Best Boston Colonial Taverns

History-minded drinkers and Freedom Trail walkers can use this guide to Boston taverns where the past is part of the room. Most stops sit near Faneuil Hall and the waterfront, with side trips to Charlestown and Concord's Monument Square.

Warren Tavern was the first building raised after the British burned Charlestown, and it is named for Bunker Hill casualty Dr. Joseph Warren. Bell in Hand was founded by retired town crier Jimmy Wilson and bills itself as America's oldest continuously operating tavern, though it has moved. Chart House Boston fills the Gardiner Building, once John Hancock's counting house and the oldest surviving building on Long Wharf. In Concord, the Colonial Inn's Main Inn dates to 1716, and one room treated soldiers wounded at North Bridge. Union Oyster House and the Green Dragon Tavern complete the crawl. Grab a drink by the fire in the Colonial Inn's Village Forge Tavern.