What is the address of the bar in Cheers?

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The bar in Cheers is located at the fictional address 112 1/2 Beacon Street. The address belongs to the television show's fictional Boston bar, not to the real pub used for its exterior inspiration.

The address was revealed during the series in the season-eight episode “The Stork Brings a Crane.” The show also established that the bar had originally been called Mom's. Although the sign says “Est. 1895,” the date was presented as a joke chosen by Carla for numerological reasons rather than as a reliable account of the bar's history.

The real Boston location associated with Cheers is at 84 Beacon Street. Originally called the Bull & Finch Pub, it inspired the show's exterior and was later renamed Cheers Beacon Hill. The sitcom itself was filmed primarily on a Paramount studio set in Los Angeles, so the fictional address and the real tourist destination are different places.

That distinction causes the most common confusion in this question. Visitors can go to 84 Beacon Street in Boston, but characters in the series are said to drink at 112 1/2 Beacon Street. The half-number helps signal that the address is part of the show's fictional world.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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