Why is it called a bar when u go to a pub or club?!
Why is it called a bar when u go to a pub or club?
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Here I go copying and pasting again, but the following is from the straightdope site:
According to Webster's College Dictionary, the word "bar" has 26 definitions. We only need to look at two:
1. a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, such as wood, or an oblong piece of any material.
This undoubtedly led to:
6. counter or place where beverages, esp. liquors or light foods, are served to customers.
This would indeed, be "the bar that you would belly up to." It's not too much of a stretch to see where referring to the entire establishment as a "bar" would come from.
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http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m971...
The bar is the main source of profit.
Because they keep some people from going into them. (They BAR them). :)
The "bar" is where the drink pourers are standing the are the barkeepers or bartenders. Pub is and English word used to describe the place they go for drinks. A Club is a place you go to for drinks and dancing.
Actually, a bar and a pub are different things. A bar implies liquor while a pub implies beer and wine, also called a tavern.
The way I heard it is they named it after the long brass rail or bar that is along the bottom of every bar for you to put your foot on while you were sitting on a stool or standing at the front of the serving counter(or bar as we call it now). These were originally put in to keep the patrons spurs from damaging the wooden floors while then sat on the stools apparently.