dating bar

"Our typical affectionate consumer," he writes, "may now only whisper 'Your place or mine?' at a neighborhood dating bar."

According to the unwritten etiquette of the dating bar, communication begins easily.

This is the fast-growing institution known as the "dating bar," which deliberately seeks the patronage of single males and females by providing the ambiance of a cocktail party mixed with the nostalgic roar of a fraternity blast.

John and Mary pick each other up in a Manhattan dating bar.