Wally's Cafe, Boston

Wally's Cafe - Jazz done right. This is the hole-in-the-wall jazz club you go to see the musicians on their way up. With Berklee College of Music and other music-centric schools just up the road, Wally's can keep the goods coming seven days a week just as it has since opening in 1947. If you think jazz is looking and sounding just a little too pretty elsewhere in the city, this might be the no frills kind of place you've been seeking. Get here early on the weekends if you really want in. Many hot dates end here, and you don’t want your newly acquired mate left out in the cold.