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Best scorpion bowls |
The Hong
Kong scorpion bowl. Full of fruit, juice, and something
like 27 types of rum. It has always been, and probably
always will be, the king of Boston's 900-ounce cocktails.
But why? One day, some Harvard kid will win a huge grant
to study the drink's immense popularity and the sociological
implications thereof. After months of intense (if a bit
wobbly) research, a scholarly journal will confirm that
everybody has known all along: The buckets of rum are
wicked fun to drink, and they get you drunk. Three cheers
for science, eh? |
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Best scorpion bowls
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It's
no secret that the Hong Kong in Faneuil Hall makes the
best scorpion bowl in Boston. they're strong, cheap, and
everyone at the bar is already sharing one, so you don't
have to feel weird about going halfsies on an enormous
cocktail with extra maraschino cherries. Downstairs, you
can prop yourselves up against the porcelain piece and
admire the college kids and townies coming together to
enjoy the sweet stuff, and upstairs you can cut various
rugs on the dancefloor, full withrum and/or brandy courage.
On your way out, be sure to snatch up a handful of $1
teriyaki sticks.
-- Emily Rae |
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AOL City Guide-
City's Best 2006
-Best DanceClub
City's Best 2005
-Best College Bar |
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As
they say in those ads for Vegas, whatever happens here
stays here -- something about the dim light and dense
crowd of this Faneuil Hall partyplex is conducive to short-term
memory loss. Or perhaps the Hong Kong's affordable scorpion
bowls are responsible. Along with its other obvious assets,
a heavily garnished aquarium full of cheap booze is a
pretty potent excuse for amnesia. However forgettable
its atmosphere, however, Hong Kong remains a magnet for
the mainstream, providing a frat-house-away-from-home
for countless undergrads, office proles and club kids.
As with Dick's Last Resort, the regulars here bracket
their patronage with inverted quotation marks, and the
pervasive attitude is one of amiable, "Come here
often?" irony. Those in the mood for a meat market
stick to the dive bar downstairs, while Avalon exiles
gravitate to the upstairs dance floor.
-- Julia Clinger |
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Citysearch Editorial Profile
-- By Citysearch Staff
Popular nightlife destination provides Quincy Market
with a lively, frenetic scene and sociable scorpion
bowls. |
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Short
For sheer people-watching potential, few Boston
nightspots are better. Downstairs, Abercrombie-clad
students mingle with a distinctly local crowd. Upstairs,
it's an urban dance scene, with a multiethnic crowd
strutting its stuff, digging the hip-hop, and macking
on the bridesmaids who got lost on their way to
the bachelorette party. Groups of friends frequently
congregate over inexpensive Scorpion Bowls; these
sweet offerings taste like punch, and pack one as
well.
-- Editorial content is independent of paid advertisers.
Any expenses are paid for by Citysearch.
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Diner with Billy Costa-
October '04
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The Sweetest Sting
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THE
SWEETEST STING: Scorpion bowls are one of
the most popular spirits at the Hong Kong
bar in Faneuil Hall, where you can get your
fill of food for under $20.
If you've always wanted to travel to the Orient
but been too strapped for cash, swing by the
Hong Kong bar and dance club at Faneuil Hall.
- KRISTIN EREKSON |
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