Silvertone Bar & Grill

Silvertone is a basement bar and restaurant in the heart of downtown Boston. Just up from Downtown Crossing, you'd miss it if you were walking quickly up Bromfield.

Something about descending down into the bar gives it a sort of speakeasy, loungy feel, and the retro vibe makes for great atmosphere. It's also kind of cool to be able to see the place from above as you go in. Because it's a basement there are no windows but it doesn't feel cramped. It's well lit and the smoking ban helps quite a bit.

The calamari appetizer is particularly good, and so is the grilled cheese, and the mac and cheese. It gets pretty crowded pretty quick but it's easy to chill there.