raw bar

noun

: a counter (as in a restaurant) that serves raw shellfish

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There are also a number of impressive raw bar offerings. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 Starters include dishes like burrata and mole, tuna tostadas or raw bar items, including salmon tiradito, shrimp carpaccio and green ceviche with aguachile. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 Juno & The Peacock Just a short stroll from The Vinoy, this Beach Drive newcomer has a lively patio scene and does decadent raw bar platters, dry-aged steaks, and flatbreads. Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2024 The Claw House, a New England-style lobster house and raw bar, is a great choice for midday lobster rolls and oysters on the half shell. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for raw bar 

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of raw bar was in 1914

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“Raw bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20bar. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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