kitchen open Mon-Thur 12pm-12am and Fri-Sat 12pm-1am. The menu is pretty typical bar food - burgers, sandwiches, steak tips and chicken tenders.

The Bella Luna Restaurant & Milky Way Lounge is now located at The Brewery, 284 Amory Street in Jamaica Plain. You'll find many of your old favorites on our spring/summer menu (we even brought our pizza ovens with us!) but be prepared to try something new. Our wonderful space combines the industrial elements of the old brewery -- brick walls, high ceilings, steel columns, and large windows -- with a sci-fi inspired riot of color -- star lights, hand-painted plates, red walls and booths, sparkly blue cushions. The fun and games are still here,with Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga and MegaTouch at the bar for the photo hunt junkies. Our u-shaped glittering quartz bar makes it easy to meet and mingle over one of our delicious signature cocktails, and after 10 the action is in our dramatic dance/function room with a view of the Haffenreffer smokestack. Beer drinkers will love our American craft beer selection, including the SUN RAY ALE, brewed exclusively for us by Samuel Adams. The Sun Ray is a golden wheat ale brewed with oranges and coriander, it makes the perfect summer pint. Check out the entertainment lineup - http://www.milkywayjp.com/events/ See what's cookin' - http://www.milkywayjp.com/bella-luna/ Contact and reservations - http://www.milkywayjp.com/contact/

The Behan is a local - meaning a pub serving the locality. It's a bar, they serve alcohol. If you want food, you can bring something in with you. Plastered with Irish theater posters (some works by Ireland's own Brendan Behan), there's a single bartender, and a faithful crowd of locals. Trivia contests on Tuesday nights and the game on the telly. Not a big place, but huge on the atmosphere.

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Lenox-Martell Inc is a restaurant equipment distributor. They offer sales, leasing and rentals of food preparation equipment. They are also distributors of fine provisions, groceries, and beverages.

One of the oldest bars in Jamaica Plain, this is an unglorified neighborhood hangout. They serve $2 drafts at the Old Stag. Site of the infamous 1908 shootout - more info on the incident at the JP Historical SocietyJamaica Plain:South Street. There is a pool table at the back of the bar room and The Old Stag sometimes hosts live music too.