bar owner

Runs a saloon

A bar owner is someone who owns a bar—an establishment that serves alcoholic beverages.

The term is straightforward, combining the business sense of owner with bar as a drinking establishment.

Bar owners handle licensing, staffing, and the particular challenges of running a place where people consume alcohol: The bar owner had to cut off a rowdy customer.

Related
  • tavernPublic drinking establishment
  • pubLicensed drinking establishment
  • saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
  • nightclubEvening entertainment venue
  • liquorDistilled alcoholic drink

liquor license · pool table · regulars · tap · draft · closing time · last call · last round · jukebox · neon · spirits · license · kegs · cocktails · dive · watering hole · proprietor · innkeeper

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role in bar establishment

bar ownercustomer

Buyer of goods

bar-goer · drinker · regular · pub crawler · barfly

business hierarchy

bar ownerbartender

One who serves drinks

barback · bouncer · server · hired help · hourly worker

relationship to alcohol commerce

bar ownerprohibitionist

Advocate against legal alcohol

temperance advocate · teetotaler

Family

bar, owner, bars, barred, barring, barrister, own, owns, owned

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