rathskeller

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: raths=kel=ler

CIDE DICTIONARY

rathskeller, n. [G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar.].

 Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rathskeller, n. US a beer-saloon or restaurant in a basement.

Etymology

G, = (restaurant in) town-hall cellar

THESAURUS

rathskeller

alehouse, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge, dive, dramshop, drinking saloon, gin mill, groggery, grogshop, honky-tonk, local, nightclub, pothouse, pub, public, public house, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, speakeasy, taproom, tavern, wine shop