Dive bar

A dive bar is typically a small, unglamorous, eclectic, old-style drinking establishment with inexpensive drinks; it may feature dim lighting, shabby or dated decor, neon beer signs, packaged beer sales, cash-only service, and local clientele.^[1] The precise definition of a dive bar is rarely agreed on, and is the subject of spirited debates.^[2] The term dive was first used in the press in the U.S. in 1880s to describe disreputable places that were often in basements into which one "dives below".^[3]^: 1 A dive bar may also be known as "brown bars" or "brown pubs" in parts of Western Europe and Northern Europe, for example bruine kroegen in the Netherlands,^[4] and brun bar or brun pub in Norway.^[5]^[6]^[7]

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List of dive bars

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