sports bar

noun

Definition of sports barnext
as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar Luddington and Alan met as struggling actors working at Barney’s Beanery sports bar in Santa Monica to make extra income. — Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025 Cali’s Sports Bar & Kitchen, Berkeley: Reserve free seating in advance (Eventbrite link) for the watch party at this sports bar with 16 screens and lots of lounging space. — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 The sports bars and pubs around Wrigley Field are legendary. — Wendy Altschuler, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2025 Eclipse Bar & Grill in Raytown The celebration kicks off at 3 p.m. at this Raytown sports bar. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sports bar
  1. nightclub
  2. bottle club
  3. bistro
  4. joint
  5. cabaret
  6. dive
  7. roadhouse
  8. brewpub
Noun
  • Fair enough: pop culture gets very excited when the children of celebrities step into their parents’ shoes–but there will always be an unknown, sipping in the corner of a nightclub, destined for their own shot at fame.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Valentino’s show took place in a bathroom — specifically, the replicated stalls, sinks and tiles typical of a nightclub, as designer Alessandro Michele sought to blur the lines between public and private.
    — Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • Cohen and Skiles sold out in 1949 to Cookie and Bill McKinney, who turned it into what may have been San Antonio’s first bottle club to get around the Texas law against selling liquor by the drink.
    — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Phan was issued violations for an unlicensed bottle club, violating executive and emergency orders, and obstructed egress, among others.
    — Lauren Del Valle and Anna Sturla, CNN, 2 Jan. 2021
Definition of bottle club
Noun
  • The middle ground—the neighborhood bistro or the $25 burger spot—is vanishing, leaving diners with fewer options between fast and affordable or slow and expensive.
    — Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • For the new bistro, Visionnaire tapped Linfa, the first Italian concept restaurant that is entirely plant-based, vegan, and 100 percent gluten-free.
    — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • In 2018, the billiards joint was hit with a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act and forced to close its doors.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
  • This comes after Scott, with a joint in hand, joined Uso for his entrance on the WWE Raw Netflix premiere, solidifying their on-screen alliance.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of joint
Noun
  • There will also be eight bars, including a 1930s speakeasy and a Parisian-style cabaret hall inspired by iconic spots like the Moulin Rouge.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In New York, the whole cabaret scene and the tiny club scene were full of gay people.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • Meanwhile, their dive supervisor, Craig Frederick, was in the diving bell managing their tethers (a.k.a.
    — Keith Langston, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The forecast initially turned negative, to -1.5%, on Friday after factoring in the dive in consumer spending that was reported in January’s Personal Consumption Expenditures report released that day.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald and Matt Egan, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of dive
Noun
  • The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, Knight has begun looking into requirements for moving the roadhouse away from the river without losing its historic designation.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Visit Sacramento has pegged the economic impact of the West Coast’s largest hard rock and metal festival at north of $27 million, with tens of thousands of festival-goers staying in area hotels, dining in local restaurants and frequenting bars, brewpubs and nightspots during the four-day event.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
  • After nearly nine years of service, the Blue Moon restaurant and brewpub in Denver’s River North Art District will permanently close its doors at the end of March.
    — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of brewpub

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