Yep. Also could sell alcohol on Sundays when that was a law around here. Easier to have gambling in there too because they knew every customer. Edit: Also, that $1 application fee usually is an agreement to a background check as well. That, combined with skin color, is how the private bars keep the bullshit out. Basically, if you want the old style "Cheers" bar atmosphere, find a white owned private bar. They still exist all over the place. You just have to find them through word of mouth. Luckily I have 2 right next to my house. Both are owned by local farmers that are understandably fed up with government overreach.