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 Gossip Girl Puts Another 
 Nail in Speakeasy's Coffin 

A good cocktail is timeless; this trend is not

Nov 8, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Not even a month after one mag wished for the speakeasy trend to die, Gossip Girl (yes, a show about high school and college kids, but that’s another topic) is pounding another nail in the cocktail conceit, Derek Brown writes. With one of the show’s characters opening a... More »

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entertainment • Prohibition • bars • cocktails • Gossip Girl • The CW • Jay-ZTV • speakeasy • Chuck Bass

TRAVEL

 World's Most Legendary Bars 


Jun 27, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even the most enjoyable vacation can leave you in need of a drink, and bars make great, offbeat places to learn about the history of your destination. The staff of VirtualTourist.com shares its favorite legendary watering holes with Reuters:
  • Harry’s Bar, Venice: Famed Hemingway haunt claims
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travel • London • New York • Rio de Janeiro • Oakland • bars • Salvation Army • whiskey • Malta • Venice • 1906 San Francisco earthquake • Ernest Hemingway • Harry's Bar • Bellini • Jay-ZTV • carpaccio • Blind Beggar • White Horse Tavern • Dylan Thomas • Garota de Ipanema • Oliver Reed • The Pub • Heinold%u2019s First and Last Chance Bar • Jack London

 UK Weighs Limits 
 on 'Binge Bars' 

Brown calls time on drink promotions in effort to reduce rowdiness

May 13, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - British pubs that offer "all you can drink" promotions may soon find themselves banned from serving alcohol under tough new measures to curb binge drinking, the Independent reports. Gordon Brown declined to introduce a minimum drink price as some activists had called for, but the PM promised that the... More »

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alcohol • Gordon Brown • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Britain • bars

 As Biz Fizzles, 
 UK Pubs Hit Last Call 

Cash-strapped Brits hit up supermarkets for cheaper booze

Apr 16, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A proud British tradition is going down the drain as debt squeezes the two chains that own one-third of UK pubs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instead of heading to their local establishments, many British drinkers pick up booze with their groceries for about half the price they'd pay at... More »

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United Kingdom • debt • pubs • bars • financial crisis • chain

(Newser) - For 35 years, Eddie Doyle has been the most famous bartender at Boston’s most famous bar, pouring drinks, signing autographs, and raising more than $1 million for charity along the way. Now, he’s unemployed. Cheers, the bar that inspired the TV show of the same name, has laid... More »

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television • Boston • layoffs • unemployment • bars • recession depression

 Quirky Alaska 
 Police Blotter 
 Earns Cult Status 

Blotter 'poet' chronicles the ways visiting fisherman cause trouble

Feb 6, 09 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A remote Alaska fishing port may have gotten its first taste of celebrity as home of the Deadliest Catch TV show, but the police blotter of Dutch Harbor is gaining a cult following all its own, reports the Los Angeles Times. The recounts of bar fights, eagle attacks, the occasional... More »

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Alaska • drugs • domestic violence • drinking • bars • fishermen • police blotter

Happy Hour Hammers Bars in Tough Times

Restaurants sober up as patrons drink earlier to save money

Jan 10, 09 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s a recession on, and that’s forcing drinkers everywhere to change their schedules. These days bars are filling up in the late afternoon, the Los Angeles Times reports, as patrons pinch pennies by slurping happy hour specials. “We don’t see a change in what people... More »

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alcohol • recession • bars • economy • happy hour

Send That Online Pal an
Off-Line Drink

'Give Real' allows users to give credits
for bars, restaurants

Dec 10, 08 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - For those who are sick of shelling out to send Facebook friends cupcake icons and virtual champagne bottles for occasions, the startup Give Real has the answer. Through their site (or via a Facebook app), you can buy a friend credits redeemable at nearly any bar or restaurant in America.... More »

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technology • Facebook • restaurant • drinks • credit card • bars • gift card

OPINION

Between Home and Work, Public Life Declines

More than ever, we need surprises of 'third spaces': Rodriguez

Dec 1, 08 1:36 PM CST
(Newser) - In the 1980s sociologists introduced the term "third place," neither home nor work, to encompass the bars, restaurants, and other public spaces that allow us to build relationships. Today, with global economic woes besetting even the iconic French cafe culture, our "public living rooms" are... More »

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France • restaurant • bars • cafes • society • social behavior • decline

