alehouse

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Recent Examples of alehouse At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time. — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026 Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate. — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 8 Nov. 2025 On a video call Finger demonstrated a few use cases, including a woman sitting in a modern Los Angeles garage that became a woman riding a horse in an old Western town, or two men sitting at a backyard table who were suddenly in a Medieval alehouse. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025 The classic alehouse is a stone’s throw away from Leeds’ home ground, and on April 28, the fans were in a celebratory mood. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 May 2025 This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alehouse
Noun
  • Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The 50-seat bistro will open in October with à la carte dinner service, featuring dishes like Great Lakes perch with gribiche, pike quenelle ravioli with Nantua sauce, and cornbread served with pimento cheese and chicken liver parfait.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many of Milan’s classic bistros have closed, taking with them the quaint charm and traditional dishes that defined them.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In Miami, Daniela Fuentes styled hair for clients and performed in drag at a nightclub called Azúcar.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • People under 21 are not allowed to enter or stay inside bars or nightclubs in California that only sell alcohol, according to the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • And this little Piggy also has its own pub, just a short walk down the road to ensure some exercise before that first pint of Stroud Brewery ale.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Together and apart, Saville and Boty worked and played at the acme of a hip London artistic scene very different from the folk music pubs.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Tamara Wallace’s legal woes came to a head on the same day her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Foothills Brewing is downtown’s largest and oldest brewpub and offers a full menu of pub grub.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Bayzo's pub is analogous to an English tavern, with creamy cups of clam chowder and a piano likely to launch you into Elton John renditions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The restaurant carries the fantasy theme into its food and atmosphere, designed to feel like a tavern straight out of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The inaugural event brings together ballroom, film, drag, cabaret, wellness activities, panel discussions, visual and performing arts and nightlife under one umbrella.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Upstairs in the Maison Michel workshop, which caters to clients ranging from fashion houses to the Lido cabaret and film productions, the hats are literally baked in a large oven.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Eight interconnecting venues offer everything from French-Japanese fusion, an oyster and ceviche bar, poolside cocktails, and a replica speakeasy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Elizabeth Short — played here and in seasons one and eight by Mena Suvari — to a speakeasy that might also be a portal to hell.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Alehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alehouse. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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