Meet me on the corner of Mission Boulevard and Hornblend Street because it\u2019s Miller time! Miller\u2019s Field, that is! Have you ever watched the television show “Cheers” and wished your local bar was a place “where everybody knew your name?”\u00a0\u00a0 Well, Miller\u2019s Field is not Cheers. It\u2019s better!<\/b> \u00a0 I can tell you with great confidence Miller\u2019s Field is “the real deal.”\u00a0 “It\u2019s not a bar. It\u2019s not a pub. It\u2019s a community, and everyone is welcome \u2014 even me.” said bar patron Barry. (Barry only wanted us to use his first name because he is on staff at another bar.)\u00a0 I had to ask, “Hey, Barry why don\u2019t you just get job here at Miller\u2019s Field then?” \u00a0 “I would love to,” he said. “But you see, there is very seldom an opening here, because nobody ever leaves.” The bartender at the Miller\u2019s Field this particular evening agrees. “That\u2019s right! We don\u2019t leave,” the bartender said.\u00a0“Why would anyone leave this place unless they won the lotto? Even then, I bet half the staff would stay! This is the best place I have ever worked.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a job.\u00a0 I have had jobs.\u00a0 “Barry there has a job and jobs suck!,” he continued.\u00a0“Our owner, Glenn Miller, insists that everyone works together to ensure that when people come to visit us here, they feel like they are at their friend\u2019s house, not a bar that just wants to sell them food and drinks!”\u00a0 In this reporter\u2019s opinion, the bartender is right. Miller\u2019s Field is at 4465 Mission Blvd. \u2014 literally on the corner of Mission Boulevard and Hornblend Street.\u00a0 There is plenty of parking right behind Miller\u2019s Field.\u00a0 When you park, Mr. Miller picks up your parking tab just for visiting his friendly establishment.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that nice?\u00a0 When I walked into Miller\u2019s Field, my nose went into a savory smoked-barbecue-fragrance overload.\u00a0 If Mr. Miller\u2019s goal is to have you feel that you are visiting a friend\u2019s house when you walk in the door, let me tell you there is nothing more inviting then the smell of fresh barbecue. \u00a0 Before I could even decide what I wanted to eat, I was greeted by the manager, Ray Corallino. “Hello, Walter, I am glad you could make it this evening.\u00a0 Please make yourself at home and I will be with you in a few moments.”\u00a0 I walked over to the bar and grabbed a seat.\u00a0 A drink menu was handed to me with a great big welcoming smile from the bartender.\u00a0 “Hello, and welcome to Miller\u2019s Field,” the bartender said. “Here is a drink menu. I will give you a few moments to decide, but before I go, is there any particular game you would like to watch this evening?”\u00a0 You see, besides not only having free parking, happy employees and wonderful-smelling food, Miller\u2019s Field is the home of 31 huge flat-screen televisions with hundreds of channels to choose from on any given sports day. “Miller\u2019s Field is the place where anyone can come and view their favorite team,” said Miller.\u00a0“We are, of course, biased toward our home teams: Chargers, Padres and San Diego State. But let\u2019s say you love Vassar\u2019s girls\u2019 field hockey.\u00a0 If their match is being aired, we\u2019ll put it on for you, because we here at Miller\u2019s want to ensure that all our guests are happy and comfortable. “I always loved entertaining,” he said. “And if, when visiting Miller\u2019s Field, you feel like you are at a local gathering rather than a just a bar, then I am fulfilled.”\u00a0 \u00a0 I don\u2019t know where Miller learned this, but he can teach a few of my friends some hospitality skills.\u00a0 Just this past weekend. I was at my friend Chad\u2019s house to watch some football.\u00a0 When I walked into his house I was not welcomed by the fresh smell of barbecue, but rather the pungent smell of dirty laundry.\u00a0 When I asked him what he was watching, he said, “Reruns of Cheers.” \u00a0 “What about the Chargers\u2019 game?” I asked. “I\u2019ll put it on in a second,” he replied. \u00a0“I love this one, Sam asks Diane to marry him.” Not knowing what to do since he did not offer me a seat on the couch that he was lying across, I walked over to his videos.\u00a0 I pulled out a box set of “Cheers \u2014 Season Four.”\u00a0 “Hey, man, you have this episode on DVD!” I exclaimed. “Yeah, but I have not seen it in years,” my friend responded.\u00a0“We can watch the second half.\u00a0 Nothing happens until the second half anyway.” I don\u2019t think I will ever go to Chad\u2019s again to watch football or anything else (unless I have a strong desire to watch reruns of “Cheers”).\u00a0 It is my recommendation to all those who want to hang out with their friends, watch the game in real time, bring them to a more friendly place that feels like you\u2019re at someone\u2019s house \u2014 then go to Miller\u2019s Field. Even if they don\u2019t actually know your name, you will feel like they do. \u2014 Walter Ruskin is a member of the San Diego Community Newspaper Group\u2019s “Ugly News Team.” Watch for his new video links online at www.sdnews.com.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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