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bottle club

noun

Definition of bottle clubnext
as in sports bar

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Recent Examples of bottle club The newest restaurant in Plaza Midwood’s growing dining scene is set to open next week, bringing bruschetta, a bottle club and shareable plates. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026 The restaurant was established in 2003 as a Grand Mariner bottle club, which has now grown to a community of 3,500 members. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 Regular events and a bottle club help build community. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026 Cohen and Skiles sold out in 1949 to Cookie and Bill McKinney, who turned it into what may have been San Antonio’s first bottle club to get around the Texas law against selling liquor by the drink. — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021 Mac’s Public House co-owner Daniel Presti has been indicted on misdemeanor charges of selling alcohol without a license and operating an unlicensed bottle club, Staten Island prosecutors said Friday. — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2021 Phan was issued violations for an unlicensed bottle club, violating executive and emergency orders, and obstructed egress, among others. — Lauren Del Valle and Anna Sturla, CNN, 2 Jan. 2021 Aside from the bar violating Cuomo’s executive order, others charges facing the Mac’s staff include operating an unlicensed bottle club and unauthorized warehousing of alcohol. — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020 The brewery asked the company that helps with their bottle club to add a delivery button to their homepage, divvied up their existing beer stock and split up 20 Portland ZIP codes among their small team. — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottle club
  1. sports bar
  2. nightclub
  3. bistro
  4. cabaret
  5. joint
  6. roadhouse
  7. brewpub
  8. watering hole
Noun
  • The result is a restaurant that joins the Buffalo Bros sports bar and standby Babe’s Chicken Dinner House as Old Town anchors.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Older kids and adults can head to the Play District, where Formula 1 and golf simulators share space with arcade games and a sports bar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of sports bar
Noun
  • Scott first opened Green Lady Lounge in 2013, replacing nightclub Balanca’s.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • An impersonator may have tricked a Las Vegas nightclub last year, but those at the park Tuesday appeared convinced of their brush with Bieber.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of nightclub
Noun
  • The 50-seat bistro will open in October with à la carte dinner service, featuring dishes like Great Lakes perch with gribiche, pike quenelle ravioli with Nantua sauce, and cornbread served with pimento cheese and chicken liver parfait.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Many of Milan’s classic bistros have closed, taking with them the quaint charm and traditional dishes that defined them.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of bistro
Noun
  • The inaugural event brings together ballroom, film, drag, cabaret, wellness activities, panel discussions, visual and performing arts and nightlife under one umbrella.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Upstairs in the Maison Michel workshop, which caters to clients ranging from fashion houses to the Lido cabaret and film productions, the hats are literally baked in a large oven.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of cabaret
Noun
  • The plains were a far smoother ride, and both our joints and the Jeep’s suspension settled down to coast over kilometres of unbroken grassland.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • People who get sick typically develop a sudden high fever along with a pounding headache, pain behind the eyes and deep aches in the muscles, joints and bones.
    — Andrés Henao, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of joint
Noun
  • Texas native blends roadhouse rock, bluesy R&B and country-friend funky-tonk.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Hackney on Harms is actually the original Hackney’s, a tavern and roadhouse that opened after the end of Prohibition in the 1930s.
    — Jennifer Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of roadhouse
Noun
  • Tamara Wallace’s legal woes came to a head on the same day her successor, Cody Bass, was ordered to spend 10 days in a Douglas County, Nevada, jail for a harassment conviction stemming from an altercation at a brewpub.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Foothills Brewing is downtown’s largest and oldest brewpub and offers a full menu of pub grub.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of brewpub
Noun
  • Increasingly, Jumbo’s has cemented itself as a watering hole to the local writing scene.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Burnt Tavern Bourbon's name came from smoke and two fires that devastated a 1700s watering hole in east-central Kentucky.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of watering hole

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“Bottle club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle%20club. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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