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A pub is a public house or bar where people gather to drink beverages, socialize, and sometimes eat food, particularly common in Britain. Pubs serve as important community gathering spaces where locals meet, relax, and build social connections.
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- History
- Origins
- Inns
- Advent of the modern pub
- Tied house system
- Decline in Britain
- Licensing laws
- Lock-in
- Smoking bans
- Architecture
- Saloon or lounge
- Public bar
- Snug
- Counter
- Beer engine
- Companies
- Brewery tap
- Types
- Gastropub
- Country pub
- Roadhouse
- Theme pub
- Micropubs
- Desi pubs
- Other
- Pub signs
- Names
- Entertainment
- Listed
- Records
- Highest and remotest
- Smallest
- Largest
- {{anchor|Oldest}} Oldest
- Longest and shortest name
- Statistics
- Cultural associations
- London
- Oxford and Cambridge
- Outside Great Britain
- In fiction
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
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A pub (short for public house) is, in several countries, a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century to differentiate private houses from those open to the public as alehouses, taverns, and inns. Today, there is no strict definition, but the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) states a pub has four characteristics: is open to the public without membership or residency serves draught beer or cider without requiring food be consumed has at least one indoor area not laid out for meals allows drinks to be bought at a bar (i.e., not only table service)