God bless the independent pub. There's nothing franchised about them and they're given the opportunity to sum up the neighbourhood as they see fit. This place obviously took a look at their surroundings and said, "This place needs an underbelly."
Found south of Dupont on Bathurst, Mayday Malone's is a sports bar that has a nice seedy quality to it. I enjoy a nice dive bar once in a while and this place suits nicely. It's the type of place where you peruse the menu and go, "So...what is guaranteed to be deep fried?" Chicken fingers, it is. There is a definitely local feel to it, and you get the sense that everyone in the place knows each other. Probably because they do. I've been with friends of mine in the hood a few times for soccer games and the place was pretty full for mid-afternoon on a work day, engaging a healthy mix of soccer fans and the unemployed. Many of them the same people.
This is definitely not a high-falootin' place and is a nice little divey sports bar that I feel comfortable in whenever I go in. Besides, anyone that takes their name from a "Cheers" reference can't be that bad. By the way, the bar looks nothing like the one in Boston. Don't bother asking.