MacLaren's Pub
First appearance	Pilot

MacLaren's Pub is the bar where Barney, Lily, Robin, Marshall and Ted hang out. Notable employees include Carl, Doug, Wendy and Karina.

The Apartment is located in the building above the bar, making it a convenient place for the gang to hang out. Although they can be seen at a variety of tables throughout the series, they are most often found at their favorite booth near the bar.

MacLaren's is known to have a full kitchen offering a variety of food as well as the usual bar fare.

Ted and Barney became temporary barmen in Three Days of Snow. In a flashback scene in the same episode, it is revealed that Ted and Barney have previously enthused at the prospect of owning a bar. When Carl has to leave, they try to get two college girls drunk so that they can sleep with them. This turns out badly for them when the band the girls are in the Arizona Tech Marching Band and invite the rest of their band to the bar.

In The Perfect Cocktail, Carl bans the gang from the pub due to Barney and Marshall fighting.

MacLaren's Pub is based on "McGee's Bar" where Carter Bays and Craig Thomas used to drink, and was named for their assistant, Carl MacLaren.

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Notes and TriviaEdit

• In Moving Day, Barney laments that the MacLaren's pub is exactly a 23-minute cab ride from his own apartment, which is often a cause for his conquests to fail.
• In Showdown, Future Ted states that there are 11 deep-fried appetizers on MacLaren's food menu. In the same episode, Lily orders all of them in an attempt to gain weight so that her wedding dress will fit.
• A variety of MacLaren's-themed merchandise is available in the How I Met Your Mother store from CBS.
• MacLaren's is based on a bar in New York City called McGee's.^[1] It has a mural that Carter Bays and Craig Thomas both liked and wanted to incorporate into the show.^[2] It is named after Carter Bays's assistant, Carl MacLaren, who was also the namesake for Carl the bartender.^[3]In Right Place, Right Time, the pie chart describing Marshall's favourite bars include McGee's.
• The bar appears in the background of the set of Bones Season 5 Episode 3. (approximately 3 minutes and 43 seconds into the episode). It even includes the stairs leading up to The Apartment .
  • The same "street" (on the Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot) contains the Royal Diner, a frequent setting on Bones.
• The gangs booth is always seen and thought to be near the middle of the bar and can be entered from either side however this is a slight continuity error as in Slutty Pumpkin the booth is shown from a different angle and it is actually joined onto the back wall of the bar, although it has been seen in later episodes to be in the middle, with another row of booths on the wall behind the camera

ReferencesEdit

Barney Stinson v • t • e
Friends & Family	Ted Mosby • Robin Scherbatsky • Marshall Eriksen • Lily Aldrin • Leslie • Loretta Stinson • James Stinson • Eli Stinson • Jerome Whittaker • J.J. Whittaker • Carly Whittaker • Barney's Wife
Places	MacLaren's Pub • Barney's Apartment • Goliath National Bank • AltruCell Corporation • Lusty Leopard • Laser Tag • Stinson house
Phrases	Awesome • Suit Up • Legendary • Have you met • Wait for it • Challenge Accepted • If you know what I mean
Others	Barney's Blog • 83 • Barney's magic • Barney's Wedding • High Fives • The Bro Code • The Playbook (book) • The Threeway Belt • Ducky Tie (object) • The Eight Slaps • Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit • Tuxedo Night • Barney's Get Psyched Mix • Party School Bingo • Platinum Rule • Lemon Law • Hot/Crazy Scale • The Mermaid Theory (theory) • Freeway Theory

Robin Scherbatsky v • t • e
Friends & Family	Ted Mosby • Lily Aldrin • Marshall Eriksen • Barney Stinson • Robin Scherbatsky Sr. • Katie Scherbatsky
Places	MacLaren's Pub • The Apartment • Robin's apartment • Hoser Hut • Metro News 1 • Come On, Get Up New York! • World Wide News
Phrases	But...umm
Others	Blue French Horn • Robin Sparkles • Let's Go to the Mall • Sandcastles in the Sand (song) • Space Teens • The Beaver Song

Lily Aldrin v • t • e
Friends & Family	Marshall Eriksen • Ted Mosby • Robin Scherbatsky • Barney Stinson • Scooter • Mickey Aldrin • Janice Aldrin • Rita Aldrin • Morris Aldrin • Marvin W. Eriksen
Places	MacLaren's Pub • Lily's Kindergarten • Wesleyan University • Marshall and Lily's apartment • Marshall and Lily's house • The Apartment • Lily's First apartment • Lily's Second apartment
Others	You're dead to me look • Marshpillow

Marshall Eriksen v • t • e
Friends & Family	Lily Aldrin • Ted Mosby • Robin Scherbatsky • Barney Stinson • Marvin Eriksen Sr. • Judy Eriksen • Marvin Eriksen Jr. • Marcus Eriksen • Ashley Eriksen • Martin Eriksen • Marvin W. Eriksen
Places	MacLaren's Pub • The Apartment • Wesleyan University • Goliath National Bank • Marshall and Lily's apartment • Marshall and Lily's house • AltruCell Corporation • Gazola's • Honeywell & Cootes
Phrases	Lawyered
Others	Ducky Tie (object) • The Eight Slaps • You Just Got Slapped • Marshall Brownies • Mabel • Tantrum • Marshall versus the Machines • Best Night Ever

Ted Mosby v • t • e
Friends & Family	Robin Scherbatsky • Marshall Eriksen • Lily Aldrin • Barney Stinson • Alfred Mosby • Virginia Mosby • Heather Mosby • Stacy • Ted's kids • The Mother
Places	MacLaren's Pub • The Apartment • Wesleyan University • Gazola's • Ted's house • New GNB Headquarters • Ted's Architecture Class • Quinn's apartment
Others	The Threeway Belt • Blue French Horn • Sensory Deprivator 5000 • Tuxedo Night • Tantrum