The Boar's Head

You'll find yourself on Capel Street in the thick of North City, pushing through the door of a pub that hasn't been tarted up for Instagram—and that's precisely the point. The Boar's Head is where locals come to eat actual food with their pints, not the other way around. The menu leans into seafood and classic Irish dishes, the kind of stuff that pairs naturally with a Guinness. The bar itself has that lived-in warmth that comes from decades of the same crowd knowing their spot, though you won't feel out of place as a newcomer. It's the sort of place where the bartender knows what you want before you order it, and the crowd runs the full gamut from construction workers to students to regulars who've been coming since 1987.