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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 licensed 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 Wayside Inn is a historic inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, included on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the listed Wayside Inn Historic District. [1] It became an inn called Howe's Tavern in 1716, making it one of the oldest continuously operating inns in the United States. [2]
Tavern on the Green is an American cuisine restaurant in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Central Park West and West 66th Street on the Upper West Side. The restaurant, housed in a former sheepfold , has been operated by Jim Caiola and David Salama since 2014.
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The West Side of Manhattan refers to the side of Manhattan Island that abuts the Hudson River and faces the U.S. state of New Jersey.The major neighborhoods on the West Side are (from north to south) Inwood, Hudson Heights, Washington Heights, West Harlem, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, the Upper West Side, Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, the West Village, SoHo, and Tribeca.
In the colonial era, in certain areas, up to 40 percent of taverns were operated by women, [10] [11] especially widows. Local magistrates, who had to award a license before a tavern could operate, preferred widows who knew the business and might otherwise be impoverished and become a charge to the county. [ 12 ]
Whitney Tavern is a historic 19th century tavern at 11 Patriots Road in Templeton, Massachusetts.The oldest portion of this rambling wood-frame structure (now a private residence) is a modest "A frame" structure built c. 1782 by Joshua Tucker as a tavern on the main road between Templeton and Gardner (in which town part of the property lies).
Taverns were popular places used for business as well as for eating and drinking – the London Tavern was a notable meeting place in the 18th and 19th centuries, for example. However, the word tavern is no longer in popular use in the UK as there is no distinction between a tavern and an inn. Both establishments serve wine and beer/ale.