Description
From the revolutionary camaraderie of the Colonial taverns to the saloons of the turn of the century; from Prohibition—a period rife with class politics, social reform, and opportunism—to a trail of nightclub neon so vast, it used to be known as the “Conga Belt”, Drinking Boston is a tribute to the fascinating role alcohol has played during the town s history. Teasing out this curious relationship—in particular, the clash between a constrained Puritanism (lingering like a hangover nowadays) and a raucous revolutionary spirit—Drinking Boston introduces the solid of characters who championed or vilified drinking and the places where they imbibed—legally and differently. Visiting a few of Boston s such a lot storied neighborhood bars, this pub crawl ends with Boston s distinct recipe for the present cocktail renaissance sweeping the nation. Stephanie Schorow serves up a remarkable cocktail representative of Boston s intoxicating story: its spirit of invention, its hardscrabble politics, its mythology, and the town s never-ending battle between personal freedom and civic reform.