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I find that dive bars are the most fun to go to and I would not bring a child there as things get rowdier as the night goes on typically.

It feels like it's getting harder to distinguish bars from family dining places these days. I have noticed that bars in a separate room of a restaurant seem to be disappearing in favor of open spaces. I think it's fine to dine at a bar with kids if they are well behaved, but being gone by 8 PM is a good compromise so adults can let loose around other adults.

I spent some Friday nights as a kid inside VFW halls while the adults drank beer, smoked and talked. It was a pretty fun time drinking Coke and putting quarters in the jukebox.

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