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Recent Examples of alehouse
This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.
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Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
In the late seventies, the bar came under the ownership of the proprietor of a now defunct Bronx alehouse called the Liffy, like the river.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
The alehouse at 9501 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park (708-966-2051) hosts a music series on the patio beginning May 27.
—Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
Whether your travels take you to fine-dining restaurants, low-key alehouses or even rustic cabins in the woods, make like an Alaskan and fuel your adventures with one of our beloved, home-grown brews.
—Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
On a Brooklyn Heights block, near a wine bar and an alehouse, the Binc is inconspicuous, its presence marked most boldly by a sandwich board.
—Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2017
Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
In the late seventies, the bar came under the ownership of the proprietor of a now defunct Bronx alehouse called the Liffy, like the river.
—David Kortava, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
The alehouse at 9501 W. 171st St. in Tinley Park (708-966-2051) hosts a music series on the patio beginning May 27.
—Vickie Snow Jurkowski, Daily Southtown, 8 May 2018
Whether your travels take you to fine-dining restaurants, low-key alehouses or even rustic cabins in the woods, make like an Alaskan and fuel your adventures with one of our beloved, home-grown brews.
—Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
On a Brooklyn Heights block, near a wine bar and an alehouse, the Binc is inconspicuous, its presence marked most boldly by a sandwich board.
—Talia Lavin, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alehouse
Noun
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This includes cops on the take and a Joliet roadhouse drug dealer (Chidi Ajufo) who livens things up.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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If there’s no outdoor space available, place the bistro set in the corner of the kitchen.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Joining them are restaurants, bistros, coffee shops and more in all corners of the city.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Oh, and Charlotte finds her way back to a nightclub and hopefully some Long Island iced teas.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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Based on the 2001 film by Baz Luhrmann, the jukebox musical takes its name from a famous French nightclub — founded in the 19th century and still open today — and follows a fictional romance between cabaret performer Satine and bohemian songwriter Christian.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dear Eric: My favorite local pub has wonderful food except for the fries.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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The singer then explained the sentimental reasoning behind the pub's name, Lancaster Lock.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Other brewery founders inducted include Bert Grant, whose Yakima, Washington brewpub was the nation’s first, and Jim Koch, the man behind the Boston Beer Co. and its signature Samuel Adams Boston Lager.—
Jay R. Brooks,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The publication recently polled readers about the top 10 brewpubs in the United States in 2025 — and Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, 1322 V St. in Sacramento, made the list.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The regular inspections include restaurants, taverns, grocery stores, meat markets and bakeries.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Be sure to keep an eye out as the windmill atop the tavern is engulfed in flames several times an hour.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As master of ceremonies at her Fool’s Moon cabaret, Puella displays the kind of unearned self-assurance that usually wins praise for men and scorn for women.—
Michael Snyder,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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As a cabaret singer, Mason has headlined at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Regency, Rainbow and Stars, the Algonquin, the Plush Room in San Francisco and Davenport’s in Chicago, among many others.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hilo, Hawaii: Low key and affordable, this nostalgic harbor town has recently raised its coolness factor with a swanky new speakeasy and local chefs gaining national recognition.—
Elisabeth Vincentelli,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Once settled in, gather with others at Michele’s by chef Matt Baker, rooftop bar Wild Days, and speakeasy Allegory, which features a mural by local artist Erik Thor Sandberg depicting the young Ruby Bridges—one of the first Black children to desegregate a Southern school in the 1960s.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
AFAR Media,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Alehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alehouse. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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