1) Change of scenery: Especially since I started working from home, I often need an excuse to "go touch grass". 2) Human interaction: At the very least, there'

1) Change of scenery: Especially since I started working from home, I often need an excuse to "go touch grass". 2) Human interaction: At the very least, there's going to be a bartender, and most of the time at least one other person sitting at the bar. Not interacting with other humans face-to-face often enough leads to madness. 3) Variety: I don't stock every beer, liquor, and cocktail ingredient known to man at home (despite my best efforts). And frankly, that "less risk of getting in a fight" comment is probably the biggest one. Not because I'm particularly rowdy, but because it's indicative of a larger theme: at home, drinking alone, I know exactly what's going to happen. I'm going to have 2 or 4 pretty good drinks, watch some streaming shows, maybe play some videogames, and go to sleep. A bar has the allure of entropy. Interesting things might happen. I might see a fight, I might talk to someone with an interesting story, I might taste something I've never tasted before. The lack of predictability is a selling point unto itself.