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Altar offerings at Church

After what seemed like the longest winter ever, a drowning Dow Jones, and marauding monkeys in the news, we all could indulge in a few deadly sins these days. So rejoice! Church restaurant and bar in the Fenway area has just the thing for a night of reckoning.

Try their Altar Offerings, which include fried green beans with lemon aioli, crispy semolina-crusted artichoke hearts, duck spring rolls with shiitake noodle salad, ahi-tuna tartare tacos with chili, lime, and mango salsa, and more ($5–$9). On the lighter side, there are the thyme roasted almonds, warm herb-marinated olives, or wasabi peas ($2–$4).

Shoot a little pool in the bar, check out some of the local bands that play almost every night, and pick your poison from their Seven Deadly Sins cocktail list or the extensive beer-and-wine menu. It’s like heaven on earth for the sinners who only come out at night.

Church | 69 Kilmarnock Street | Boston | 617.236.7600 | www.churchofboston.com | Sun–Sat, 5 p.m.–2 a.m. | Open three hours before every Red Sox home game | Green Line to Kenmore Square

Small bites at Vox Populi

In a city with so many options, it’s hard to commit to anything these days: a car, a designer bag, a significant other, even a spring fling. Who doesn’t need a little nibble first — a small taste of what’s to come, before you really commit?

Vox Populi gets it. That’s why they’re making our perpetual indecisiveness a little easier to handle with a new small bites menu.

From 4 to 6 p.m. daily and from 10:30 p.m. to midnight on Thursday through Saturday, their small bites come in six choices for $2 per plate, or you can make a mini-meal out of a sample of three for $5. On the lighter side, try the cheese and crostini plate or the Portobello Caprese — or go all out and opt for the Kobe beef meatballs, fried oyster shooters, scallops wrapped in bacon, or Asian-inspired wings. Plus, nightly wine specials make it easy to commit to a bottle of red or white to accompany your smorgasbord of tasty treats.