Several festive pop-up bars in and around Boston are stirring up the holiday spirit.
These temporary bars are adorned with festive decorations and feature seasonal cocktails meant to elicit the warm and fuzzy feeling synonymous with the holidays.
Below are eight bars where you can get some holiday cheer and beer.
61 Brookline Ave., Boston.
Loco Fenway’s second annual holiday pop-up bar Santa’s Cantina.Assembly Design Studio
This is the second year that Loco Fenway has transformed into Santa’s Cantina for the holiday season. The pop-up, which will be up through the month of January, features festive food and drink specials such as Ghost of Christmas Past, Glen Cocoa, Yukon Cornelius and Ya Filthy Animal.
Loco Fenway is open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Blitzen’s Bar at The Last Hurrah in the Omni Parker House
60 School St., Boston
The Omni Parker House in Boston has a holiday pop-up bar called Blitzen’s Bar.Omni Hotel & Resorts
The Omni Parker House invites guests to toast the holidays with the launch of its new seasonal pop-up, Blitzen’s Bar. The pop-up will take over the hotel’s bar, The Last Hurrah, from now until Monday, Dec. 30.
Blitzen’s features 12 cocktails, including The Blitzen, Frost Bite and Tidings of Whiskey & Joy. A festive food menu consisting of Reindeer Nuggets, Ralphie’s Nibbles, Popcorn Garlands and more is also available.
The bar is first-come, first-serve and is open from 4 p.m. to midnight daily.
306 Northern Ave., Boston
The Holly Jolly Bar is a Christmas pop-up bar at Harpoon Brewery in Seaport.David Cifarelli
Harpoon Brewery in Seaport will be decked out in holiday cheer from now until Jan. 4, 2025. The Holly Jolly Bar features “over-the-top” Christmas decor and festive cocktails such as the Prancer’s Pomegranate Margarita, Icicle Tea and Espres-snow Martini.
The bar also offers several small bites, including a cinnamon sugar pretzel, pumpkin pie and cannoli chips.
General admission starts at $18 per person and comes with a 90-minute reservation and one welcome cocktail. Reservations can be made online.
25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge
Miracle pop-up bar will be at the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge from Friday, Nov. 29 to Tuesday, Dec. 24.@tarawestfashion
Miracle is located in the lobby of the Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge from now until Christmas Eve. Bartenders will don their favorite ugly Christmas sweaters while making Miracle’s specialty cocktails served in whimsical mugs. Small bites are also available from the Kimpton’s restaurant, Bambara Kitchen & Bar.
Miracle is open from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
1 Bennett St., Cambridge
Maccabee Bar is a Hanukkah-themed pop-up bar at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge.The Charles Hotel
The Hanukkah pop-up Maccabee Bar is back for its seventh year at Noir Bar at The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square in Cambridge.
The bar has Jewish-themed cocktails, including The Hebrew Hammer (a jelly doughnut-inspired sour drink) and the Shin Shin, Put One In (an after-dinner cocktail with dark rum, cacao, Oloroso sherry and amaro).
Maccabee Bar will be up from now until New Year’s Day. Noir Bar is open from 4 p.m. to midnight Monday and Tuesday and 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Reservations can be made online.
800 Boylston St., Boston
Stratus at View Boston transforms into a holiday pop-up bar called “Winter Oasis.”Derrick Zellmann
Winter Oasis at Stratus at View Boston will open from now until Jan. 27, 2025. The cocktail bar, located atop the Prudential Center, is adorned with iridescent fixtures, crystal beading and white evergreen trees.
Stratus’ menu consists of six holiday cocktails, including the Candy Cane Forest (pistachio liqueur, mint and cherry) Snow Miser (gin, lemon, blueberry and soda) and Yuletide Snack (rum, milk, coconut, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg).
Stratus is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Tickets can be purchased online.
Dog Bar, 48 Waters Ave., Everett
Park-9 Dog Bar in Everett transforms into a “Whoville”-themed pop-up bar for the holiday season.Tracey Crosby
Everett’s Dog Bar will have its Whoville Pop-Up Bar from now until New Year’s. The bar is covered in holiday decorations and serves Christmas-themed cocktails including the Cindy Lou Who, Mount Crumpit Spritz and Whobilation Negroni. Park-9’s other holiday festivities include dog pictures with Santa on Dec. 7 and 8, an ugly sweater contest on Dec. 14 and holiday market on Dec. 21.
The bar is open from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
11 William E Mullins Way, Boston
The Sippin’ Santa holiday pop-up bar will take over Shore Leave in Boston until New Year’s Eve.Courtesy Photo
Shore Leave in the South End is trading in its tropical interior for a holiday aesthetic from now until New Year’s Eve.
The Sippin’ Santa pop-up is serving festive cocktails such as Frosty the Merman, Yule Tide, Merry Spritzmas and, of course, Sippin’ Santa.
The bar is open from 5 p.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.
