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Recent Examples of speakeasy
Before or after dinner, stop by Hen House Cocktail & Wine Bar for handcrafted cocktails in a stylish speakeasy setting.
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Karon Warren, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Don’t skip the nearby speakeasy La Viuda Negra, a compact and competent mezcal bar disguised as a bridal shop.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Enter Williams & Graham, a Prohibition-era speakeasy with more than 500 bottles of spirits, through its bookshelf door.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
Think jazz clubs, speakeasy lounges, bookstores, and movie theaters.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
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Karon Warren, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Don’t skip the nearby speakeasy La Viuda Negra, a compact and competent mezcal bar disguised as a bridal shop.
—Nathanael Gassett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Enter Williams & Graham, a Prohibition-era speakeasy with more than 500 bottles of spirits, through its bookshelf door.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
Think jazz clubs, speakeasy lounges, bookstores, and movie theaters.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
Noun
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The show is part variety spectacular, part cabaret, part magic show, but always exceptionally darling.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The movie starred Ewan McGregor as Christian, a writer who ends up sucked into Paris' Bohemian movement, and Kidman as Satine, the star performer and courtesan at the titular cabaret.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Southern Hospitality derived as a spinoff of Charm, spotlighting Leva Bonaparte’s staff at her nightclub Republic Garden & Lounge.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Cabins under nightclubs or late-night bars can pick up bass vibrations that continue into the early hours.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Noun
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The park’s visitor center, in a 1935 roadhouse that sat on Route 66, contains displays with Route 66 memorabilia (and a gift shop with hundreds of Route 66 items).—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Apr. 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
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This Polish bistro from owners Piotr and Iwona Nowocien expanded from the Miami original to its first Broward County perch in February 2025, across from the Pompano Beach Amphitheater.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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The result is a mix of old-school hotel bars, downtown Italian institutions and buzzy French bistros — the kinds of places where A-listers tend to turn up again and again.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 May 2026
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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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Hicks, who opened the saloon in the East Bottoms in 2001, told a story from two or three years ago about the relationship between The Mavericks and their Kansas City fans.—
Dan Kelly
May 7,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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This happened because Sterling was a man of very rare gifts, starting with a set of pipes that, even in his late 80s, could make the grandest church organ sound like a tinny, old saloon piano.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Murray's Creole Pub opened in December 2025, taking the place of another brewpub.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
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Bennett’s Sandwich Shop, beloved for its gigantic cheesesteaks, is across the street and the numerous restaurants around Dock Square, including Batson River, a three-level brewpub from the hotel’s founders, are one mile away.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Peter Manfield, 73, of Devon, England, took out a loan against his house to buy The Dog and Donkey, a village pub with more than a century of history, news agency SWNS reported.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Many blocks inside what is called the old town are closed to vehicles, so pedestrians can easily meander in and out cafes, pubs and shops.—
Doug Turnbull,
AJC.com,
10 May 2026
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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