Karenna Umscheid The Prickly Pear Margarita is the most popular at State Park.

I had not ventured to Kendall Square’s State Park since graduating college, and remembered it in fits and starts as a place with cheap beer and a cute photo booth. While both are true, State Park has a lot more charm than I initially gave it credit for in its constant hum of chatter and tunes from the jukebox, ceilings strung with colorful lights and walls of lit-up beer signs and old license plates.

I felt inclined to start my night with the State Park Cocktail, served in a Miller High Life bottle and made up of the beer, Rittenhouse rye whiskey and amaro Braulio. This isn’t something I would normally order, but I appreciated the bitterness and strength of it, as well as the creative presentation. It also mi

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