If bars are forced to restrict people's movement in our post-coronavirus pandemic world, they will lose some of their most important social functions.
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Distancing rules will make life very difficult for smaller bars, cafes and restaurants. Our streets can be modified quickly to help save an important part of the life of cities and their economies.
We sorely miss our regular haunts during the coronavirus lockdown not only because we like them but also because a healthy society needs places where people can gather, mix and mingle.
Something needed to be done to mask the taste of bootleg alcohol that could include ingredients ranging from dead rats to wood tar.
Boarded up pubs are becoming a common sight, and it's having a real impact on rural village life.
Seasoned pubgoers will know that there are some ways to get served more quickly than the other drinkers.
A sociologist dressed men of different races in the same clothes – and then dispatched them to nightclubs across Texas to see what would happen.
Responsible Service of Alcohol laws should be coupled with public discussion that encourages people to take responsible for their own drinking behaviour.
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Professor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Hospitality Management, Colorado State University
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Florian Znaniecki Professorial Scholar and Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Geography and Psychology and Director of the Public Space Research Group, CUNY Graduate Center
