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Cheers Bar and Restaurant Boston

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After walking through Boston Common, we arrived on Beacon Street.  Across the street from us at 84 Beacon was Cheers Bar and Restaurant, made famous by the TV sitcom Cheers.

Street view of Cheers Bar and Restaurant
Street view of Cheers Bar and Restaurant

Upon arriving at the Cheers Bar and Restaurant, the first thing a true fan of the TV show will notice is the location of the bar.  On the TV sitcom the bar is below street level with steps from the sidewalk leading down to it.  The real Cheers does have the steps leading down but they take you to the restaurant instead of the bar.  The bar is in fact on the second floor.

When you enter they will ask if you would like to put your name on the waiting list to be seated at the restaurant or if you are just going to look around and visit the bar.  Do not worry about the wait time as the restaurant moves fast and there are so many things a fan of the show can look at.  You will be seated before you know it.

Daughter and Son in law at Cheers
Daughter and Son-in-law at Cheers

The restaurant has a wide selection of food to pick from.  From the starters list I would recommend the Chicken Fingers. The chicken is lightly breaded but is crispy and is served with a honey mustard sauce.  The other starter that we tried was the Nachos Grande.  The nachos are chips with green and red sweet bell peppers, cheddar cheese, with salsa and sour cream.

My mother at cheers.
My mother at Cheers.

The Cheers Bar and Restaurant offers soups and salads and several options for meals.  We of course chose hamburgers.  The burgers are your normal burgers with basic toppings served with fries and a pickle.  The one difference you will notice is the size.  They are big.  The petite burger is a quarter pounder.  Another thing you should note is for each burger sold, Cheers donates fifty cents to the Cheers for Children Charity.

My wife and I checking the offerings at Cheers
My wife and I checking the offerings at Cheers

If you do not have time while waiting to be seated, you must go to the bar area and have a drink after your meal.  Sip your drink and look around the room while you remember all the joy the TV show brought into our lives.

Boston Harbor Cruise Travel Blog

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We started our second day in Boston with a Boston Harbor Cruise.  If you choose to do this be sure to bring a jacket because you will want to sit on the upper deck of the boat and the breeze can be cool at times.

Sitting on the upper deck of Boat
Sitting on the upper deck of Boat

The Boston Harbor Cruise is really nice and gives you a very different view of the city.  The cruise leaves from Long Wharf near the Old Town Trolley stop number one.  The morning we went on the cruise was nice and clear with good visibility.   The air was cool blowing in off the ocean so as I said before you may need a jacket.  The ride was smooth with very little rocking.  As you leave the wharf you get your first view of the Boston Sky Line.

View as we leave Long Wharf
View as we leave Long Wharf
Leaving the Wharf
Leaving the Wharf

The Boston Harbor Cruise will take you by the Charles River and the Naval Yard.  Seeing and approaching Old Ironsides from the water was really great.  The old ship sat in the water with her penents and flag moving in the cool breeze.

Old Ironsides in Her glory.
Old Ironsides in Her glory.

From the Naval Yard you can look up at Bunker Hill.  Looking from Old Ironsides to Bunker Hill gives you some idea of the view the British Regulars had as they readied themselves to climb and face Colonial bullets.

View of Bunker Hill from Naval Yard
View of Bunker Hill from Naval Yard

After a forty-five minute cruise of the harbor the boat returns to Long Wharf.

The view as we returned
The view as we returned

After leaving the boat we walked down the street to the Rose Kennedy Garden.  My Mother had read about the rose garden built in Honor of Rose Kennedy and wanted to visit it.

Rose Kennedy Garden
Rose Kennedy Garden
My Mother walking through the garden
My Mother walking through the garden

After viewing the garden we walked on down to the Old Town Trolley stop number two at the North End and waited for the next Trolley.

Daughter and Mother at the North End
Daughter and Mother at the North End

We boarded the Old Town Trolley and rode to stop number six the Theater District.  We had just started walking down the street when we ran into someone we knew.  Edgar didn’t have much to say but seemed to be in a hurry.  As for the raven he spoke “Nevermore.”

Poe and the raven
Poe and the raven

From the Theater District we walked through Boston Common and Public Garden by the lake and the Swan Boats.  It was nice to step from the busy sidewalks into another world of green grass and trees.  The people seem to change as they enter this area.  Their pace slows and smiles appear on their faces.  I could have spent more time here doing nothing.

Lake at Boston Common
Lake at Boston Common
Swans at Boston Common
Swans at Boston Common

As much as I would have enjoyed spending more time in the Common area there was something I wanted more. Lunch.