Home » The Wire Locations » This Location

Kavanaugh's bar from The Wire.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Skip to address »

Kavanaugh's bar from The Wire - Filming Location.

This is the filming location of Kavanaugh's Irish bar from The Wire.

In real life, it is called the Sidebar Tavern, and it is situated on the corner of Lexington Street and Guilford Avenue in Downtown Baltimore.

This location features in a number of episodes, as it is the bar where members of the Baltimore Police Department like to hang out together and drink after work.

One of the most memorable scenes occurs in the episode "Dead Soldiers" in Season 3, when the body of homicide detective Ray Cole is laid out on the pool table during his wake. During the scene, squad supervisor Jay Landsman gives an emotional toast to the deceased officer.

After a night of drinking and taking part in singalongs, detectives Bunk Moreland and Jimmy McNulty are shown stumbling around and vomiting on the sidewalk outside.

Where is Kavanaugh's bar?

Below, you will find the address and the GPS coordinates for this location.

GPS coordinates.

The latitude and longitude coordinates for the bar are:

39.291328, -76.611226

Map.

To view directions on how to get there, you can use the Google Maps shortcut below:

Google Maps Link

Address.

The full address for this location is:

220 E Lexington Street
Baltimore
Maryland
MD 21202
United States

Directions.

It is situated about 100 yards east of the intersection between North Calvert Street and East Lexington Street.

Photos.

Photos of the bar and other related images.


Kavanaugh's bar in The Wire.

Episode 3, Season 3 - Dead Soldiers

Kavanaugh's bar The Wire

Bunk Moreland and Jimmy McNulty struggle to stay on their feet after an evening of heavy drinking.

Ray Cole's hearse is visible on the left.

"Like that."

Bunk and McNulty

Bunk, who is clearly having a drunken existential crisis, points out that you can wake up one morning thinking about mundane things such as bills, retirement, and dry cleaning, only to die suddenly—"like that."

220 E Lexington Street.

220 E Lexington Street

In real life, 220 East Lexington Street is home to the Sidebar Tavern.

This Google Street View image was taken in June of 2022.

Edward Norris.

Edward Norris

Homicide veteran Edward Norris walks outside and hands Bunk and McNulty a drink. Seconds later, he also proceeds to get sick.

This location belongs to the following categories:

The Wire Locations
Follow us.

Follow us on Facebook or Twitter to see future locations.

Facebook Twitter

Closest locations.

Other locations that are relatively close to this place.

Werner's from The Wire.

Less than a mile away.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

View Location

The location where Stringer and Omar met in The Wire.

Less than a mile away.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

View Location

The location where William Gant was killed in The Wire.

Roughly one mile away.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

View Location

The Pit from The Wire.

Roughly one mile away.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

View Location

Orlando's from The Wire.

Roughly one mile away.

Filming Location in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

View Location

Newest Locations

The driveway where Amanda Bynes started a fire.

Place of Interest
Thousand Oaks, California, United States

View Location

David Berkowitz's childhood home.

Serial Killer House
The Bronx, New York, United States

View Location

The bridge where David Berkowitz stabbed his first victim.

Crime Location
The Bronx, New York, United States

View Location