sports bar

noun

Definition of sports barnext
as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar Also hopping are Fuego, a sports bar that transforms into a nightclub in the evening with live music, and Pure, which often gets a line stretching from one end of Murphy Avenue to the other for its line-up of famous DJs and performers. — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 Keller In nearby Keller, the Eagle Tavern, a new sports bar located at 721 Keller Parkway #100 brings some familiar bites and some upscale items like ceviche to its menu. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026 Gayer in the 80s and 90s Martin, who is the manager of Sidelines Sports Bar and Billiards, a gay sports bar in Lower South End, has lived in the Charlotte area for most of his life. — Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026 James Stocklas, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania One evening in 2016, dining at a sports bar in the Florida Keys, James Stocklas, 67, glimpsed a yacht on the water. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for sports bar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sports bar
  1. nightclub
  2. bottle club
  3. bistro
  4. cabaret
  5. joint
  6. dive
  7. roadhouse
  8. brewpub
Noun
  • The business in question is stealing Georgia’s nightclub idea, though Charlie maintains that’s not what’s happening because his club won’t have any bowling.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 July 2026
  • Three women face charges after allegedly beating up another woman outside an East Texas nightclub in a June 21 attack that appeared to reference Karmelo Anthony, court documents state.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The restaurant was established in 2003 as a Grand Mariner bottle club, which has now grown to a community of 3,500 members.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Regular events and a bottle club help build community.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of bottle club
Noun
  • Opened in April by chef Kevin Finch and his wife, Alexa, the Greenpoint restaurant is inspired by Parisian bistros, with seasonal dishes that are both comforting and complex.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • The intimate 34-seat California-American bistro centers on a teensy open kitchen and a seasonally changing menu, with lunch and dinner served Tuesday through Saturday.
    — Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • The Coachella Valley Repertory Theater, in nearby Cathedral City, is offering a summer cabaret series for just $65.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Moulin Rouge cabaret, with its red windmill, has been a landmark of Paris’s artsy Montmartre neighborhood for 137 years, but many moviegoers likely learned of its existence thanks to the whimsical 2001 film of the same name.
    — Alicia Kort, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • The work on the bridge includes replacement of the bridge deck, joints, membrane and overlay, parapets and roadway lighting as well as roadway improvements and related appurtenances.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
  • Anyway, your legs are tired and noodly, your joints ache, and your quota is down.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of joint
Noun
  • Payton talks all the time about not putting quarterbacks on the high dive, but Nix has spent his first two seasons in the league working mostly from the 10-meter platform.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
  • According to Lindsley, one diver suffered a concussion underwater after a dive.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of dive
Noun
  • Down at the Borderline kicks up some roadhouse dirt, for example, while the recent Nobody Held Her Like Me explores soul music.
    — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 15 June 2026
  • Go to Sharps for cocktails and roadhouse comfort, Rendition for a polished Tukwila night, or Copperleaf for a more elevated Northwest dinner.
    — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Pedals & Pints Brewing (Thousand Oaks, California) Pedals & Pints Brewing is a brewpub with about a dozen beers available in their Thousand Oaks taproom, along with a full food menu.
    — Don Tse, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • The Urban Vibrancy Institute’s Every Thursday initiative recruited bands to play at different brewpubs and restaurants in 2022 and then expanded that into a series of block parties with live music and food trucks in different downtown districts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Definition of brewpub

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