taverns
- Term Type
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Preferred Term
taverns
- Details
Primarily 17th- to early 19th-century English and American places of eating, drinking, and public accommodations, which often became local centers of social gatherings; distinguished from "inns" which emphasize their overnight accommodations and also provide food and drinking facilities; for establishments that emphasize drinking, especially liquors, use "pubs" or "saloons."
- Variations
bars (taverns)
Hotels, taverns, etc.
tavern