[OSM-talk] pub vs bar vs club

[Evans, David]

Is it just me or was that really painful? 

Have we really got to a stage where people need to be told how a night out progresses from a pub to a nightclub? What are people doing with their time?!

Sad times


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Kev js1982
Sent: 04 June 2009 16:10
To: OSM - Talk GB
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] pub vs bar vs club

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.
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	>  * 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)