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bierstube

bierstube

9.1
A German bar where people drink beer, eat simple food, and talk
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪrˌstuːbə/
translation icon : cervecería
  • The bierstube was packed with locals, all laughing and enjoying their drinks together.

Examples

  • The large bierstube is crowded, noisy, and enveloped in a thick cloud of cigarette smoke.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • "The exploration of ideas (and personal/professional lives) continues at sumptuous meals, during coffee breaks, and in the bierstube until the wee hours of the morning."

    Academic text (1998)
  • Mencken's own bierstube fantasies prevented him from recognizing the extent to which we are attracted to ordinary pleasures.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • That makes this your lucky day." Marie Dempsey's place was on Church Street about a block from Hans Speckmann's, an authentic bierstube that Hardy considered to be on a par with Schroeder's downtown, which in turn had a reputation as the best German restaurant in the city.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Pork's wholesale division turned a fine profit purveying sausages and sliced meats to restaurants, including Crown's Bierstube.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Residents receive near-weekly doses of cold smoke to keep them happy and shredding, and when nose hairs start to freeze, suck back on Grampa's old cough medicine at places like the Bierstube and the Bulldog, home of the Big F*cking Pitcher.

    Blog text (16)
  • After a long day on the slopes, we relaxed at the bierstube and enjoyed a cold beer with friends.

  • Every Friday night, the village gathers at the bierstube to share stories over pints of handcrafted beer.

Synonyms

bar
vsbierstube
1.0

A place where people buy and drink alcoholic drinks

centers specifically on beer in a German casual social setting
watering hole
vsbierstube
  • Informal
16 3.4

A bar or pub where people meet to drink and talk

is more specifically a German beer place rather than any informal spot
barroom
vsbierstube
  • US
14 4.0

A room where people drink alcohol at a counter

is aimed at shared social beer drinking rather than counter service
brewpub
vsbierstube
3 6.1

A restaurant that brews its own beer and serves food

does not make beer on site and focuses on casual beer drinking
beer garden
vsbierstube
3 2.1

An outdoor area next to a pub where people sit to drink beer

is an indoor German style place for casual beer drinking
beer hall
vsbierstube
2 3.1

A large place where people drink beer and meet to talk and enjoy music

is smaller and more casual for regular social drinking
boozer
vsbierstube
  • Slang
1 8.1

A pub or bar where people go to drink

uses a proper name for a German beer tavern in neutral language

How Traditional

beer hall
2 3.1
bierstube
9.1
pub
  • UK
155 1.0
bar
1.0

Surface Forms

bierstube singular
bierstuben plural

Etymology

Bierstube comes from the German words Bier 'beer' and Stube 'room'. So a bierstube is literally a 'beer room', a friendly, casual place to drink and talk, which is why it means a German-style bar today.