gastropub

noun

gas·​tro·​pub ˈga-strō-ˌpəb How to pronounce gastropub (audio)
: a pub, bar, or tavern that offers meals of high quality

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The property also includes a coffee shop and café called Bean & Barnacle, a poolside bar, and a hip gastropub. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 July 2025 This California gastropub chain is expanding once again with a new restaurant set to join the sprawling live-work-play complex Mainstreet Coconut Creek, 200 acres of homes, shops, restaurants and parks set to break ground later this year. Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025 The tearoom sits next-door to sister restaurant Max and Tilly's, a gastropub that opened last fall specializing in fish and chips and other British fare. Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 For dinner, don’t miss Nowon – the super-trendy Korean-American gastropub that just landed in Boston. Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for gastropub

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First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gastropub was in 1996

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“Gastropub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gastropub. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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