Not all of them have been demolished though.
Even though the drinks stopped flowing decades ago, some historic buildings left behind are still here today and live on as something new.
For examples, scores of people still head to what was once The Beehive pub on Dykes Hall Road to buy drinks - but that’s because it’s now a Tesco Express.
Or there’s the long-lost Moorfoot Tavern on Cumberland Street, which is now nearly unrecognisable as El Paso Mexican Restaurant.
There are still some sad cases though. The 270-year-old Farfield Inn, on Neepsend Lane, has been closed 20 years and is in a sorry state nowadays.
The Star has dug through its archive for photos of long lost Sheffield pubs and paired them with snaps of how they look today in our gallery below.
How many of them do you remember and what pub would you most like to see making a comeback?
5. Then: The Corner Pin, Carlisle Street East
The Corner Pin was a regular for the countless workers based off Carlisle Street East, pictured here c.2007 after it was redecorated from original colours cream and brown. Described by one customer in 2009 as "a very small, traditional pub. With games like billiards and other old-school ideas giving the pub a real cosy, quaint feel. How pubs used to be I imagine." It closed in 2013 and reopened as... | Alex Ekins
6. Now: Offices, but The Corner Pin name plate remains
The green paint (and the brown paint presumably underneath) were sandblasted off to turn The Corner Pin into some fairly nondescript offices, but maintained the beautiful stone name plate. | Google Maps
7. Then: The Farfield Inn, Neepsend Lane
The Farfield Inn, on Neepsend Lane, is maybe one of the saddest entries on this list. Pictured here c.2002, the building is over 270 years old and was constructed in 1753 but made into a pub in the late 1800s. It was at one point called The Muff Inn. The Farfield Inn was badly hit by the 2007 flood and closed in 2008. It is not in good shape today... | Ron Clayton
8. Now: The Farfield Inn, left to wrack and ruin
Here is the very sorry looking Farfield Inn in 2022, 14 years after its closure. Who knows what the future holds for this 270-year-old remnant. | Google Maps