the place to be
idiom
: a place where many people go and where exciting things happen
This bar is the place to be on Saturday nights.
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Set across 10 sprawling acres of sand are just 42 rooms, casitas, and villas that match modern luxuries with casual Caribbean cool, though the original Admiral Nelson's palapa-style beach bar is still the place to be.
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
In the summer of 1985, Starcourt Mall is the place to be in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
In the two-sided restaurant, split into an elegant, high-ceiling dining room and a cozy vinyl-booth neighborhood joint, the place to be is the latter section’s sushi bar.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Stay For the quintessential Navasota experience that puts you right in the heart of downtown, the PA Smith Hotel is the place to be.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
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Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2025
In the summer of 1985, Starcourt Mall is the place to be in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
In the two-sided restaurant, split into an elegant, high-ceiling dining room and a cozy vinyl-booth neighborhood joint, the place to be is the latter section’s sushi bar.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Stay For the quintessential Navasota experience that puts you right in the heart of downtown, the PA Smith Hotel is the place to be.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the place to be
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“The place to be.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20place%20to%20be. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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