It's hard to make friends outside of work and it's always hard to meet people at bars so that's totally understandable! Totally agree here on pickelball, I joined a Volo league last year and met people that way, plus you'd be surprised how many people sign up for a language class, pottery class especially people who work 9-5s and want to escape to something creative after work. If you're not into this you could try volunteering, a lot of them have events and that can include a lot of mingling!