A bar at the coach terminal, Udine, Italy

A bar is the counter where drinks are mixed by a bartender, mainly in hotels, taverns and pubs. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2561 KB)A bar at the coach terminal in Udine, Italy. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 2561 KB)A bar at the coach terminal in Udine, Italy. ... Piazza della Libertà and 15th. ... Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol, popularly called alcohol. ... A bartender is the person behind a bar in a pub, tavern, inn, bar, or restaurant that serves alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. ... A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging, usually on a short-term basis. ... A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

They usually contain a wide variety of types of drinks, and sometimes offer light snacks. Smaller versions of such bars can be found in a variety of places such as restaurants, private homes, corporate offices, cruise liners etc. A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... See also list of house types. ... An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one... MV Pride of Aloha docked in Port of Nāwiliwili, Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian Islands A cruise ship, or less commonly cruise liner or luxury liner, is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the amenities of the ship are considered an essential part...

It is thought that the method of serving from a bar was invented by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the great Victorian engineer, as a means of more quickly serving the sudden rush of customers caused by passenger trains arriving at the terminus of the Great Western Railway. Before then, the only method known was to wait at tables. If this is true, then the first bar would have been installed at the Great Western Hotel on Paddington Station, London. Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern Isambard Kingdom Brunel (April 9, 1806 – September 15, 1859) was a British engineer. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian Era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... This article is about trains in rail transport. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... The central (and longest) span of Paddington Station Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Counters for serving other types of food and drink are sometimes also called bars. Examples include salad bars, sushi bars, and sundae bars. A salad is a food item generally served either before or after the main dish as a separate course, as a main course in itself, or as a side dish accompanying the main dish. ... Sushi variations with Kanji names behind. ... Strawberry Sundae In the United States, one of the most familiar ice cream desserts is the ice cream sundae. ...

See also

• Bar (establishment)