beanery

as in restaurant
a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises that jerkwater town doesn't boast a single decent beanery

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Recent Examples of beanery Even the little Watercolor Cafe, which calls itself a (coffee) beanery by day and an art studio by night, saw a spike in business. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 21 July 2021 This was no spider-plants-and-Birkenstocks health-food beanery. Moira Hodgson, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beanery
Noun
  • The societal shift back to in-person work has been embraced by local officials, who blame remote work policies for the degradation of downtown districts that have experienced restaurant and business closures due to a shortage of patrons.
    Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Here are five top hotel restaurants in Greater Palm Springs to visit for an extraordinary dining experience.
    Taryn White, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some diners order a barbacoa plate and assemble their own meal, while others prefer to have the tender meat packed into tacos by El Milagrito’s seasoned cooks.
    Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Herb, according to a news release, presented the sandwich as a to-go of the diner classic Eggs Benedict to Ray Kroc, the businessman who transformed McDonald's into what folks know it as today.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The cafe was cited by county health officials for moldy foods and improper food safety procedures.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Jurors heard testimony about how the mob ran its underground gambling rooms out of nondescript spots, like an office building, a cafe and gelato shop.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Beanery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beanery. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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