In the TV show, it was “the place where everybody knows your name.”
But in Upper Darby Township, it is the place where cops seem to know everybody’s name. And they’re tired of it.
Police once again paid a visit to Cheers Bar Saturday. This time they brought some friends.
About 50 crime-busters raided what has been blasted as a prime example of a “nuisance bar.”
It’s not the first time they’ve been to the watering hole, at 69th and Market streets across the street from the 69th Street Terminal. In fact top cop Mike Chitwood says the’ve responded to Cheers more than 300 times in the last year alone.
This all came to a head recently when a fatal shooting took place inside the bar’s bathroom.
Chitwood went on the warpath, blasting the state Liquor Control Board for allowing the place to stay open.
Agents flooded the joint about 12:30 Saturday morning. They seized several gambling machines, and also made some drug arrests.
Yesterday, county and township officials made it clear. They are not in the mood to stand up and cheer for Cheers.
In fact, they want it shut down and take steps to be sure it does not reopen.
It might be last call for Cheers.
But in Upper Darby Township, it is the place where cops seem to know everybody’s name. And they’re tired of it.
Police once again paid a visit to Cheers Bar Saturday. This time they brought some friends.
About 50 crime-busters raided what has been blasted as a prime example of a “nuisance bar.”
It’s not the first time they’ve been to the watering hole, at 69th and Market streets across the street from the 69th Street Terminal. In fact top cop Mike Chitwood says the’ve responded to Cheers more than 300 times in the last year alone.
This all came to a head recently when a fatal shooting took place inside the bar’s bathroom.
Chitwood went on the warpath, blasting the state Liquor Control Board for allowing the place to stay open.
Agents flooded the joint about 12:30 Saturday morning. They seized several gambling machines, and also made some drug arrests.
Yesterday, county and township officials made it clear. They are not in the mood to stand up and cheer for Cheers.
In fact, they want it shut down and take steps to be sure it does not reopen.
It might be last call for Cheers.
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