borscht circuit

American  

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.

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Etymology

Origin of borscht circuit

First recorded in 1935–40; so called, facetiously, from the quantities of borscht consumed there

Example Sentences

“A borscht circuit” of rock music festivals that “seemed to be developing in the Catskills after last August’s Woodstock Festival suffered a new setback yesterday,” The Times reported a few days later.

From New York Times