Cheeers Bistro & Bar is a neighbourhood bar on Joo Chiat Road in Katong, Singapore, rated 4.8 on Google. Its Facebook page is the easiest place to check opening hours. A good bistro-bar here has to hold its own on two fronts: the food strip it sits among and the drink that follows. Expect a kitchen as well thought through as the taps, staff who can steer you between both, and evenings that stretch past the dinner rush. Happy-hour times along Joo Chiat vary from house to house, so check before you settle in. The tell of a well-run one is the regulars — when the same faces claim the same corner on a weeknight, you have found your bar. On a street better known for Peranakan shophouses and laksa queues than late nights, a solidly rated bar at number 456 is a handy place to start or finish the evening.