Dive Bar Edit Meaning

1.

A well-worn, unglamorous bar, often serving a cheap, simple selection of drinks to a regular clientele.

The term can describe anything from a comfortable-but-basic neighborhood pub to the nastiest swill-slinging hole.

You don't need to dress up; we're just going to the dive bar down the street.

Man, that place is such a dive bar... Don't go in unless you plan to burn your clothes afterwards.

2.

A bar that is sleazy, poorly maintained and in overall bad shape

The "High Noon Saloon" is a real dive bar. Whenever it rains, you're bound to be ankle-deep in wastewater.