Best Community-Spirited Bar

Many places describe themselves as the Cheers of [insert name of city here], but frankly, we never believed that sort of hype -- until we went to the 3rd Street Pub in downtown Lee's Summit. This friendly, somewhat raucous establishment is an unpretentious place where regulars make strangers feel welcome over a drink or two. Plus, among those regulars is a guy named Shitbird -- how great is that? At the very least, it's a vastly superior name than, say, Norm or Clay.