cocktail lounge

noun

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

Definition of cocktail lounge

: a public room (as in a hotel, club, or restaurant) where cocktails and other drinks are served

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Recent Examples of cocktail lounge from the Web

The Cottonmouth Club and Lilly&Bloom cocktail lounges and LCD Gallery are already open.

— katherine feser, Houston Chronicle, "Historic Main&Co project debuts new downtown creative office space," 21 June 2018
To give the place the atmosphere and the hangout opportunities of a boutique hotel, Henry Hall has turned its first two floors over to a wine shop, a cocktail lounge, a private dining room and a restaurant.

— New York Times, "Legacy Records Looks for History in a Brand New Neighborhood," 19 June 2018
The property has a new champagne bar and cocktail lounge called Beau Nash.

— nancy trejos, USA TODAY, "Hotel renovations: Properties in Los Angeles, Dallas and San Francisco get major upgrades," 13 July 2018
Just in time for summer, Hotel Pippa makes its stylish debut steps from the town’s galleries, cocktail lounges, restaurants, boutiques, and showrooms.

— necee regis, BostonGlobe.com, "A new Nantucket hotel, Cayman Islands refunds, and other tidbits," 26 June 2018
The group owns 14 Indy-area restaurants also including Petit Chou Bistro & Champagne Bar, Napolese pizzeria, Crispy Bird fried chicken and Bar One Fourteen cocktail lounge.

— liz biro, Indianapolis Star, "Another Patachou restaurant is coming to Downtown Indianapolis," 2 July 2018
The Canal Lounge : End a perfect Montreal day on a perfectly adorable barge that’s been converted into a cocktail lounge.

— christopher muther, BostonGlobe.com, "It’s a great time for a summer sojourn to Montreal," 21 June 2018
According to police, officers responded to Barcode, a cocktail lounge, for a report of gunshots.

— dana hedgpeth, Washington Post, "Three men shot in separate incidents over the weekend in the District," 18 June 2018
Then met Jess & Jack Graef and another couple at the Biltmore cocktail lounge for a couple of drinks.

— phoebe wall howard, Detroit Free Press, "Service Diary of a Corpsman: Roy L. Wall, LST 509," 28 May 2018

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