Ear Inn

This two-story, Revolutionary-era building has been host to a wide variety of drinking establishments over the centuries, including a speakeasy and an unnamed bar known only as The Green Door. Owing to its near-waterfront location on far-west Spring Street, it has traditionally catered to a more working-class clientele, and retains a low-key, roughhewn charm. Tourists are few and cell phones are frowned upon. The odd name is derived from the intentional obscuring of part of the “B” in the neon “BAR” sign.