I have had mine(a go behind) with neon signs for over 30 years. Mine get used regularly, and I love it!!

My soon to be new home comes with a ~ 12'x12' area off designated as as dining room. ~zero chance I am doing any formal dining that cannot be done in the kitchen and will have a big ass unfinished basement to to manly things... So what to do with this area? My first thought was a cool indoor Koy pond, area of serenity to drink coffee in etc. But in reality, that would not be cheap and I really do NOT need anymore animals to take care of.

So, I am going with a Tiki bar. My grandfather had a classic example in his basement in the 70s/80s, so I'm gonna model something like that. Planning on some kind of glass pane wall, pocket doors, semi wet bar, I can chill, watch baseball games with a brew on a stool etc. Something like below. Still in the concept phase, have a lot to do right now still, maybe next summer.

I used to have one. I LOVE entertaining friends, and I don't drink in public.

When my daughter moved out, we downsized our living spaces. We didn't designate or integrate a bar/lounge into our new home. Most of my "cool" military memorabilia and lounge-type decorations were moved to my company office and studio.

We're hoping to contract someday into a single location again, hopefully VERY remote and off-grid. I do plan to create a new lounge environment there, I'm actually interested in doing a fly-in, remote camp/cabin setup with a small lounge/diner to host invite-only guests.

When I was house shopping in 2016, almost every house in my price range had a dry bar & wine rack (no basements in swampy Houston so no wine cellars) including the one I ultimately purchased.

I have a bar in my basement. I put it in when we finished the basement in early 2020. There is no poll answer for people that have a bar. I do know a few people with them, but not everyone.

We have some great parties. Here's a pic of the bar and one from our Speakeasy party.

Many of our friends have bars.
They are usually in the back yard and in the tiki style.

If I won the lottery, I'd be putting one in my new house.

It seems like the basement bar was a serious thing in this area from the 1940’s-1970’s

My parents live in a home that was originally built around 1950 and there’s lots of old photos they found of his great aunt and uncle(who originally owned the house) hosting parties in the basement where everyone is dressed up in suits and dresses and there’s a bar there they had regular parties down there.

My house was built in 1951 and also has the remnants of a bar on the one side of the basement. Not sure if this was something that originally came out from Prohibition or what but it’s just strange seeing these old black and white pictures of people dressed up and drinking in a basement.

The house we bought 13 years ago has a wet bar in the back of the family room. We use it when friends come over, store wine in the cooler, hard liquor behind the bar, glasses in a rack, I only wish it were bigger. It is a struggle to keep crap off the bar.

None of the poll options apply to me. I've only seem a few in homes here in Utah but back in San Diego where I was born and raised it was more common. I have a friend back there who converted a shed into a bar next to his pool.

I honestly don't know anyone who has one. You would see them back in the 60's and 70's.