no cover

no cover

No additional cost for entry or entertainment (called a cover charge), as at a bar, club, or restaurant. When we were in college and money was tight, we only went out to bars and clubs that had no cover. I hear there's going to be no cover at the band's gig next week.
See also: cover, no
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • behind bars
  • bar up
  • lounge lizard
  • allow (someone or something) in(to) (something or some place)
  • allow into a place
  • from door to door
  • slice through
  • slice through (something)
  • barfly
  • stay in