Fool's Errand
Bar · Fenway ·
Specialty cocktails, unique pub snacks, hip retro setting
Specialty cocktails, unique pub snacks, hip retro setting
"When I’m up for a nightcap, I head to Tiffani Faison’s tiny cocktail and snack bar on Boylston Street, recently reopened with a new menu that offers dynamic pairings—or I pick the Choose Your Own Adventure option and get a custom drink tailored to my preferences." - Celina Colby
"If you’re an 18th century European princess, you’ll feel at home in Fool’s Errand, because with glimmering gold chandeliers and patterned wallpaper, it probably looks a lot like your bedroom. For the rest of us, it’s still a great place to go, and not just because there’s a picture of Snoop and Martha Stewart holding each other in the prom pose in the bathroom. This tiny little cocktail bar doesn’t have any seats, but it does have good drinks and a menu of finger sandwiches and small bites that would really impress you if they were passed around at a wedding reception." - dan secatore, tanya edwards, valerie li stack
"I recommend going earlier in the evening to this swanky, standing-room-only 'adult snack bar' that opened on Thursday, August 16 as part of Tiffani Faison's Boylston Street empire. Developed by Faison (a former Top Chef competitor and James Beard award nominee) and her wife and partner Kelly Walsh since late 2016, Fool's Errand is free of seats, accommodates about 20–30 people, and serves cocktails and small bites inspired by European tapas bars and Venetian cicchetti; because it doesn't have a television, it's best for pre-game cocktails before settling in at one of the neighborhood's sports bars." - Eater Staff
"Science says that standing up increases your focus, creativity, and wit.* With that being said, Fool’s Errand should be where you head for a first date. This tiny cocktail bar is decorated like the bedroom of a 9-year-old princess (think chandeliers and loud patterned wallpaper) and doesn’t have a single seat. Grab a spot along one of the shelves facing Boylston Street, order a cocktail and one of their finger food snacks (we suggest the juri squash croquetters), and use the magic of standing up to impress that person you met in your intro to poli-sci class. *Yeah, sorry, we have no idea if this is actually a scientific fact. But you gotta admit, it feels like one." - dan secatore
"Tiffany Faison’s jewel-box of an adult snack bar is tailor-made for solo drop-ins. Sidle up to one of the sixteen bar seats and peruse the rotating menu of “snacky things” for a finger-food dinner. Here, high-low cuisine with a wink is the name of the game, like the caviar service which pairs 30 grams of California white sturgeon caviar with Lay’s potato chips and chive-topped sour cream. Plus, slivers of high-end ham served with strawberry jam and Wisconsin bleu cheese on Ritz crackers. Heartier bites include a wagyu beef hot dog on a brioche bun that diners can customize with toppings like jalapeno goo, kimchi relish, and warm caramelized onions. Wash it all down with a “My Brain Hurts” — a cocktail that pairs genepy, an herby French liqueur, with (what else?) glacier freeze Gatorade." - Nathan Tavares