Fab Five Friday
Putting together this list of the best TV bars was a bit trickier and a lot more fun than I originally thought it would be.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
At first, I didn't want to include the Drunken Clam from Family Guy.
But after reading some of your comments, I reconsidered.
Here's my list of the five best TV bars.
1. Cheers from Cheers
The king of TV bars. How many scenes were actually filmed outside the bar? Everybody knows your name at Cheers, and no other TV bar could ever match it.
2. Moe's Tavern from The Simpsons
No Moe's makes The Simpsons something something.
3. The Drunken Clam from Family Guy
Dan Thanh was right. God drinks at the Drunken Clam. Talk about a powerful patron.
4. Ten Forward from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Where else could Capt. Picard turn when things went awry? Whoopi Goldberg was there with good advice and occasionally even a glass of illegal Romulan Ale.
5. Kavanagh's from The Wire (pictured)
A bar where dead police men are laid on the pool table before their funerals? That's old school, and I like it.
(Photo by Paul Schiraldi/HBO)
I've been The Baltimore Sun's nightlife and local entertainment reporter for a couple years, and it's surprising how much the scene has grown in that time. Most of Baltimore's bars and clubs are unpretentious places with fairly cheap drinks and plenty of character. I like dancing and think this city needs more clubs, but nothing beats having a cold, locally brewed beer with friends in a comfortably full corner bar.
Comments
No Reagle Beagle? For shame!
Posted by: Drew | February 29, 2008 8:24 AM
DON'T MIND IF I DO!
Flanders' basement didn't make it. And that is a gross injustice. However, the Reagle Beagle being left out in the cold and the Wire trumping Homicide?
I...I just don't know about this blog anymore...I just don't know...
Posted by: JTK | February 29, 2008 10:58 AM
Kavanaugh's was a very real bar up until the 90s or so when it became Coconuts, a lesbian joint. It's right across from Maryland General Hospital on the corner of Howard and something. My father went there pretty much every day after work (Kavanaugh's) for 20 years or so. And the interior on the show is pretty much what the bar looked like way back then. It may actually look like that now but since I'm not into lesbian bars I don't know.
Posted by: Evan | February 29, 2008 11:08 AM
Why'd you change the picture?
Posted by: (Bowling) Ben | February 29, 2008 11:49 AM
Ben,
I like this one better. I took the previous one on my digital camera. This is a screenshot from the actual show, courtesy of HBO.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | February 29, 2008 11:51 AM
Two Top 5's in one day. FLAWLESS VICTORY!
Posted by: bryanintimonium | February 29, 2008 2:49 PM
How about a little taste Jimmy... Just a taste.
You know what I would love... A Wire Pub Crawl. Who knows all five seasons of drunk'n locations?
Posted by: eCommerce Consultant | February 29, 2008 5:51 PM