estaminet

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Noun
  • Savor a cup of tea in the tearoom, enjoy piano music at the Blue Moon bar, or try the new Kaz Bar, a private bar in a cabin available for use by reservation only.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Joyce Lemon runs a tearoom in Tsindowakuda, another small village in the area.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Yet by the mid-20th century, for no apparent reason, the species disappeared from coffeehouses and plantations.
    Marta Zaraska, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • And Missouri is suing Starbucks, claiming the coffeehouse chain’s DEI policies are increasing wait times for orders.
    Detris Honora Adelabu, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Below are four teahouses in different neighborhoods of Los Angeles.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
  • Besides being a key figure in the unification of Japan, Hideyoshi also frequently practiced tea ceremonies—which explains why there are two teahouses here.
    Gulnaz Khan, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 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
Noun
  • Street food stalls and pop-up coffee shops and merch stands and games.
    James Montague, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Alongside many of the redevelopment projects, a large number of restaurants, coffee shops and similar establishments opened up in downtown Aurora during Irvin’s time as mayor.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • After Devon makes a big scene, Kiki offers her a $10,000 payoff to leave the island and never return, and sends her away in the care of her chief of staff, Jose (Felix Solis), who drives Devon to a local inn to spend the night ahead of the morning ferry.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
  • When one California castle is not enough (Christopher Reynolds / Los Angeles Times) Nowadays the Madonna Inn is a vast enterprise with restaurants, bakery, bar, stables next door and 110 guest rooms — each different, each with its own postcard in the inn’s three gift shops.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • In August 2020, Heller started selling bagels and sandwiches, pop-up style at Paulie Gee’s pizzeria in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where its popularity offered proof of concept.
    Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Through one window was greenery from a pocket park untouched by the flames, but across the street, on the block where the pizzeria Side Pie used to be, the fire’s wreckage revealed itself like an open wound.
    Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That barroom style played right into the music surrounding Betty Boop.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The former Aliso Viejo High School student, now an Irvine resident, became a prominent Southern California restaurateur after earning her stripes in the barroom trenches.
    Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Estaminet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estaminet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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