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bar
establishment serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
nightclub
A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers.
pub
thumb|A thatching|thatched country pub, the Williams Arms, near [[Braunton, Devon, England]] thumb|The interior of a typical British pub thumb|upright|The Ale-House Door (painting of c. 1790 by Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton)
inn
thumb|King George II Inn in [[Bristol, Pennsylvania, founded in 1681, the oldest inn in the United States]] thumb|American Scenery—the Inn on the Roadside, an 1872 portrait Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accommodation for horses.
tavern
thumb|upright=1.3|Tavern Scene by Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger|David Teniers, thumb|A Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch tavern scene by [[Jan Steen, late 17th century]] thumb|Raleigh Tavern, [[Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia]] thumb|Buckman Tavern, where the first shots of the [[American Revolution were fired, Lexington, Massachusetts]] thumb|Parker Tavern, Reading, Massachusetts showing traditional New England [[saltbox architecture]]
gay bar
drinking establishment catered to LGBTQ clientele
izakaya
thumb|upright=1.2|An in Gotanda, Tokyo. The signboard on the right shows a menu with regular dishes (left) and seasonal entrees – (right).
Western saloon
historical type of an American bar
beer garden
outdoor area in which beer, other drinks, and local food are served
snack bar
inexpensive food counter
Heuriger
thumb|Beim Heurigen in Grinzing, painting by [[Rudolf Alfred Höger (1900)]] In eastern Austria, a Heuriger (; Austrian pronunciation: Heiriga, Hungarian: Kurta kocsma) is a tavern where local winemakers serve their new wine under a special licence in alternating months during the growing season. Each state in Austria has slightly varying rules on how many Heuriger of a town can be open at any given time and for how long in total during the year. The Heurige are renowned for their atmosphere of Gemütlichkeit shared among a throng enjoying young wine, simple food, and – in some places &nda
beer hall
large drinking establishment mostly serving beer
juke joint
vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States
host and hostess club
establishment that feature attractive staff that cater to people seeking drinks and attentive conversation
cantina
thumb|Musketeers sitting outside a cantina, painted by [[Joaquín Agrasot, 1885–1890|300x300px]] A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain. The word is similar in etymology to "canteen", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar, winery, or vault. In Italy, the word cantina refers to a room below the ground level where wine and other products such as salami are stored.
honky-tonk
thumb| Tootsie's Orchid Lounge is the oldest honky-tonk in Nashville, Tennessee. A honky-tonk (also called honkatonk, honkey-tonk, honky tonk, or tonk) is either a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons or the style of music played in such establishments. It can also refer to the type of piano (tack piano) used to play such music. Bars of this kind are common in the South and Southwest United States. Many prominent country music artists such as Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Johnny Horton and Merle Haggard began their care
Zoigl
thumb|Zoigl beers Zoigl is a type of German beer brewed in the Oberpfalz, eastern Bavaria, between Franconia and the Czech Republic.
Irish pub
Type of pub
go go bar
Type of nightclub
Pojangmacha
Pojangmacha (), also abbreviated as pocha (), is a South Korean term for outdoor carts that sell street foods such as hotteok, gimbap, tteokbokki, sundae, dak-kkochi (Korean skewered chicken), fish cake, mandu, and anju (foods accompanying drinks). In the evening, many of these establishments serve alcoholic beverages such as soju.
meyhane
thumb|right|upright=1.3|People dancing in a Bulgarian mehana
lesbian bar
bar for women who identify as lesbian
chiringuito
thumb|A chiringuito in Formentera. In Spain, a chiringuito () is a small beach bar, selling mainly drinks and snacks, and sometimes meals or tapas, in a more or less provisional building, since a more permanent structure on the beach may not be viable.
shebeen
thumb|Shebeen in Joe Slovo Park, [[Cape Town]] A shebeen (, "home-made whiskey") was originally an illicit bar or club where accessible alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence. The term has spread far from its origins in Ireland, and is particularly common in South Africa. It has also been used in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and the English-speaking Caribbean, including Jamaica. In modern South Africa, many shebeens are now fully legal.
Schanigarten
thumb|300px| near University of Vienna|Vienna University '''' (plural: Schanigärten) is the Austro-Bavarian term for tables and chairs set up on the sidewalk in front of eating and drinking places. Unlike normal beer gardens (Gastgärten), the customers actually sit on public property. Originally, Schanigärten'' referred only to Viennese coffee houses, but now the expression is used in other parts of Austria and for other types of establishments like restaurants and taverns.
popina
thumb|A picture of a popina in Pompeii The popina (: popinae) was an ancient Roman wine bar, where a limited menu of simple foods (olives, bread, stews) and selection of wines of varying quality were available. The popina was a place for plebeians of the lower classes of Roman society (slaves, freedmen, foreigners) to socialize; in Roman literature, they were frequently associated with illegal and immoral behavior.
Jumak
Jumak (, lit. "wine house") were traditional Korean taverns or inns that provided alcohol, food, and lodgings to travellers. They are also called juju (), juga (), or jupo (). Jumak were abundant during the Joseon Dynasty and could be found in both rural and urban areas. Jumak came in many varieties with some having stables for livestock, courtyards, and gardens.
wine bar
tavern-like business focusing on selling wine
Cigar bar
Establishment for patrons who smoke cigars
dance bar
term in India for adult bars
roadhouse
commercial establishment typically built on or near a major road
tiki bar
bar with a "Tiki" or Polynesian theme
brewpub
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