Bars have existed for thousands of years, originally serving alcohol for its perceived medicinal properties. The first recorded bars were ale houses in ancient times. In ancient Greece and Rome, taverns served alcohol, food, entertainment, and hosted social gatherings. There are many types of bars that serve alcohol in various settings like hotels, restaurants, sporting events, and more. However, the most common bar types are pubs, taverns, lounges, nightclubs, and brewpubs.

2. BARS
Bars have been an integral part of the human
lifestyle since ages and can be traced back
to thousands of years. Alcohol and wines
were mainly consumed for their medicinal
values. The first recorded joints were ale
houses which used to offer beer to its
patrons. In ancient Greece and Rome,
taverns served alcohol, food, games, and
other entertainment. During the Anglo-Saxon
period, public houses emerged as a popular
gathering place for businessmen and social
meetings. The New Englanders brought
these public houses or taverns to the New

3. BARS
There are various types of bar, known
by different names but all used to
serve alcoholic drinks. The possible
range is almost endless. There may
be bars serving alcohol in a hotel’s
garden, by the pool (even in the
pool!), in a room full of poker
machines, in a corporate box at
some sporting event, or in a
licensed café and so on. However
the most common names for bar

4. HOTEL BARS
Hotel bars are one of the most popular types of bars as
they get visitors from all around the world. In most of
the cases, there is no specific theme attached to them
and in fact, they create their own designs. Normally,
they serve snacks along with the alcoholic drinks inside
the bar itself and can serve food in the restaurant. In
some cases, they have restaurants attached with the
main bar or vice-versa. Such types of bars maintain
huge inventories in order to cater to the needs of varied
clientele. Because of the hospitality involved in these
types of bars, many of the locals also prefer to have a
quite drink at such places. Inside the hotel, there can be
sub categories of bar like Dispense Bar, Banquet Bar,
Lounge Bar, etc

5. MINIBARS –
Minibars – Minibars are found in hotel
bedrooms where a range of miniature
bottles of spirits, half bottles of wine, a
few beers, mixers, nuts etc. are
available for the guests’ convenience.
Items taken for the minibar must be
added to the guests’ accounts to be
paid for when they check out.

6. LIVE MUSIC BAR
The major attraction of these kinds of
bar is the live music. Such types of
joints are highly crowded and are
mainly frequented by the
youngsters because of the noise
level inside the bars. Customers
looking out for calm environment
will never patronize live music bars.
Often, it is observed that they have
a limited inventory to offer.