Definition of boîtenext
as in cabaret
a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts) a funky boîte on Paris's Left Bank that offers hot jazz to a self-consciously cool crowd

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Recent Examples of boîte From the same owners as Shibuya, the trendy boîte is famous for its King Kong Milk Punch, made of Jamaican rum, passion fruit, almonds, coffee and lime (€15). New York Times, 16 July 2026 Owned by the Catch Hospitality guys (also behind red-hot steakhouse The Eighty Six and new Middle Eastern mecca Or’esh), this Soho boîte has drawn Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Sofía Vergara and Jenner. Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 Just a few blocks from the festival is this subterranean boite, situated underneath Little Sister, an always-excellent Dutch-Indonesian restaurant. Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 If Balthazar seemed especially hard to get into on Monday, June 12, that could be because Chanel took over the Soho boite to host its 16th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner. The Editors, Town & Country, 13 June 2023 Owned by the outrageous Bankie Banx, the West Indian style boite features Banx often performing reggae. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 31 July 2022 On Thursday, Lucien unveiled a new collaboration with Burberry that sees the downtown boite covered in the clothing brand’s iconic plaid. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 May 2022 From top cocktail bars like Aviary and The Whistler to neighborhood haunts like Inner Town Pub and Map Room, to cozy wine boites like Webster's Wine Bar, there's a watering hole for all manner of palates. Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2018 Added to the list of haute boites is Hakkasan New York, the latest outpost of the elevated Cantonese restaurant which got its start in London. Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2018
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Noun
  • Santoro was inspired to launch the project after following his friend Timothy Reif’s decade-long effort to locate artworks that had been stolen from his ancestor, a Jewish Austrian cabaret star.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 31 July 2026
  • Cohen honed her act at the forefront of a clique of comedians who performed cabaret comedy, often at Club Cumming, in the late 2010s.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • That includes after a mass shooting at the 2024 Super Bowl celebration rally, multiple shootings at and around nightclubs and the recent shootings along Interstate 70 last month.
    Laura Bauer July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
  • Once better known for railway platforms and nightclubs than research labs, the district has evolved into one of Europe's densest concentrations of AI talent, anchored by Google and Google DeepMind, with Anthropic and OpenAI preparing to join them.
    Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Whether Castillo and Gausman can return to form and help their respective clubs get deep into October will be a primary storyline here the rest of the year.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Yes—there’s a kids club with a ping-pong table, foosball, and arts and crafts at the sister property.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Boîte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bo%C3%AEte. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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