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gastropub

American  
[gas-troh-puhb] / ˈgæs troʊˌpʌb /

noun

  • gastropubs
    plural
  1. a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.


Other Word Forms

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

Alfonso Lira makes red pepper and goat cheese empanadas during his double-shift at the gastropub Chapter One in downtown Santa Ana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

The group of at least six people have boarded up windows and put up a "legal warning" defending their occupation of the Grade II-listed York & Albany hotel and gastropub near Regent's Park.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 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

Lots of hoopla and long lines for the Green Lake opening of this local gastropub chain, which owns bistros in Tacoma and Spokane.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

Moscow has everything from gastropubs to kosher cafes.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2021

Bars such as the Coleherne, the Anvil, Bloc, Substation and, most recently, the Hoist, have all disappeared into the annals of gay history, replaced with gastropubs, luxe apartments and identikit offices.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2018

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

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