Fodor's Expert Review Flat Top Johnny's

In a mixed commercial and high-tech business park in Kendall Square, Flat Top Johnny's wears its hipster cred on its sleeve. This genuine pool hall (12 tournament-size, red-felt tables, $6/hour 11–5 pm, $12/hour 5 pm–1 am; $6 all day on Sunday) also offers darts and an arcade. Artwork by local painters hangs on exposed-brick walls; the sonic landscape veers between alternative rock and metal, chosen by the tattooed and pierced staff. Bartenders tap from Cambridge's finest craft brews, while the kitchen pumps out heavy bar food. Local musicians hang out here when not gigging and rehearsing.