He sits down in the crowded bar and requests a pot of green tea.

It's long and masculine and chatty, with a crowded bar down one side and a row of fixed booths down the other.

He sits in a crowded bar with his back to the room.

Result: less a 'community' than the digital equivalent of shouting to be heard in a crowded bar.

With the primary escape route blocked by the fire advancing upward toward the crowded bar, its patrons sought out other exits.