# Standup tables at bars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [February 23, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985 "2022-02-23T05:55:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/1 "2022-02-23T05:55:12Z")

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I’ll admit I don’t get out, and when I do, it’s not to bars. Anyway, I’ve only seen bars with standup tables on tv. Are those a recent thing? If I’m drinking, I don’t want to be standing.

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**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/2 "2022-02-23T06:03:55Z")

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Totally normal at bars that aim to maximize capacity.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/3 "2022-02-23T06:06:21Z")

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Highboy tables are a staple of cocktail parties and are used to get more floor space. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them in bars as well but I guess it depends on what kind of bar and how much space there is.

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**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/4 "2022-02-23T06:08:50Z")

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Sometimes there’ll be a couple of barstool chairs at each table, so you can sit but also people can wander over and stand and not be awkwardly towering over you.

My husband and I actually chose that arrangement for our sweetheart table at our wedding. We parked it near the buffet, so everyone had a chance to stop by. It was our version of a receiving line.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/5 "2022-02-23T08:43:22Z")

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Sure, I see lots of bars with some kind of standup tables. Some will have high stools so you can instead but the table is a good height for standing. Personally I prefer to stand, I get lethargic if I’m drinking sitting down.

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standup-tables-at-bars/959985/6 "2022-02-23T12:17:16Z")

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Very common, the tables are the same height as the bar itself and you sit on these things . . . what are they called? Oh, barstools.

Been going to bars since my dad took me when I was 3 and recall sitting on a high top table drinking a coke. That was 57 years ago, so not a recent thing.