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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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tavern vs bar

Are tavern and bar interchangeable?
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Hi, Are tavern and bar interchangeable? Sometimes, but here are a few comments that focus on possible differences.. tavern - A building.

  • Hi, Are tavern and bar interchangeable?
  • Sometimes, but here are a few comments that focus on possible differences..
  • tavern - A building.
  • Usually serves a lot of beer.
  • Not high-class.
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Hi,
Are tavern and bar interchangeable?
Sometimes, but here are a few comments that focus on possible differences..

tavern - A building. Usually serves a lot of beer. Not high-class.

bar - I can have a bar in my home, in the corner of my living-room, eg a counter where I prepare drinks for my guests.

Best wishes, Clive
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A "tavern" is an establishment solely devoted to serving drinks, whereas a "bar" could be part of another establishment (such as a hotel, theatre, club etc.)

But assuming that "bar" is meant as the whole establishment, "tavern" to me has a more old-fashioned feel -- perhaps it's a bit dusty; perhaps it's been tucked away in a side street for a couple of hundred years; perhaps it's a bit o
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Mr WordyThe fact that a place has "tavern" in its name, though, doesn't always mean that it's what I would call, generically, a "tavern".
Thank you, Mr Wordy for the detailed explanation.
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It so depends on where you are. When I first moved to Seattle in 1969, a tavern was an independent establishment where beer and wine could be bought and consumed. A bar was always connected to a restaurant, because to offer the hard liquor, it had to have a certain percentage of the sales in food (real food, not just snacks and hotdogs). I believe that law has never been c

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