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Recent Examples of speakeasy
There are also surprises around nearly every corner of the six-bedroom, 10-bathroom estate, including a private speakeasy nightclub and over-the-top views of downtown Los Angeles.
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Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
The tearoom, operating during Prohibition, likely doubled as a speakeasy, and visitors probably brought flasks of illicit alcohol with them to use in mixed drinks, Faderman says.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Guests of the hotel are spoiled for choice, with options that include several excellent modern speakeasies (Noble Experiment, Youngblood, Prohibition Lounge) and taprooms (Ales Tales, Nason’s Beer Hall) in addition to the hotel’s own rooftop bar.
—Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
People responded with proposals for speakeasies, shopping, restaurants, kayaking and even finishing the subway.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
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Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
The tearoom, operating during Prohibition, likely doubled as a speakeasy, and visitors probably brought flasks of illicit alcohol with them to use in mixed drinks, Faderman says.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Guests of the hotel are spoiled for choice, with options that include several excellent modern speakeasies (Noble Experiment, Youngblood, Prohibition Lounge) and taprooms (Ales Tales, Nason’s Beer Hall) in addition to the hotel’s own rooftop bar.
—Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
People responded with proposals for speakeasies, shopping, restaurants, kayaking and even finishing the subway.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
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The actor plays an unhinged Mary Todd Lincoln as an alcoholic and wannabe cabaret singer.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
9 June 2025
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Longtime favorites include the historic Crown & Anchor, which is ground zero for drag, cabaret and dancing; A-House, which is one of the country’s oldest gay bars and Provincetown’s only year-round dance club; and The Boatslip, whose daily afternoon tea dance is a Ptown institution each summer.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In some videos that have gone viral on social media, DJs have played the viral audio at nightclubs.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The January-premiering third season of the show — about a group of friends in Charleston, S.C. working at Leva Bonaparte’s crown jewel nightclub on King Street — saw Kulp face allegations of a cheating scandal with now-fiancée Emmy Sharrett.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
19 July 2025
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Her music is a blend of roadhouse roots-rock, modern-day folk, alternative music, blues and analog Americana, according to her website.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
6 July 2025
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Del Rio reunited with Lynch when the director wrote a scene in Twin Peaks: The Return for her and Moby in which the two performed in a roadhouse.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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Senior food editor Danielle Dorsey reports that Alisa Reynolds’ soul food bistro My 2 Cents, on The Times’ 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. list, will close on July 31 after 12 years on Pico Boulevard.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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The Parisian bistro pays homage to the original Upper East Side La Goulue, founded by Jean Denoyer while this boîte by the sea is owned by Joseph DeCristofaro and Anthony Punnett, lifelong friends and Southampton Village natives.—
Nancy Kane,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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On a video call Finger demonstrated a few use cases, including a woman sitting in a modern Los Angeles garage that became a woman riding a horse in an old Western town, or two men sitting at a backyard table who were suddenly in a Medieval alehouse.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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The classic alehouse is a stone’s throw away from Leeds’ home ground, and on April 28, the fans were in a celebratory mood.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The lodge contained a saloon, deli, coffee shop, post office, gift shop and a visitors center.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Other distinctive features of the main lodge include a dining room with canyon views, saloon, sunroom, auditorium and post office.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
14 July 2025
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About Fat Head's Brewing Fat Head's opened in 2009 at its flagship brewpub in North Olmstead, according to its website.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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In 2023, 493 craft breweries opened and 405 closed, including taprooms, brewpubs and microbreweries, according to the Brewers Association.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The former Liverpool, England resident estimates that Broward and southern Palm Beach counties supported twice as many British pubs in the 1980s and 1990s as today.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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In addition, Diageo has been dealing with its own issues including supplying too much alcohol to its Latin America markets as demand slid and a shortage of Guinness beer at pubs in the United Kingdom.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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