gastropub
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gastropub
First recorded in 1990–95; gastro(nomy) + pub
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Some young employees are now making reservations at the gastropub in the sky weeks in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
In the back kitchen of Chapter One, a neighborhood gastropub in downtown Santa Ana, the restaurant’s chief busser and utility worker, Alfonso Lira, is in constant motion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
It’s a much-improved gastropub menu, with Dungeness crab rolls and a seared tuna sandwich, and classics like sausage rolls and fish and chips.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024
Some squatters began leaving the building on Friday but others vowed they would remain inside the gastropub and hotel, claiming to have reached an agreement with the building's owner.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
And this happened over and over and over again until overpriced maple-glazed brussels were as much a cliché of hipster gastropub dining as Mason jar cocktails and food served on wooden planks.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2023
But industry data suggests drinks-only pubs, which are owned by a chain, had stronger sales than gastropubs for every month of 2022.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023
It’s just another cookie-cutter, industrial-chic spot with a butcher-shop aesthetic that’s popping up in gastropubs these days.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2018
Many other gastropubs opened around the U.S., and the Spotted Pig earned a Michelin star in 2006.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2016
Long-empty downtown storefronts are now sleek gastropubs and tech incubation centers; gutted tobacco warehouses have been transformed into high-end luxury condominiums; bike-riding hipsters abound.
From US News ● Feb. 29, 2016
Every week Benham takes 30 or 40 kinds of produce to market, as well as delivering to farm shops, gastropubs and high-end restaurants.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2010
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