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Bars (Drinking establishments)

LC control no.sh 93000452
LC classificationTX950 TX953
Topical headingBars (Drinking establishments)
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Variant(s)Ale-houses
Cafés
Dive bars (Drinking establishments)
Dives (Drinking establishments)
Dramshops
Drinking establishments
Hotels, taverns, etc.
Public houses
Pubs
Saloons
Shebeens
Taverns (Drinking establishments)
See alsoHospitality industry
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Happy hours
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Found inWork cat.: 92-228646: Sintzel, R. Le livre des bouges, c1992.
Remba, J.C. Women, beer and gender, 1996: t.p. (history of shebeens in South Africa)
Wikipedia, Nov. 23, 2009 (shebeen (Irish: sibín) was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence. The term has spread far from its origins in Ireland, to Scotland, Canada, the United States, England, Zimbabwe and South Africa. In modern South Africa, many "shebeens" are now fully legal)