sports bar

noun

Definition of sports barnext
as in nightclub

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Recent Examples of sports bar In June, as New York Knicks fever reached an all-time high and fans across the country flooded their local bars for the NBA Finals, Moroccanoil invited its community to a buzzy sports bar in Lower Manhattan for game four of the series. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026 The first happened inside The Rabbit Hole sports bar off North Washington and Fifth avenues in the North Loop. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 As a sports bar concept, there’s nothing that matters more than having any game, any time, for customers walking into the establishment. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026 In the fall of 1995, three decades after the March on Washington, the sports bar and restaurant chain Hooters staged a march of its own. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 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
  • In Miami, Daniela Fuentes styled hair for clients and performed in drag at a nightclub called Azúcar.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • People under 21 are not allowed to enter or stay inside bars or nightclubs in California that only sell alcohol, according to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The newest restaurant in Plaza Midwood’s growing dining scene is set to open next week, bringing bruschetta, a bottle club and shareable plates.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bottle club
Noun
  • While the world’s grand dining rooms served Champagne and Bordeaux in elegant crystal stemware, corner bistros and local trattorias poured even their best wines into clunky glass goblets.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • According to city records first reported by the Santa Monica Daily Press, the Victorian will be converted into a members club including a pool, spa, fitness center and coffee bistro.
    — Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • The 65-minute show at the Wallis, which moves to South Coast Repertory on Thursday, blends cabaret, memoir and comedy, with songs about motherhood and perimenopause.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The inaugural event brings together ballroom, film, drag, cabaret, wellness activities, panel discussions, visual and performing arts and nightlife under one umbrella.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • The device looks like a giant worm, with five connected segments and four joints.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026
  • A lot of the horses have small fractures in the wood joints that need to be repaired as well.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of joint
Noun
  • The plane went into a steep dive and crashed into the mountains of Siberia, killing all seventy-five people aboard.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The following day, dive teams pulled his body from the waters at Abrams Falls.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of dive
Noun
  • Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Another brewpub wouldn’t open until the 1990s, with Micky Finns in Libertyville, Dretske said.
    — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Tamara Wallace’s legal woes came to a head on the same day her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of brewpub

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sports%20bar. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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