bar closing time
Pub's final hour
Bar closing time is the hour when a bar must stop serving alcohol and close, set by local law and varying by jurisdiction.
The phrase often evokes the particular atmosphere of that hour—last calls, lights coming up, patrons spilling onto sidewalks: We met at bar closing time and walked home together.
In some places it's a fixed hour like 2 a.m.; in others, bars may serve until dawn or around the clock.
- last callPre-closing drink announcement
- nightcapPre-sleep alcoholic drink
- bouncerVenue entrance enforcer
- lockupTemporary detention facility
- 2amMiddle-of-night time
one more drink · stumbling · lights · taxi · sidewalk · drunk · drunk driving · designated driver · curfew · karaoke · jukebox · tab · checkout · neon · neon signs · streetlights · designated · uber
- time restrictionscurfew, quiet hours, library hours, pool hours
- liquor lawsDUI, legal age, public intoxication, alcohol ban, open container
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
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Discounted drinks period
cocktail hour · after-work drinks · first round · early bird specials
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