beer hall

American  

noun

1. a bar, cabaret, or the like, chiefly serving beer and usually offering music, dancing, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of beer hall

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

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beer hall

This comparison feels obvious: One is a beer hall and the others are pricey, members-only clubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

Back then, Hitler’s audience couldn’t have known that his speech in a Munich beer hall would prove to be a step toward World War II. Had they guessed, would they have turned back?

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

“Pale ales are a dying style,” says Suzanne Schalow, director of operations for Craft Beer Initiative, which owns Trinktisch beer hall and Craft Beer Cellar bottle shop in Belmont, Mass.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022

Revellers would come to lounge on the grass in Washington Park, shop at any of the dozens of elegant new boutiques or meet for a beer at Rhinegeist Brewery's vast beer hall.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2021

Children sailed boats down the fetid gutters and flew kites between the beer hall signs.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer