I'm an American living in London, and I've noticed that the pubs here almost always have names beginning with "The." For example, The Marlborough Arms, The Lamb, The Queen's Larder, The Crown & Anchor, The Dolphin.
But the bars I was familiar with in the US rarely (though there are exceptions) had "The" in their names. Kern's Korner, Bambi Bar, O'Shea's, Flanagan's, Nowhere Bar, Zanzabar [sic], Four Pegs, Mag Bar, etc.
For what historical reasons are British and American naming conventions different for pubs/bars? Or am I just flat-out wrong in my perceptions?
This seems like the wrong SubReddit for this question and I wish you luck in your quest for answer! En etymologist or cultural anthropologist might be useful for this question.
A better way to ask this might be, "Are there any historical reasons for the different naming conventions?"
My answer to that would pretty much be the same. I don't think there's any evidence along the same line as there wouldn't be any evidence between why people spell it gray vs grey.