A chop bar is a traditional

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Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

mostly located in the country's south. Meals are served in local earthenware bowls and foods are usually eaten at the premises. Most of these bars are stocked with local alcoholic drinks with few foreign drinks available. It is a cultural icon of Ghana, and is a favourite of the locals.

Etymology

The term 'chop' is derived from 'eat' in Ghanaian pidjin or cut into pieces in a local context. Chop bars mostly sell indigenous Ghanaian foods like

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konkonte Kokonte, also known as abeti3, lapiiwa, lapelawa or “face the wall”, is a staple swallow food eaten in some parts of Africa including Togo, Ghana and others. In Ghana, kokonte is eaten by most of the ethnic groups like the Ga, Akan, Hausa, ...

, and omotuo (rice balls) with different kinds of soup.

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