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Recent Examples of speakeasy
Bullseye, true to its name, is an axe-throwing speakeasy (limited to ages 13 and up).
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Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Grab drinks at the underground Red Ribbon Society speakeasy, or head up to the rooftop restaurant for unbeatable views of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
Downstairs, Nighthawk channels retro supper club (skewing towards speakeasy) vibes with late-night plates, cocktails, and live performances, including vinyl DJ sets.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
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Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Grab drinks at the underground Red Ribbon Society speakeasy, or head up to the rooftop restaurant for unbeatable views of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
Downstairs, Nighthawk channels retro supper club (skewing towards speakeasy) vibes with late-night plates, cocktails, and live performances, including vinyl DJ sets.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
Noun
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Celebrate 15 years of Compass Rose Theater with lively cabaret featuring favorite songs and moments from past shows.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
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This joyous, cabaret-fueled romp through six decades of Asher’s musical history is a time-machine treat that’s impossible to resist.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 25,000-square-foot attraction — part pop-up, part theme park, with a dash of nightclub — is now inside Toledo House, next to Factory Town event hall.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Grutman is best known as the owner of the LIV nightclubs and the Komodo restaurants.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Snowmobile parking takes priority at Lewie's, an iconic roadhouse in Lead that boasts what many claim is the best burger in the Black Hills.—
Ashlyn Ware,
Midwest Living,
23 Jan. 2026
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Michelob Ultra Roadhouse The roadhouse is on Simmons Banks Plaza, which surrounds Dickies Arena.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The American bistro restaurant, which first opened in Over-the-Rhine in 2022, will take over the former Brown Dog Cafe space − a 27-year-old institution that abruptly closed at the end of last year.—
Sydney Franklin,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Apr. 2026
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For about the price of a Big Mac Meal in Paris, which runs about 11 euros, or almost $13, lunch goers can get a main dish at a local bistro or a two-course lunch meal in suburbs and towns outside the capital.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the airport, a group of cadets loitered by a lactation pod, and people at the terminal alehouse seemed to be having a genuinely good time.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Carrying news, satire and story into places where expensive books had seldom reached, they were sold for pennies, tacked to alehouse walls and sung aloud for the illiterate.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Portraits of the early owner, plus a mural depicting an Old West saloon scene, cover the walls.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
7 Apr. 2026
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Communal dinners, games of pool, and drams of rare whiskies will be served in the Long House—Kilchoan’s version of Dunton’s saloon, which is still under construction during my stay.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the resulting readers’ choice awards, the only category that didn’t include a North Carolina winner was best brewpub.—
Jenna Eason,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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His culinary career started in earnest at age 15, as a prep cook at his dad’s brewpub, The Seabright Brewery, in Santa Cruz.—
Karla Walsh,
CNN Money,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As a teen-ager listening to folk music in London pubs, I’d been attracted to the instrument’s nimble, tinkling cheerfulness, its being on the margins, not too demanding, perhaps.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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The prime minister has also pioneered a program to renovate small-town pubs and churches, and has abolished income tax for young mothers who have multiple children.—
Justin Spike,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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