honky-tonk

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honky-tonk
Noun
  • Signature restaurant Le Joy and speakeasy Le Marta downstairs provide trendy alternatives.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The location is expected to house five food and beverage experiences, two signature restaurants, a rooftop restaurant and bar, a basement speakeasy, as well as a dedicated Clubhouse with a 6,480-square-foot spa, complete with a hydro pool, fitness center and café.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The music that accompanies her is just as stick-to-the-ribs earthy, dipped in roadhouse soul, folkish hymns, barroom rock, and blues, without sounding like House of Blues nostalgia.
    EW Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Stop in at Haw River Tap & Table for a barroom with board games, a spacious patio, farmhouse-style ales, and an atmosphere that feels like hanging out at a friend’s house.
    Kelly Alexander, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This classic, family friendly dude ranch is a place to soak in a final Wild West experience, complete with horseback lessons and rides, with a bit of roping, fly fishing, skeet shootin’, archery and saloon stomping thrown in as well.
    Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Best Restaurants El Moro Spirits and Tavern Step inside this former saloon for a menu of creative craft drinks and food that spotlights seasonal, local ingredients.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The bill would allow taverns to sell cigars and pipe tobacco, which could then be smoked on the bar's premises.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For something more relaxed, The Wigmore serves as the hotel’s tavern, styled after a Victorian public house but refined.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • After winning the season, Brown later opened her own pub, The Green Man, alongside her brother.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • McGregor also pleaded guilty to assault for punching an elderly man in a pub in Dublin in 2019, and was banned from driving in Ireland for two years over six driving offences in 2022.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Between dives at Prime Scuba Ishigaki, you’ll be served hot mushroom curry rice, beef bowls reminiscent of Yoshinoya, and steaming soup—proof that even on the water, Ishigaki takes its food seriously.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Holmes anticipates that the dive will open doors for their nonprofits and conservation research for Lake Tahoe.
    Amelia Wu, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While not all clip joints offer refreshments, a fair number find this is a popular extra in a competitive industry.
    Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Honky-tonk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honky-tonk. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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