Yes, Cheers is a real bar located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was made famous by the television show "Cheers," which aired from 1982 to 1993. The bar, known as the Bull & Finch Pub, served as the inspiration for the show's fictional setting and has since become a popular tourist destination. While it retains some elements from the show, it also operates as a regular bar and restaurant.
There is a bar named Cheers in Boston, but that's not where they filmed the show. The exterior shots are authentic and you do walk down from the sidewalk to enter. In another part of Boston (the Market), they have a bar called Cheers where the bar is a replica of the bar in the show. But it's above ground with plastic sheeting for walls.
Cheers was set in a bar in the city of Boston, Massachusetts.
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Interestingly, while most TV viewers believed the show was about a real bar in Boston called "Cheers," there was no such bar. In fact, the show was mainly filmed in Hollywood, although the producers used a few exterior shots of Boston now and then. The inspiration for the bar was the Bull and Finch, a pub near Beacon Hill and Boston's State House. Because of the show's popularity, the pub was later renamed "Cheers," a name it still has today.
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The original owner of Cheers, the Boston bar that inspired the popular television show, was Normand “Norm” Peterson, who was a character in the series. However, in real life, the bar is based on the real-life Bull & Finch Pub, founded by Ralph and Jean Durgin in 1969. The pub became a popular spot after the show's debut in 1982, drawing fans from around the world.
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It was conveniently called "Cheers" as well.
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