DCHP-3

beverage room

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a room in which a hotel is licensed to sell beer; beverage room.

Quotations

1936

"Bar" is a nasty, a horrible word.
"Taprooms" and "taverns" and "pubs" are absurd;
Give us a name with a resonant boom,
A respectable name like "Beverage Room". . . .
1964
They were rather fussy about their clientele, which is more than you could say for some beverage rooms and cocktail bars.