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Ratskeller. The Rathskeller in Olten, Switzerland. Ratskeller (German: "council's cellar ", pl. Ratskeller, historically Rathskeller) is a name in German-speaking countries for a bar or restaurant located in the basement of a city hall (Rathaus) or nearby. Many taverns, nightclubs, bars and similar establishments throughout the world use the term.
The Bremen Ratskeller is the council wine cellar (German: "Ratskeller") of the Townhall of Bremen. Since it was erected in the year 1405, German wines were stored and sold there. With its history over 600 years the Ratskeller of Bremen is one of the oldest wine cellars of Germany, furthermore the oldest wine barrel of Germany, a wine from ...
2000. The Rathskeller (known as The Rat) was a [1][2][3] live music venue in Boston that was open from 1974 to 1997. It was considered the "granddaddy" of Boston rock venues. [4][5] During its heyday, the Rat hosted such acts as the Cars, the Pixies, Metallica, Dead Kennedys, the Ramones, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr., The Replacements ...
Architectural style. Gothic Revival. Location. Munich, Germany. The New Town Hall (German: Neues Rathaus) is a town hall that forms the northern part of Marienplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It hosts the city government including the city council, offices of the mayors and a small portion of the administration.
Scheffel Hall (2010) Scheffel Hall at 190 Third Avenue in the Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was built in 1894–1895, and designed by Henry Adams Weber and Hubert Drosser, at a time when the area south of it was known as Kleindeutschland ("Little Germany") due to the large number of German immigrants who lived nearby.
It's (most probably) a pun on "Bratwurst" and "Ratskeller", meaning "council cellar" and quite a common name for traditional restaurants in old German cities (traditionally the restaurant in the basement of the city hall would be called "Ratskeller").
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