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- Cisco Brewers Seaport – Cisco Brewers is bringing a slice of Nantucket to Boston with its fourth season in Seaport featuring its award-winning craft beer and wine, and more. Despite the cute photo, they unfortunately do not allow pups inside the garden. ):
- Trillium's 3 Beer Gardens – The original Boston beer garden and one of our absolute favorites is Trillium on the Greenway. The first beer garden in Boston’s history opened in Summer 2017 when they planted roots on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. They also have beer gardens located in Fenway & Fort Point.
- The Anchor at Lovejoy Wharf – The Anchor is Boston’s only two-story public gathering space and open-air beer garden, featuring panoramic vistas of the harbor, waterfront and downtown skyline.
- Owl's Nest by Nightshift – Nightshift has two pop-up beer gardens situated along the Charles River. Between Berkeley & Clarendon Streets along the Storrow Lagoon (use the Dartmouth Street footbridge for access) and the other between Harvard Stadium & Everett Street along Soldier's Field Road in Allston.
- Outdoors at Harpoon Beer Hall – Located in Boston's Seaport district, Harpoon offers a great selection of draft beer: Harpoon, UFO, and Clown Shoes Beer – including limited edition pilot batches, draft cider: City Roots Hard Cider, and hard seltzer: Arctic Chill in cans. Want to sample multiple beers? They offer four flights: Harpoon sampler, UFO sampler, Clown Shoes sampler, and a Specialty sampler.
- Distraction Brewing Co – A small craft brewery in Boston MA, located in Roslindale Square. They opened up in this historic building in 2019 just before lockdown.
- Turtle Swamp's Roslindale Beer Garden – This was Boston's first officially zoned beer garden, located at the revamped Roslindale Substation. They have both outdoor and indoor seating available!