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tavern

[tav-ern] / ˈtæv ərn /


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Amongst the group of men outside the tavern is Zizipho Mtwesi, the project co-ordinator of Father A Nation.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Back at the tavern, the men's meeting is wrapping up.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Today, the first-floor eatery serves classic American comfort food, while the tavern features an original 1920 bar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

She said of tertulias, the literary debates that took over an evening in a home or tavern, “they certainly ate, but above all, they drank and debated passionately.”

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

The wooden shingles of the tavern were warm.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

"It's coming to a point now where we are going to lose some of our inns and taverns, never to be returned," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Along steep and narrow trails, a few rustic taverns for wine guzzling seem incongruous in the midst of all of the ruggedness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

I’d just moved to Barcelona and, like any newly anointed local, had been eating pan con tomate – crunchy, tomato-slicked toast – in cafés and taverns all over town.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025

As the sun ran for the west, rowdy songs started up in the taverns and groggeries.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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