 Cheers Beacon Hill is owned by Thomas A. Kershaw, who also owns the Hampshire House restaurant upstairs and the nearby restaurant, 75 Chestnut.On March 10, 2009, the "Boston Globe" reported that longtime Cheers bartender Eddie Doyle, with a 35-year tenure that predated the sitcom "Cheers", had been laid off.Owner Tom Kershaw cited the recession as the reason for the decision.