In both
Anthony Burgess' novel and
Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of
A Clockwork Orange, the
milk bar is the hangout of choice for
Alex and his
droogies in between bouts of the old
ultraviolence. Milk containing various
mind-altering substances is served from the
breasts of
immaculately white
statues of
naked women against a dark
background of
neon lights and
bizzare music.
The real-life, non-"
bar" milk bar is in its various forms known as a
corner shop in the
UK, and by a
plethora of names such as
convenience store,
mom-and-pop,
corner store and
bodega in the
USA and
Canada.
Milk bars are very useful since they will quite often sell cigarettes to underage smokers, and generally keep quite good operating hours - 7am to 9pm, 7 days a week, is not uncommon. As well as the products Trina lists above, many places operate small video libraries featuring mostly recent releases. Some milk bars supposedly deal marijuana, but damned if I can find one.