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taverns

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His Uncle Frank telling jokes from behind the bar in one of these taverns first piqued Dreesen’s interest in comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

By definition, occupying the gray area between a bar and a restaurant, taverns aren’t fancy.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

I’d just moved to Barcelona and, like any newly anointed local, had been eating pan con tomate – crunchy, tomato-slicked toast – in cafés and taverns all over town.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2025

They could be in pubs, taverns, inns or coffee houses.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2024

Finally, they stopped on a catwalk lined with dilapidated taverns.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee