as in tavern
a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises
a barroom long popular with working folks looking for a place to unwind at the end of the day
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Recent Examples of barroom
The Grand Ole Opry member who conquered country then transcended it with TV star power is cultivating quite a barroom persona.
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Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Ito is roughly the size of a typical steakhouse’s barroom, with a small fraction of a steakhouse’s employees.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The building was originally designed with 20 rooms upstairs with a barroom, card rooms and billiard tables on the first floor.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
Restaurateurs elsewhere drop seven figures to conjure what’s found all over the lower French Quarter: barrooms that seem sprung from cracks in the sidewalk, left to age for decades in the humidor of New Orleans.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Ito is roughly the size of a typical steakhouse’s barroom, with a small fraction of a steakhouse’s employees.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The building was originally designed with 20 rooms upstairs with a barroom, card rooms and billiard tables on the first floor.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 Mar. 2024
Restaurateurs elsewhere drop seven figures to conjure what’s found all over the lower French Quarter: barrooms that seem sprung from cracks in the sidewalk, left to age for decades in the humidor of New Orleans.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barroom
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Round out the evening with a nightcap at the subterranean tavern–then head to bed, an elevator ride away.Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 30 Oct. 2024
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The first episode takes place exclusively inside Happy’s tavern.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024
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There's also a small pub in the east village called Scratcher.Shivani Vora, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Before then, the neighborhood was primarily a red-light district with a handful of pubs and hostels catering to backpackers.Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2024
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Rumblings of the trend were first felt last spring when labels like Prada, Carven, Altuzarra, and even Staud took suede out of the saloon and brought it onto their fall runways.Laura Jackson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2024
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While testing out new menus and chefs along itineraries may prove the norm, a capable, modern galley is located along the starboard side of the saloon should consensus dictate dining on board.Kathleen Turner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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The second restaurant for the Honduran cafe will have an oyster bar, tortilla bar, cocktail bar and specialty coffee bar, a press release says.Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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Renovated in 2021 to become fully carbon neutral and solar powered, the airy cafe attracts visitors and locals alike for sumptuous sandwiches like slow roasted pork on fluffy baguette and cauliflower, pesto and ricotta on focaccia.Anna Haines, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Also on the schedule are drag performers, a performance by dance troupe Theatre Flamenco, fashion displays and a variety of other entertainment, as well as two outdoor bars, and free entry into Minna Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images At an East Village bar, Trump supporters cheer the results at an Election Night watch party sponsored by the New York Young Republicans Club.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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The gunfire broke out blocks from the site of the deadly Pulse nightclub mass shooting that occurred on June 12, 2016, when a 29-year-old shooter killed 49 people.Dalia Faheid, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Artists directed music videos, created installations for nightclubs, and appeared on television.Natasha Degen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Barroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barroom. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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