<P> Early discussions about the location of the show centered on Barstow , California , then Kansas City , Missouri . They eventually turned to the East Coast and finally Boston . The Bull & Finch Pub in Boston , which was the model for Cheers , was chosen from a phone book . When Glen Charles asked the bar 's owner , Tom Kershaw , to shoot exterior and interior photos , he agreed , charging $1 . Kershaw has since gone on to make millions of dollars , licensing the pub 's image and selling a variety of Cheers memorabilia . The Bull & Finch became the 42nd busiest outlet in the American food and beverage industry in 1997 . During initial casting , Shelley Long , who was in Boston at the time filming A Small Circle of Friends , remarked that the bar in the script resembled a bar she had come upon in the city , which turned out to be the Bull & Finch . </P>
<P> Early discussions about the location of the show centered on Barstow , California , then Kansas City , Missouri . They eventually turned to the East Coast and finally Boston . The Bull & Finch Pub in Boston , which was the model for Cheers , was chosen from a phone book . When Glen Charles asked the bar 's owner , Tom Kershaw , to shoot exterior and interior photos , he agreed , charging $1 . Kershaw has since gone on to make millions of dollars , licensing the pub 's image and selling a variety of Cheers memorabilia . The Bull & Finch became the 42nd busiest outlet in the American food and beverage industry in 1997 . During initial casting , Shelley Long , who was in Boston at the time filming A Small Circle of Friends , remarked that the bar in the script resembled a bar she had come upon in the city , which turned out to be the Bull & Finch . </P>
where is the cheers bar from the tv show
where is the cheers bar from the tv show
Boston
Boston