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Dive Bar Yuppie

Dive Bar Yuppie
(noun)

1. A young(ish) professional who spends their weekdays in sweat pants and dress shirts on zoom. Starting their weekends with yoga, they blow their paycheck by last call, yapping about how the happy hour used to be $5. Full of questionable 2000s music decisions.

2. Someone who can name three types of mezcal but still orders a PBR without irony, because she says she likes the way it tastes while wearing a Beachcomber blue ribbon sweatshirt.

3. The kind of person who shows up to a dive bar in loafers, tips well, and will 100% talk your ear off about ai, the roman empire, aliens, or the latest Huberman episode about skipping.

Synonyms:
Hipster-adjacent, Finance bro with feelings, Indie corporate.

See also:
Craft beer snob, Cool coworker, The only one in the dive bar wearing a blazer
“Dan just got promoted at his marketing job and celebrated with picklebacks at The Rusty Tap—classic dive bar yuppie move.”
by Dive Bar Yuppie April 2, 2025
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Dive Bar Yuppie

Dive Bar Yuppie
(noun)

1. A young(ish) professional who spends their weekdays in sweat pants and dress shirts on zoom. Starting their weekends with yoga, they blow their paycheck by last call, yapping about how the happy hour used to be $5. Full of questionable 2000s music decisions.

2. Someone who can name three types of mezcal but still orders a PBR without irony, because she says she likes the way it tastes while wearing a Beachcomber blue ribbon sweatshirt.

3. The kind of person who shows up to a dive bar in loafers, tips well, and will 100% talk your ear off about ai, the roman empire, aliens, or the latest Huberman episode about skipping.

Synonyms:
Hipster-adjacent, Finance bro with feelings, Indie corporate.

See also:
Craft beer snob, Cool coworker, The only one in the dive bar wearing a blazer
“Dan just got promoted at his marketing job and celebrated with picklebacks at The Rusty Tap—classic dive bar yuppie move.”
by Dive Bar Yuppie April 3, 2025
mugGet the Dive Bar Yuppiemug.

5 Star Dive Bar

In a “5 Star Dive Bar” you will find a diverse and unique clientele that come from all walks of life. Additionally you will find fun bar games like darts and pool as well as trivia and karaoke nights. But once all these fun activities have been combined they generate a cool subculture vibe that anyone would enjoy. A “5 Star Dive Bar” will offer inexpensive drinks like Miller High Life and PBR for $3 or well liquor for only $4 all day long and the prices will always feel like happy hour. The bartenders at these types of establishments are fun loving and can make you a modern or classic cocktail done the right way for a reasonable price. The bartender will engage with everyone because they are used to the colorful clientele that ranges across all types of people. These types of bars show you that great doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive to enjoy.
The term “5 Star Dive Bar” was first used by Sherwood’s in Jacksonville, Florida after major renovations took place due to damages incurred by hurricane Irma in 2017. The entire establishment may have gotten a face-lift but the heart and soul remained intact.

Description:
- Smoke Free
- Non-sketchy environment

- Clean restrooms with actual toilet paper
- The bar doesn’t smell like a sour mop

- Food on the menu you’ll actually enjoy

- Decor is free of naugahyde, carpet, wood tone formica and/or cinder blocks
- Good music
- Good vibes
- Good people

- “Come as you are” type of attitude from the bar staff
“Hey Honey, this is a real 5 Star Dive Bar! We won’t have to burn our clothes because there won't be the smell of smoke on us tonight when we get home.”

“I’m hitting the local 5 Star Dive Bar tonight, they’ve got live music from a local band!”
“No man, I'd rather go to the 5 Star Dive Bar! At least they have good prices!”
by sherwoods July 25, 2023
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