Beer garden
an outdoor tavern where beer and other alcoholic beverages are served.
Contemporary Examples
Boston beer garden in South Boston is expected to be packed to the door with football enthusiasts cheering for both teams.
Best Broncos and Seahawks Bars to Watch Super Bowl XLVIII Justin Jones January 28, 2014
Historical Examples
No man goes home from a beer garden to beat his wife and children, because he has been made a madman by intoxication.
From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn Henry M. Field
She sang for the beer garden customers, and they threw her dimes.
The Messenger Elizabeth Robins
A good deal after mid-day, at a time dictated entirely by choice, and not custom, they made their way back to the beer garden.
The Good Comrade Una L. Silberrad
Now is the time for the ruddy faced beer gardener to lay out his beer garden.
The Foolish Almanak Anonymous
It began to rain and they entered a beer garden which had just been deserted by the guests in consequence of the rain.
Chopin and Other Musical Essays Henry T. Finck
Not that we ever got any beer or wine, because the beer garden was deserted, but we put on a great deal of style.
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion George W. Peck
With them skating is a communal recreation, as beer garden concerts are.
Woman as Decoration Emily Burbank
It was ten days from the time we settled in the beer garden, and we had kept our secret well.
How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion George W. Peck
He had never entered Old Dutch’s beer garden; his choice was a hotel bar, anyhow; he avoided saloons.
Mrs. Balfame Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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