Emmets

Emmets on Beacon Street serves the kind of Irish pub dinner that makes more sense when you’re properly hungry. Beef and Guinness pie comes with mashed potatoes, mushy peas and gravy. Fish and chips uses beer-battered cod, and the chicken curry arrives with both fries and rice. Choosing between them may be the hardest part of the visit.

The Taste of Ireland plate combines Guinness beef stew, chicken pot pie and shepherd’s pie if you want a little of each. A pint of Guinness fits the menu, though dinner can be reason enough to stop. The pub is close to the State House and Boston Common, and it opens daily at 11 a.m.