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Local Bar a Stop on 'Family Guy' Tour
The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is hosting a tour of locations parodied in the Fox television show — including the Drunken Clam in Johnston.
A Johnston bar is among today's destinations for a 'Family Guy' themed bus tour run by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council.
The , located at 8 Greenville Ave., is one of about a dozen scheduled stops for the tour, which stops at various locations in Rhode Island that have been parodied in the Fox television show.
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And while the local spot doesn't quite match the show's version of "the Clam" — in the program, the Drunken Clam is located on a fairly busy downtown street, while the Johnston version sits next to on the Johnston/Providence line — the fact that a real place shares its namesake with Seth MacFarlane's animated show seems to be draw enough.
[There's also no known history of the ownership turning the bar into an English-themed pub — that happened at over on Hartford Avenue, where Rhode Island Alehouse and, before that, Player's Pub used to be.]
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About 30 people purchased tickets for $49 each for today's tour, WPRI.com reported.
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