Dasher's Corner Pub is on North Main in Homer, right at the corner where Main Street bends toward downtown, and it occupies the specific role that every small village needs filled: the bar that's there for the people who live there, not for visitors who found it on a list.
I logged this in January 2023 on the same day as the Embassy Suites in East Syracuse, which means this was a Homer stop on a workday without a formal sit-down. No rating at the time but the presence on the list is the acknowledgment. Homer's North Main has the Exchange Restaurant across the way and Nicky C's a few blocks south, which gives the village's main drag a functional food and drink circuit that doesn't require leaving.
For anyone in the Homer-Cortland area who wants a pub rather than a restaurant, Dasher's is the local option. The bar earns its spot in the village the same way local bars always earn their spot: by being there, being reliable, and knowing who walks in the door.