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What do you think is the coolest bar on TV?
I want to make this week's list the five best TV bars.
Hit me with suggestions.
By the way, the picture is of the Boston bar that was the inspiration for the TV show Cheers.
(Photo by St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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Comments
well Cheers obviously. but also...
Moe's Tavern (The Simpsons)
Lewis and Munch's bar (Homicide)
Any bar that McNulty and Bunk get hammered at on The Wire
Posted by: Andrew | February 26, 2008 4:32 PM
I guess I'm failing at the main criteria but Little Havana's was in The Replacements. thats kind of "cool"
Posted by: locust point man | February 26, 2008 5:19 PM
Did anyone see the movie Dead Man's Curve? Well there's a bar in that movie that was really cool. And if anyone can figure out this reference, well then you'll know why that bar can never be on this list!
Posted by: Not who you think | February 26, 2008 6:25 PM
The Regal Beagle (3's Company)
and what about the bar on All in the Family
Of Course Cheers
Moe's Tavern
Isaac's bar on the Love Boat?
Posted by: jason | February 26, 2008 7:33 PM
Gonna have to go with 10- Forward.
Posted by: bryanintimonium | February 26, 2008 8:03 PM
Regal Beagle!!!
Posted by: Ted Logan | February 26, 2008 8:13 PM
Andrew - Great list! The Waterfront was the bar across from the Homicide squad house.
The Regal Beagle - Three's Company
The Peach Pit After Dark - 90210
The Drunken Clam - Family Guy
The Warsaw - The Drew Carey Show
Paddy's Irish Pub - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Phil's - Murphy Brown
I watch way too much tv.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 26, 2008 10:04 PM
Paddy's Pub (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Isaac's bar on the Lido Deck (Love Boat)
Boars Nest (Dukes of Hazzard)
Ned Flanders' basement bar (The Simpsons)
The Still (M*A*S*H)
Posted by: hank | February 26, 2008 11:08 PM
There is always the Bada-Bing Club from the Sopranos...
Or the joint that Rick managed on Magnum P.I. when he wasn't working for Icepick.
Posted by: Mike V. | February 26, 2008 11:38 PM
Boar's Nest--Dukes of Hazzard
Boar's Nest--Dukes of Hazzard
Boar's Nest--Dukes of Hazzard
Boar's Nest--Dukes of Hazzard
Boar's Nest--Dukes of Hazzard
Then the rest in alphabetical order....
Bada Bing--Sopranos
Drunken Clam--Family Guy
Moe's Tavern--Simpsons
Regal Beagle--Three's Company
Posted by: Trouble | February 27, 2008 7:26 AM
What was the name of the bar on All in the Family?
Posted by: Drew | February 27, 2008 8:21 AM
That's easy. The Regal Begal. Have you seen the women in that place??
Posted by: Jack Tripper | February 27, 2008 8:57 AM
The Drunken Clam
Posted by: Peter G | February 27, 2008 9:36 AM
They have The Bearded Clam on the Family Guy.
Posted by: Kim Moore | February 27, 2008 9:47 AM
Paddy's - not so much for the bar itself but the zany antics of the owners.
Posted by: Evan | February 27, 2008 10:56 AM
Rather than repeat what others have said, I'll add one: Fitzgerald's, the bar on the BBC show "Ballykissangel," which MPT used to broadcast.
Posted by: Jim | February 27, 2008 11:21 AM
If Ned Flanders' basement doesn't win this, I am never reading this blog again!
Well played, hank.
Posted by: JTK | February 27, 2008 11:33 AM
The Regal Beagle did have it's share of nice looking women, but once they converted The Peach Pit (90210) from a diner to a diner/night club, that's where the women went!
Posted by: Greg | February 27, 2008 12:31 PM
Boar's Nest!
The hottest women work there.
Posted by: Daisy Duke | February 27, 2008 12:37 PM
Shooter's (Melrose Place)
Paddy's Pub (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
Posted by: Kari | February 27, 2008 12:59 PM
Al Bundy's favorites: The Nudie Bar and the Jiggly Room.
Posted by: Brian | February 27, 2008 2:31 PM