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The pint-sized Boxcar Lounge is almost always elbow-to-elbow, but makeshift banquettes, corner nooks, and stubby couches provide cozy respite on slower nights. An unprecedented happy hour and rocket-fueled sangria are major draws for the after-work crowd. Squeeze your way to the back and you can breathe (or smoke) again on the ivied patio. There, seats fill up with lightening speed, so think fast. — Allegra Muzzillo

The Boxcar Lounge space was previously a candy store that had the distinction of being one of the neighborhood's favorite places to score cocaine.