1
: an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises
2
: inn
Examples of tavern in a Sentence
a seedy section of the city's waterfront that was rife with cheap taverns, tattoo parlors, and run-down flophouses
a colonial-era tavern that has been serving weary travelers for two and a half centuries
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Shells from the tavern in the basement of Gladstone’s Land, a tenement house in the Scottish capital, filled in gaps in the building’s brickwork.
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Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The Plastered Owl - Named for a comical celestial owl, this whimsical bar serves up the coldest beers from the tap of the ancient tree at the tavern's center.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The female duck was brought to Chicago by former Marine Francis J. Fagan — who had won it in a tavern raffle in New Zealand — and used her to help with recruitment duties for the Korean War.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Tom Ryan has World Series-sized ambitions for his new East Village tavern.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
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Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The Plastered Owl - Named for a comical celestial owl, this whimsical bar serves up the coldest beers from the tap of the ancient tree at the tavern's center.
—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The female duck was brought to Chicago by former Marine Francis J. Fagan — who had won it in a tavern raffle in New Zealand — and used her to help with recruitment duties for the Korean War.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Tom Ryan has World Series-sized ambitions for his new East Village tavern.
—Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2025
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“Tavern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tavern. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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