saloon keeper
Bar business owner
A saloon keeper is someone who owns or operates a saloon—a bar or tavern, especially in the American West of the 19th century.
The term evokes frontier towns with swinging doors and whiskey barrels: The saloon keeper wiped down the bar and poured another round.
Now largely historical or nostalgic.
- proprietorBusiness holder
- ownerHolder of title
- publicanKeeper of a tavern
- barDrinking establishment
- bar roomTavern drinking area
spittoon · tap · beer tap · bartender · shot · barkeep · innkeeper · frontier town · licensee · glass · beer · pour · whiskey · Wild West · watering hole · prohibition era · mixologist · barmaid
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Prohibition EraProhibition, bootleggers, bootlegging, bootlegger, speakeasies
- drink tradeliquor store, wine shop, bottle shop, bar manager, bartender