tavern vs bar

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

Thanks, Clive.

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

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.

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