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Recent Examples of speakeasy
Southern Distilling Company in Statesville, about 45 minutes north of Uptown, recently opened a speakeasy inside its distillery.
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Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
The food menu holds its own, but for those craving something from The Americano restaurant upstairs, the team will bring it straight into the speakeasy, no questions asked.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Speakeasy Throw a party that doubles as a swanky night in by turning your home into a speakeasy.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
According to Page Six, the group spent the evening in the members-only speakeasy located downstairs.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2025
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Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
The food menu holds its own, but for those craving something from The Americano restaurant upstairs, the team will bring it straight into the speakeasy, no questions asked.
—Keyla Vasconcellos, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Speakeasy Throw a party that doubles as a swanky night in by turning your home into a speakeasy.
—Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
According to Page Six, the group spent the evening in the members-only speakeasy located downstairs.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speakeasy
Noun
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As master of ceremonies at her Fool’s Moon cabaret, Puella displays the kind of unearned self-assurance that usually wins praise for men and scorn for women.—
Michael Snyder,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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As a cabaret singer, Mason has headlined at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland, 54 Below, Feinstein’s at the Regency, Rainbow and Stars, the Algonquin, the Plush Room in San Francisco and Davenport’s in Chicago, among many others.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Oh, and Charlotte finds her way back to a nightclub and hopefully some Long Island iced teas.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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Based on the 2001 film by Baz Luhrmann, the jukebox musical takes its name from a famous French nightclub — founded in the 19th century and still open today — and follows a fictional romance between cabaret performer Satine and bohemian songwriter Christian.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
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This includes cops on the take and a Joliet roadhouse drug dealer (Chidi Ajufo) who livens things up.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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The track, produced by Blake Slatkin and longtime Lizzo collaborator Ricky Reed, is a placid Strokes-y thumper whose riff periodically breaks free from its cage during a chorus that kicks the aughts-rock shtick back a few decades into roadhouse territory.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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If there’s no outdoor space available, place the bistro set in the corner of the kitchen.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Joining them are restaurants, bistros, coffee shops and more in all corners of the city.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This Livermore movie theater and alehouse will show the NFC championship in high-def on a 30-foot screen.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2024
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The London Evening Post didn’t give her name, simply identifying her as the keeper of the Queen’s Head alehouse.—
Katie Dancey-Downs,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 July 2022
Noun
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The hotel’s adobe-style buildings are interconnected, with paths weaving between the rooms, a moody saloon, and the breezy restaurant.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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By 1885 the new settlement’s population soared to more than 2,000, and hotels, restaurants, blacksmiths, saloons, shops and more lined both sides of Main Street, Second and Third Avenues.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2025
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Other brewery founders inducted include Bert Grant, whose Yakima, Washington brewpub was the nation’s first, and Jim Koch, the man behind the Boston Beer Co. and its signature Samuel Adams Boston Lager.—
Jay R. Brooks,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The publication recently polled readers about the top 10 brewpubs in the United States in 2025 — and Urban Roots Brewery & Smokehouse, 1322 V St. in Sacramento, made the list.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Dear Eric: My favorite local pub has wonderful food except for the fries.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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The singer then explained the sentimental reasoning behind the pub's name, Lancaster Lock.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Speakeasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speakeasy. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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