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Do bars like Cheers exist still?

posted 7 years ago by JDoe18
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When I was in college I went to one bar that had a regular customer base where the bar tenders knew the customers and the customers knew each other and their bar tender. It only lasted for like 2 years. Eventually the students that were like that left and the few staff members at the school moved to other jobs and the locals that went there moved on. It was the only time that I have ever experienced a bar like that. I have been a regular at restaurants and bars but I only really knew the staff at those places not any of the other patrons. I do live in a state that doesnt have a big bar culture unless you count friday and saturday nights. Is it different in bigger cities? or more rural places where there is only a few bars to go to?

[–] cjh8504 7 years ago

I assume the old bars do. Like that have been owned by the same guy or family for 40, or 50 years.

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[–] shango7200 7 years ago

In reality; a bar like Cheers would cater to a slightly younger urban professional crowd (Yuppies of today).
You would not see people like Carla working there. You might in fact see a guy like Sam owning it - but he would probably be behind the scenes. He would hire young hot-shot attractive men and lady bartenders.
Boston proper is a very expensive area.
I do not think you'd see a Cliff, Norm or Woody there. You would see a Frasier type --however a bit younger.

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[–] abajasds 7 years ago

Bars nowadays are more cooperations like how Cheers became by 1987 after Sam sold the bar. Bars I've been to haven't been anything like "Cheers" even though it's a fictional show but there is a real "Cheers" bar in Boston. Cheers seems to make great business during the afternoon hours assuming weekdays. I'm my area of the larger cities bars have maybe a handful of people in the afternoon hour. Usually restaurant/bars do business in the afternoon. And most of them are people in their late 40's, 50's or early 60's.

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[–] earl237 (1106) 7 years ago

I wish every town had a bar like Cheers where older, middle-class guys could hang out, talk and have a few drinks. Small towns don't have any decent bars, they only serve crappy beer like Bud Light, play loud, bad music and attract annoying college kids and trailer trash types.

[–] HollyGoLightly2013 (331) 7 years ago

I thought there really was a Cheers bar in Boston. Has anyone ever been there?

[–] Bubbathegut (17215) 7 years ago

I heard about it years ago but I can't remember if it was real or not.

[–] Ben (472) 7 years ago

I see it no different to regular bars nowadays

[–] [email protected] (690) 6 years ago

To me, the key is finding a place you feel comfortable in, and going often enough where people get to know you. I live in a medium-size college town, but I don't live near or go to the college bars. However, there are at least two or three places where I know there are regulars and people get along well. You just have to pick a place and show up. But things do change over time.

[–] taeempy (83) 6 years ago

The only bars similar to this would be your smaller neighborhood bars. Most bars these days are chains and have tvs everywhere, charge way to much for food and drink.

Sticking with the neighborhood bar where you will likely see many of the same people when you go in is much funner.

[–] TandyMan (10325) 6 years ago

Small towns and country bars pretty much got the same regular crowd every day. There's a bar back in my home town where the whole High School crowd still hang out 20 years later. Not like Cheers though. More like there's 100 pick up trucks in the parking lot.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Not really. They all have 27 TVs playing sports on them now with loud music and 23 year old staff