(Newser) - Britain may make "happy hour" specials illegal and force companies to put cigarette-style health warnings on booze bottles, the Telegraph reports. With alcohol taking more lives and costing the nation up to $37 billion a year in health bills, the government is also planning a public awareness campaign. Officials... More »

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alcohol • England • bars • happy hour

 Woman Charged 
 With Buff Bartending 

Second recent naked incident in suburban St. Louis

Oct 22, 08 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lowered inhibitions aren’t uncommon in bars, but one in suburban St. Louis has been having trouble keeping its female bartenders clothed, the Alton (Ill.) Telegraph reports. Something strange is going on around Alton, where Jamie Day, 24, was charged Friday with bartending in the nude—the area’s... More »

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nudity • bars • public nudity

So These Kids Walk Into a Bar (and Barflies Start Griping)

UK drinkers say brats put them off their pints

Oct 14, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A smoking ban and an increasing trend of serving food have made Britain's pubs more family-friendly, but many drinkers are far from thrilled about sharing their watering hole with rowdy kids, the Times of London reports. The editors of the Good Pub Guide say complaints have soared about "baby... More »

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United Kingdom • children • pubs • Britain • bars

Brits May Ban
Free Drinks to
Slow Staggering Booze Problem

Health warnings may replace ladies' night

Oct 13, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is considering banning the bar tradition of free drinks for women and other measures to combat the overwhelming problem of public drunkenness, the Guardian reports. Explicit alcohol health warnings in pubs and a ban on drinking games may also be enacted. Drinks should not be promoted as... More »

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alcohol • alcohol abuse • pubs • Britain • bars

Beer-Loving
Mare Banned
From UK Bar

Pub owner gets new carpet, puts end to horsin' around

Sep 30, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A beer-swigging mare has been kicked to the curb following renovations at her favorite British watering hole, reports the Evening Chronicle. Peggy, a regular at the establishment since following her owner into the pub years ago, has been told to keep her hooves off the new carpeting. “Although... More »

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weird • England • horse • animal behavior • bars • John Smiths bitter

 Last Call for Chicago Bar Cars 

Transit company phasing out drinks service to make space for passengers

Aug 27, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago’s last commuter-train watering holes will grind to a halt this week, disappointing the tight-knit community of “bar car” regulars, the Tribune reports. The Metra system has been phasing out the traveling taverns in an effort to make more room for passengers, but for many the change feels... More »

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Chicago • alcohol • bars

Opinion

Italian Sodas Sparkle With Real Sugar

Latest trend brings gourmet tonic water to American bars

Aug 9, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - If your local bar pours tonic water from a gun—that plastic gizmo that dispenses sodas—it's time to seek a new watering hole, writes drink-maven Eric Felten in the Wall Street Journal. Good bartenders are hip to tonics' latest trend: Italian soda. Made with real cane sugar... More »

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alcohol • soda • bars

 Philly Loves Hump Day

Center City Sips trades Fridays for Wednesdays

Aug 6, 08 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wednesday is the new Friday in Philly, even if Thursday isn’t the new Saturday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Confused? A coordinated set of happy hours called Center City Sips has made hump day the evening for urbanites to socialize before they head out of town for the weekend. "... More »

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Philadelphia • bars • happy hour • hump day

 Dutch Fight
 Smoking Ban
 With God  

Smokers' Church members claim immunity from ban

Jul 22, 08 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Worshipers are flocking to the One True Universal Smokers' Church of God—whose "masses" are held in bars—since the Netherlands instituted a smoking ban July 1. Adherents claim their right to light up is protected as a religious freedom, Radio Free Netherlands reports. "I genuinely believe in... More »

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smoking • religion • Netherlands • church • smoking ban • bars • cigarette • One True Universal Smokers' Church of God

Preachy Bar Managers Stir Brewhaha

London bar flies revolt against lofty ideals
of Christian couple

Jul 6, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Praise the Lord and pass the beer—or at least that's the vision a devout Christian couple may have had for the London pub they were hired to manage. But patrons found the couple's preachy exhortations to prayer, Bible quizzes, and ban on cursing and gambling downright annoying. More »

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beer • holy site • pubs • bars • religious conflict • drinkers

Want to Skirt Smoking Laws in Germany? Join the Club

Bars go exclusive
to avoid ban

Jun 20, 08 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smoking in a bar is verboten in much of Germany, so many watering holes have decided they’re not “bars” anymore—they’re private clubs where members are free to light up. The dodge appalls anti-smoking groups, but one club owner says cigarettes are essential to his business. “... More »

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Germany • smoking • smoking ban • bars

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