Forget that whole lounge/ultralounge conundrum. There’s a whole new set of drinking delineations to worry about ...
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A business that serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises. See DOUBLE DOWN SALOON, CHAMPAGNES CAFE
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A business that serves alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, and which references elements of design, luxury and sultry atmosphere on its website. See SIERRA GOLD, LITTLE MACAU (now open at 3939 Spring Mountain Road)
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A business that serves above-average-size alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises to patrons (the overwhelming majority of whom are overweight, middle-aged males) with regressive Animal House complexes. See BIG BUCKETS O’ BEER, KEGGER: THE BAR
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A Dylanesque business that serves ethereally angsty alcoholic beverages for radio-friendly consumption on the bittersweet premises to cliché-spouting music critics. See DARK SIDE OF THE BLUE MOON, THIS JUKEBOX F--KING SUCKS
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A business! And it, like, totally serves neon-green XalcoholicX XbeveragesX for consumption on the premises ... or flying through the air at, like, 200 Gs! See BODE MILLER’S BODE-ACIOUS BAR, DUUUDE!