fern bar

American  

noun

1. a stylish bar or tavern conspicuously decorated with ferns and other greenery.

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Example Sentences

A massive construction of valves and pipes near the front entrance looks like a prop from a steampunk movie — I can only imagine the architects' delight when they came across the thing — and the dark wood paneling gives the impression of a 1970s fern bar without the Tiffany lamps or the ferns.

From Los Angeles Times

If Slick Willy’s helped spawn an unflattering nickname for a president - and it did, with the aid of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist Paul Greenberg - Buster’s was Little Rock’s original “fern bar,” a stylish establishment attracting young professionals - some single, some decidedly not.

From Washington Times

Stillman told me to picture him during the fern bar’s heyday as Tom Cruise’s character in the 1988 movie “Cocktail, ” which was partially filmed in T.G.I’s Upper East Side location.

From The New Yorker

Earlier this month, restaurant critics issued a collective groan at the news that a new fern bar—Oleanders, in the McCarren Hotel & Pool in Williamsburg—had opened its doors in New York City for the first time in decades.

From The New Yorker

When the world’s first fern bar opened its doors in New York City, in March of 1965, most co-ed drinking still took place in the home.

From The New Yorker