Originally Posted by
ggonzaga
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I pulled up the SC lounges in BOS and they say they have bars. Does this mean they're self service bars or not necessarily?
AFAIK all SCs have bars and provide some alcohol for free. The prohibited SCs are those without bartenders or, equivalently, with self service bars. If you can find a menu with drink prices, there must be a bartender to collect the money (and of course also to collect tips on even the free drinks).
Unfortunately I don't recall the situation in BOS, but if I had to guess, I would say that they have a "luxury" bar and hence a bartender (as does JFK T4, all SCs in ATL, F/G at MSP, etc.). Note that some of these luxury bars are more luxurious (and expensive) than others; there are a bunch of versions of the drinks menu.