Dive bars in and around Boston

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The Tam
Neighborhood: Theater District222 Tremont St., 617-482-9182
The "really iconic facade" of this watering hole, with its glowing old beer signs, made the cover of O'Neil's book. "These days, a bar wouldn't put a giant Michelob sign out front," he says. Students from nearby Emerson College have replaced the Combat Zone clientele that used to frequent the bar back in the day, he says.
Also nearby: Remington's