Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Usage examples of "public bar".
In the evenings I would help Fat Paul dribble the drunks out of the public bar, there, at the Shakespeare.
I should not care to call them magical, said the Professor, but let me tell you that this bean of yours pays allegiance to the powers of darkness to a point that it is better not thought of, let alone mentioned in the public bar of the Flying Swan.
Inside the inn, Joe Morley hoisted his vast-bellied frame on to the high stool at the corner of the public bar, and the landlord was already pulling a pint of draught Guinness.
Indeed, the only concession to the twentieth century is the juke box in the public bar.
The public bar was beginning to seem more and more a haven of rest.
The man who had already spoken to Jory now told her that this was the only public bar the atoll had ever boasted.