Tavern

Tavern

A tavern or pot-house is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests. The word derives from the Latin "taberna" and the Greek "ταβέρνα"/taverna, whose original meaning was a shed or workshop. The distinction of a tavern from an inn, bar or pub varies by location, in some places being identical and in others being distinguished by traditions or by legal license.

History

18th century

American taverns were primarily in business to serve the locals, and secondarily to serve travelers. [ [http://www.2020site.org/americantavern/ History of Early American Taverns] ]

19th century

The word "tavern" had developed an archaic flavour in Britain, the current term being Public house (pub), though they remain a popular convention in fantasy tales and games. However, the term is still sometimes used in North America.

ee also

* Public house
* Bar
* Tavern clock
* Izakaya

Other reading

* [http://www.northamericanbrewers.org/brewingcolonial.htm Brewing in Colonial America] - North American Brewers Association
* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=u58YAnQNuegC&dq=tavern+history&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=D83V-m44iY&sig=FHJYjKgJgteaRBoJmT5M1Gy_xTE&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPA3,M1 Historic Taverns of Boston] by Gavin R. Nathan

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  • tavern — late 13c., wine shop, later public house (mid 15c.), from O.Fr. taverne (mid 13c.) shed made of boards, booth, stall, also tavern, inn, from L. taberna shop, inn, tavern, originally hut, shed, possibly by dissimilation from *traberna, from trabs… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tavern — Tav ern, n. [OE. taverne, F. taverne, from L. taberna a hut, booth, tavern. Cf. {Table}, {Tabernacle}.] A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tavern — ► NOUN chiefly archaic or N. Amer. ▪ an inn or public house. ORIGIN Old French taverne, from Latin taberna hut, tavern …   English terms dictionary

  • tavern — [tav′ərn] n. [ME taverne < OFr < L taberna, tavern, booth, stall made of boards, altered by dissimilation < * traberna < trabs, a beam, roof < IE base * treb , beamed structure, building > THORP] 1. a place where liquors, beer,… …   English World dictionary

  • tavern — [n] business establishment for serving drink, food alehouse, bar, barroom, beer joint*, dive*, drinkery, gin mill*, grog shop*, honky tonk*, hostelry, hotel, inn, joint*, lodge, lounge, night spot, nineteenth hole*, pub, public house, roadhouse,… …   New thesaurus

  • tavern — tavernless, adj. /tav euhrn/, n. 1. a place where liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises. 2. a public house for travelers and others; inn. [1250 1300; ME taverne < OF < L taberna hut, inn, wine shop] Syn. 1. bar; pub. 2. hostelry. See… …   Universalium

  • Tavern — City Tavern City Tavern La City Tavern est un bâtiment de la ville de Philadelphie, sur la côte est des États Unis. Elle se trouve sur 138 South 2nd Street, à l intersection de la 2e Rue et de Walnut Street, dans le Center City. Au XVIIIe siècle …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tavern — UK [ˈtævə(r)n] / US [ˈtævərn] noun [countable] Word forms tavern : singular tavern plural taverns an old word meaning pub …   English dictionary

  • tavern — tav|ern [ˈtævən US ərn] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: taverne, from Latin taberna small simple building, shop ] 1.) BrE old use a ↑pub where you can also stay the night 2.) a word for a bar, often used in the name of a bar ▪ Murphy s… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tavern — [13] Tavern comes via Old French taverne from Latin taberna ‘hut, inn’, a word possibly of Etruscan origin. Derived from taberna, in the sense ‘hut’, was the diminutive form tabernāculum ‘tent’, which was borrowed into English as tabernacle [13] …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

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