Pshaw to pretzels and nuts to nuts: this summer we're freeloading in style. That means hitting the patio at Pigalle (75 Charles Street South, Boston, 617.423.4944), where every round of cocktails comes complete with your choice of four snacks, including arancini and shrimp toast. Or the bar at Brasserie Jo (Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.425.3240), which is granting its guzzlers any of three tartes flambées gratis from 5 p.m. onwards. Or the pretty little lounge at Aujourd'*** (Four Seasons, 200 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.351.2037) for the Friday happy hour Bubbly Bar; resuming September 21, it serves up free hors d'oeuvres to all sippers of sparklers from 5:30 to 7 p.m. And here you thought drinking was its own reward!
