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[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 114 points 1 year ago
[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

Oddly, I feel like you need to specify this in the PNW...

Beer bar, whiskey bar, coffee bar, chocolate bar. There's a lot of ten guys out there who'd get confused.

[-] Elivey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] obrenden@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Beer bars (sometimes called taverns or pubs) are legally restricted to selling only beer, and possibly wine or cider. Liquor bars, also simply called bars, also sell hard liquor.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oregon has weird liquor laws. Taprooms that only sell beer and can't serve spirits are actually pretty common, and they'll have fancy beers brewed in a room behind the counter. (Most of them like to highlight the existence of the brewery by making it visible to the rest of the room.) People don't usually call em "beer bars" but that's exactly what they are.

[-] Gormadt 5 points 1 year ago

You can definitely tell it's a non-native by what they call those places

Also how they pronounce some of the smaller cities

Like Chelatche

[-] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago
[-] osbo9991@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Haven't heard anyone say chelatchie out loud before, but I live in the pnw and I would guess it would be pronounced cheh-latch-ee, which is similar to how "Wenatchee", a pnw city, is pronounced (not helpful but interesting nonetheless).

[-] Gormadt 6 points 1 year ago

Very close, sha-latch-ee

No worries though

It's a really small place and the closer one lives to it the more likely I've seen people be able to get it

Spokane is a fun one to hear people say though when they're from a few states away

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Spoke Anne? Did I get it right?

[-] Gormadt 3 points 1 year ago

Basically

More like Spo-Can

I've heard people say it as wrong as Spo-Cane before which was pretty rough

The easiest way to spot someone from out of the area is when it rains, ask them about the weather. We've got a lot of words for rain up here in Washington, so what they pick will say a lot.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 4 points 1 year ago

Clatskanie is a good one too.

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

"Brew pub" is the correct term, at least in my experience as a Portlander.

[-] populustree 12 points 1 year ago
[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

There are wine bars and cocktail bars. A "beer bar" is the default, so it's a bit weird to hear, but it also sensible to be specific.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

We call them tap houses here, and we have a lot of them.

Just to differentiate it from all the milk bars, you know

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As opposed to a whisky bar maybe?

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