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11/16/11
Party On
The Hot List: 2011 Holiday Parties
Holiday parties. They’re closer than you think. Here are five of our favorite spots to throw them this year.
FOR THE MULTI-OFFICE BLOWOUT
The AFH EpiCenter
You Require: A place big enough for all of your company’s various satellite
offices.
You’ll Receive: A sprawling, high-ceilinged, 5,000-square-foot space that was a finalist for “Most Beautiful Building” by the Boston Society of Architects. Stock it with multiple bars, theater-style seating and a monster dance floor.
You’ll Receive: A sprawling, high-ceilinged, 5,000-square-foot space that was a finalist for “Most Beautiful Building” by the Boston Society of Architects. Stock it with multiple bars, theater-style seating and a monster dance floor.
- 411:
- Holds up to 700, Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, 100 W 2nd St, 617-268-7620
FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Luxury Suite at Hotel Commonwealth
You Require: Luxe, parlor-style imbibing. And oysters.
You’ll Receive: Killer views of the Back Bay, a 55-inch plasma and the option for an in-room raw bar from Island Creek Oyster Bar, as well as bar stars from Eastern Standard. Oh, and four separate bedrooms to escape to.
You’ll Receive: Killer views of the Back Bay, a 55-inch plasma and the option for an in-room raw bar from Island Creek Oyster Bar, as well as bar stars from Eastern Standard. Oh, and four separate bedrooms to escape to.
- 411:
- Holds up to 40, Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Ave, 617-933-5000
FOR A CHINESE NEW YEAR
The Apothecary Room at Red Lantern
You Require: Someplace Zen,
with a nightclub’s energy.
You’ll Receive: A sexy hot spot to bring 150 friends and spread them between the brick-y Apothecary Room and the raised dining area next to it (ideal for the sushi buffet). Join them together for team-building over scorpion bowls.
You’ll Receive: A sexy hot spot to bring 150 friends and spread them between the brick-y Apothecary Room and the raised dining area next to it (ideal for the sushi buffet). Join them together for team-building over scorpion bowls.
- 411:
- Holds up to 150, Red Lantern, 39 Stanhope St, 617-262-3900
FOR THE AD EXECS
The Avery Bar at the Ritz
You Require: A ’50s, Mad Men-y vibe.
You’ll Receive: A roaring fireplace. Neo-1950s leather and marble decor. Stiff gin martinis. And a fresh take on Girl Scout cookies. The perfect place to spend some time with that intern. You know, that intern.
You’ll Receive: A roaring fireplace. Neo-1950s leather and marble decor. Stiff gin martinis. And a fresh take on Girl Scout cookies. The perfect place to spend some time with that intern. You know, that intern.
- 411:
- Holds up to 106, Avery Bar at the Ritz-Carlton, 10 Avery St, 617-574-7100
FOR THE STARTUP
The Coffee Bar at Area Four
You Require: Something
hip in Cambridge.
You’ll Receive: The entire coffee-bar side of the space, closed off by a reclaimed barn door from the Berkshires. Your sustenance: Wellfleet Clam and Bacon Pizzas, growlers of New England craft beers and (what the hell) an entire roasted goat.
You’ll Receive: The entire coffee-bar side of the space, closed off by a reclaimed barn door from the Berkshires. Your sustenance: Wellfleet Clam and Bacon Pizzas, growlers of New England craft beers and (what the hell) an entire roasted goat.
- 411:
- Holds up to 40, Area Four, 500 Technology Sq, Cambridge, 617-758-4444
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