[OSM-talk] pub vs bar vs club

[Kev js1982]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Peter Childs <pchilds at bcs.org> wrote:

> >  * there may (or may not) be an area set aside for dancing, e.g. with a
> DJ
>
> Thats a nightclub.


It's not though - many places have dance floors but they aren't often used
- A night club is somewhere you go to dance, a bar is somewhere you go
before hand to get drunk on affordable alcohol.
.

>
>
> >  * in places with ridiculous licensing laws (such as the UK), these
> places are often open later than pubs, which normally wind down around 11pm
> or midnight.  A bar or club may not even really get moving before 11 or 12
>

Quite a lot of bars round here open around 19:00 but are often quiet empty
for a while - a more obvious difference is that a pub is somewhere you
generally sit down, can hear yourself think, often has a pool table and
fruit machines and sometimes serves food.  It also hasn't been decorated
since Queen Victoria was a toddler ;)   Generally a place you go to
socialise and relax in the company of friends and a good drink - it would
also be a place you seek out when in need of refreshment while out cycling
or walking. Found anywhere.

A bar on the other hand often plays loud music, had little seating, tends to
be missing the games stuff and was decorated when an Ikea van crashed into
it.  Generally a place you go, have a cheap drink and move onto the next
bar.  Usually only found in town ad city centres.

A night club certainly plays loud music, has a complete lack of seating away
from the chill out space, and the decór is forgotten thanks to the influence
of alcohol - often hold a large number of people.

A day out (especially at the week end) will usually see you start in the
pub, progress onto the bar, before venturing onto a night club which you
leave the following morning.

Perhaps the distinction between Pub and Bar is a peculiarly British thing
thanks to our archaic licensing laws?

Kev :o)
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