Ideas
I have a bar in one of my now playing household/ saves as well, mostly because they are supposed to throw parties and one of them is in the mixology career.
Like previously mentioned in the thread, it is like the discover it after you have made them use it one. I have had to cancel out making drinks randomly interrupting whatever I want them to do, seems to happen more often when they are inspired.
Lately though they all gravitated towards the cross-sticking after I added that to the house... Let's just say I earned some money selling them and I deleted the box. Might have to delete the bar as well, or place it in the inventory.
I play on PC with no mods or CC
mine obsessively cross-stitch too. I do prefer that they engage with that and wish they would also knit autonomously, but they do cross-stitch too much. I have had Sims on the verge of peeing themselves because they won't put down their cross-stitch. I notice and intervene (sometimes barely in time) and send them to the toilet, only to observe that later (30 - 60 in game minutes), they are still sitting on the toilet, pants around their ankles, and are diligently working on their cross-stitch.
I play on Mac with no CC - only mod is MCCC