Read more bars stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16149/bars.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:07:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73529/gossip-girl-puts-another-nail-in-speakeasys-coffin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot 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 Prohibition-style joint—...http://www.newser.com/story/73529/gossip-girl-puts-another-nail-in-speakeasys-coffin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 6:39:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62925/worlds-most-legendary-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEven 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 to have invented...http://www.newser.com/story/62925/worlds-most-legendary-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 1:46:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58829/uk-weighs-limits-on-binge-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish 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 crackdown...http://www.newser.com/story/58829/uk-weighs-limits-on-binge-bars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 8:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56327/as-biz-fizzles-uk-pubs-hit-last-call.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/56327/as-biz-fizzles-uk-pubs-hit-last-call.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 8:16:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52927/real-cheers-bartender-laid-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor 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 Doyle off,...http://www.newser.com/story/52927/real-cheers-bartender-laid-off.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 14:14:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49963/quirky-alaska-police-blotter-earns-cult-status.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/49963/quirky-alaska-police-blotter-earns-cult-status.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 14:55:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47568/happy-hour-hammers-bars-in-tough-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’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 are drinking,” said the beverage...http://www.newser.com/story/47568/happy-hour-hammers-bars-in-tough-times.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Jan 2009 16:29:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44959/send-that-online-pal-an-off-line-drink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor 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....http://www.newser.com/story/44959/send-that-online-pal-an-off-line-drink.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44070/between-home-and-work-public-life-declines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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 shuttering at the moment we...http://www.newser.com/story/44070/between-home-and-work-public-life-declines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Dec 2008 13:36:01 CST