This is a list of notable bars, public houses and taverns. A bar is a retail business and drinking establishment that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks and often sell snack foods such as crisps or peanuts, for consumption on premises.[1]
A biker bar is a bar that is frequented by motorcyclists (bikers). Some are owned or managed by people who are friendly toward motorcyclists.[2] Biker bars are patronized by people from all walks of life, including bikers, non-bikers, and motorcycle club adherents, including outlaw motorcycle clubs.[3]
A gastropub is a bar and restaurant that serves high-end beer and food.[4]
An ice bar, sometimes associated with an ice hotel is a drinking establishment primarily made of ice. The bars usually contain ice sculptures and other formations and are kept at low temperatures (generally about -5 °C) to hinder melting. The walls and seating are also usually made of ice. Mostly a novelty, the ice bar is often considered a tourist destination.
A pub, also referred to as "public house", is a house licensed to sell alcohol to the general public. It is a drinking establishment in Britain,[6][7] Ireland,[8] New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.[9] In many places, especially in villages, a pub is the focal point of the community. Samuel Pepys described the pub as the heart of England.
A micropub is a very small, one room public house. The concept is attributed to publican Martyn Hillier and his pub, The Butchers Arms, in Herne, Kent, England.
A pub chain is a group of pubs or bars with a brand image. The brand may be owned outright by one company, or there may be multiple financiers; the chain may be a division within a larger company, or may be a single operation.
Mitchells & Butlers runs around 1,600 managed public house, bars and restaurants throughout the United Kingdom.
A speakeasy is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the United States during the Prohibition era (1920–1933, longer in some states). Speakeasies largely disappeared after Prohibition was ended in 1933, and the term is now used to describe some retro style bars. Some former speakeasies continue to operate as bars.
A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in most cases, where travelers receive lodging. An inn is a tavern which has a license to put up guests as lodgers. The word derives from the Latin taberna whose original meaning was a shed, workshop, stall, or pub.
A theme bar is an establishment centered around a specific concept, style, or subject, which influences its decor, ambiance, and sometimes its menu and drinks (similar to a theme restaurant). Examples are:
A tiki bar is an exotic–themed drinking establishment that serves elaborate cocktails, especially rum-based mixed drinks such as the mai tai and zombie cocktail. These bars are aesthetically defined by their tiki culture décor which is based upon a romanticized conception of tropical cultures, most commonly Polynesian.
A wine bar, sometimes called a bodega, is a bar that principally or exclusively serves wine.
Mitchells & Butlers runs around 1,600 managed public house, bars and restaurants throughout the United Kingdom.
