Give Me Liberty or Give Me… Sleep?
Inside Boston’s new Liberty Hotel
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The Onyx Hotel has a Britney Spears Suite (which they are now rethinking in light of Ms. Spears’ recent headlines). The Fairmont Copley Plaza has a 68 pound black lab named Catie Copley to greet guests. And now, the newest Boston hotel gimmick is the Liberty Hotel. Housed in the old Charles Street Jail (once home Sacco and Vanzetti and other famous inmates), the new luxury hotel uses much of the jail’s original architecture and adds some contemporary touches to create an elegant and slightly unusual environment.
Since my apartment is about ten minutes away from the Liberty, I haven’t stayed in one of their 300 guestrooms, but I did enjoy post-work drinks in both of their upscale bars. Clink, the hotel’s bar and restaurant, serves an interesting assortment of international cuisine, including Japanese Wagyu Beef, Duck Confit Flatbread, and Octopus Cassoulet. The views inside the 90-foot atrium make for a swanky dining experience. As of my visit two week ago, Alibi did not serve food, but the dark, slightly eery bar and lounge has some inventive cocktail choices, including “Doing Thyme” and “Paddy Wagon” (the bar’s take on the traditional Side Car). For those who want to mix in a little sightseeing, the Liberty Hotel is right next to Mass. General Hospital and down the street from the Otis House Museum in historic Beacon Hill.
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Love the names of the Clink Drinks!
For further reading, ABC news also wrote a story about the Liberty Hotel available here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=3833008
Also, Yelpers are already sounding off at Yelp.com about the hotel!
http://www.yelp.com/biz/cFIBZFDLc4pG4htRU3180A
Hi Shannon, thanks for those links. Both of the bars have a really unique concept, and I think you’d really enjoy them!
[…] Liberty Hotel – Before its recent grand opening as one of Boston’s most luxurious hotels, this landmark was once a prison. The prison was completed in 1851 and housed some Boston’s biggest criminals. Now you can stay at a hotel with some culture very rich in Boston history. Much of the original architecture is there, but with some modern amenities. […]