I have been there for a drink and a Norm Burger . Cheers was based on that bar you see on tv near the Boston Common on Beacon Hill in Boston. Sad to see the replica close .
The show was based on the Beacon Hill bar called “Bull & Finch” which was used for the exterior shots, and in the header photo here. The actual bar inside looks nothing like the bar from the show. They rebranded it in the early 2000s as “Cheers”
The replica bar was built around the same time in another part of Boston, and was built to look like the set from the show. This would be the one that is closing.
I have this vague idea that well known watering holes will be re-invented , re- discovered and reborn as mobile versions built on to semi trailers or tractor trailers , and parked on the service roads that run off of the highways betwixt suburban shopping malls and tennis or ski resorts .
If McDonalds can set up mini burger ski thrus on the ski slopes , why can’t a retired baseball player like Ted Danson do the same with Cheers ?
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I have been there for a drink and a Norm Burger . Cheers was based on that bar you see on tv near the Boston Common on Beacon Hill in Boston. Sad to see the replica close .
I remember my Dad showing myself and my cousin Tony this spot. One of the last time we we're in Boston, during the 90s.
So, there are two Boston bars called “Cheers”
The show was based on the Beacon Hill bar called “Bull & Finch” which was used for the exterior shots, and in the header photo here. The actual bar inside looks nothing like the bar from the show. They rebranded it in the early 2000s as “Cheers”
The replica bar was built around the same time in another part of Boston, and was built to look like the set from the show. This would be the one that is closing.
yup, the "original" one is still open
A wee bit sad. In other news, I can play the theme song on the piano.
I have this vague idea that well known watering holes will be re-invented , re- discovered and reborn as mobile versions built on to semi trailers or tractor trailers , and parked on the service roads that run off of the highways betwixt suburban shopping malls and tennis or ski resorts .
If McDonalds can set up mini burger ski thrus on the ski slopes , why can’t a retired baseball player like Ted Danson do the same with Cheers ?
Cheers .