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** For the younger generation, there's the Kwik-E-Mart, a convenience store that the kids frequent. "Thank you, come again!"

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%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'' had the pizza place with a new name and theme in each episode.

* The Last Round in ''VideoGame/VampireBloodlines'' becomes this if you join the Anarchs. Most of the named Anarchs in downtown Los Angeles hang around in the dive bar, either on the ground floor or the second one, providing a lot of exposition to the PlayerCharacter. It does not, however, contain a dance floor or access to blood dolls like the night clubs in the game's hubs.

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ocassionally had Donut Joe's donut shop for this instead, though it was a lot less common.

* The Sugarcube Corner is this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'', which is where the Mane 6 head to as their "home away from home".
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' ocassionally had Donut Joe's owner shop for this instead, though it was a lot less common.

* The Sugarcube Corner is stated to be this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'', which is where the Mane 6 head to as their "home away from home".
** Likewise, the exact location would ocassionally be this in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' as it was essentially Pinkie Pie's home.

** Similarly, Squad Eight has some kind of pork restaurant that they go to quite often.

** Likewise, the exact location would ocassionally in a similar way in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' as it was Pinkie Pie's home. The Mane 6 would be discussing important matters or ordering goods, as one would do at a store.

%%* Cafe Diem in ''Series/{{Eureka}}''.

%%* Molly's, for both ''Series/{{Chicago Fire}}'' and ''Series/{{Chicago PD}}''.

* The village tavern in ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' functions as a meeting place for many of the villagers, primarily Gaston and his hanger-ons. The music number ''Gaston'' takes place in the tavern, and Maurice knows to go there for help after Belle switches places with him as the Beast's prisoner.
* VideoGame/{{Tapper}}'s seems to function as this in ''Disney/WreckItRalph''. Ralph goes there to pour out his troubles to Tapper himself, and then manages to steal a mechanized soldier's suit from a drunk in the Tapper bathroom so he can get into ''Hero's Duty''.

* Two pubs get frequent mention in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': the Mended Drum ("You can get beaten") formerly the Broken Drum ("You can't beat it"), and the Bucket, a quieter pub where all the watchmen drink. The Bucket is the scene of some important conversations and detective work in ''Discworld/MenAtArms'' and ''Discworld/FeetOfClay''. Discworld being what it is, there's even a local hangout for ''undead'', which main characters have occasionally visited.

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* The Stick, Bub's, or Strongbadia in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
** Also, [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail185.html Club Technochocolate and Carrot and Kazoo Hill]].

* Shooters, Bryan's Bowl-a-Rama, and Highland Hills Shopping Mall in ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' version three's pregame. Version four had The Promenade (a local mall), the Varsity (a sports bar) and the Sunset Cinema, and Version 5 has the Lone Pine Mall and The Castle (an arcade-type area). As a general rule, there will be at least one of these each pre-game.
%%* The Arcade in {{Chris}}.
* Stan's Place in the [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC Random Universe]]. All the heroes from DC and Marvel (and some other random comic book franchises) hang out there when they aren't ripping off Mac/PC and Old Spice commercials or other movies in general.
* The whole point of the Super Cafe of ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded''. Typically features Batman and Superman critiquing recently released Super Hero Blockbuster films and pop culture in general. Features guest appearances by other super heroes and sometimes non-superhero characters notably Franchise/SuperMario.

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* The Officer's Club and Rosie's Bar in ''Series/{{Mash}}''. While the Officer's Club is only for those at the base (not necessarily officers) and visiting officers, Rosie's is a bar near the base run by a Korean woman called Rosie, it is frequented by both American soliders and Korean civilians.

* Early in ''Series/{{Supergirl}}'''s 2nd season, Maggie introduces Alex and the DEO to a National City bar that aliens frequented. The bar has never been given a name but it's become the de facto hangout for Kara and her friends ever since.

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** As revealed in a season 3 episode, the cast used to hang out there even before it was the Cental Perk. At that time it used to be a bar, and upon being told it would be changed into a coffee house, they reacted rather unhappy. However, as we all know, they would still spend most of their free time (and, as indicated by Joey in a later season, even a good share of their work time) in there, leading to the conclusion that it actually is the close distance to their respective homes that kept them coming back.

%%* Its spinoff ''Series/GirlMeetsWorld'' has Topanga's starting in Season 2 after Topanga inherited Svorski's deli.

* Merlin's place in Traverse Town for ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''.

** The Twilight Town Clock Tower, in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts: 358/2 Days'' is the LocalHangout for Xion, Roxas & Axel while off duty. Apparently, the trio likes nothing better than eating ice cream while dangling their legs off a precarious ledge 10 stories off the ground. [[spoiler:Even after one of them nearly falls off of it]].