beanery

[bee-nuh-ree]

noun

Informal.

plural

beaneries 

1. a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.

beanery

/ ˈbiːnərɪ /

noun

1. informal,  a cheap restaurant

Word History and Origins

Origin of beanery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; bean + -ery

Example Sentences

Holly and Sam Garner said Hollychocs, in Devizes, Wiltshire, will shut the Beanery Cafe in August after two years of business.

From BBC

I’ve never been an object of envy because the last place I’d be is out somewhere other men could see me, especially that cool party last Saturday night or at Barney’s Beanery … ever.

From Los Angeles Times

There, Babitz found the ideal milieu for her free-form libertinism, sharing pitchers of Schlitz at Barney’s Beanery with the emergent artists of the decade — Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell — and famously posed nude while playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at a local art museum in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a man suspected of brutally attacking a beloved valet at Barney’s Beanery last Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times

On Wednesday, Barney’s Beanery turned its National Cheeseburger Day celebrations into a fundraiser for Zarazua by contributing proceeds from sales of its “Juicy Lucy” burgers to his medical expenses.

From Los Angeles Times