fern bar

noun

: a bar or restaurant fashionably decorated with green plants and especially ferns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Although plants are a contemporary decor choice, Propagation also feels like a throwback to the fern bar, a plant-loving style that emerged in the 1970s with an emphasis on serving women. —Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2021

The dark wood paneling gives the impression of a 1970s fern bar without the Tiffany lamps or the ferns. —Peter Meehan, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2019

Colliau has taken the tackiest, kitschiest drinks from the fern bar repertoire — a Long Island iced tea, a lemon drop, a Harvey Wallbanger — and worked her customary magic on them. —Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above