sports bar

noun

: a bar catering especially to sports fans and typically containing several televisions and often sports memorabilia

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For now, the 37-year-old, who holds a business management degree and owned a catering firm back in Savannah, is waiting tables at a sports bar near Madison Square Garden for three shifts and hoping to get a bartender position. Michael Sasso, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025 Plus, children can eat for free at the restaurant and sports bar Draft, with a purchase of an adult entree. Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025 Eventually, the bride discovered that her father, along with a few of her uncles, left the wedding to watch a football game at a nearby sports bar. Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025 Like any traditional sports bar, there are popular comfort food classics on the menu like wings, shrimp and grits and more, with lunch and dinner specials throughout the week. Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sports bar

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sports bar was in 1975

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“Sports bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sports%20bar. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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