gastropub
gastropub noun: a public house that serves high-quality food.
Noun
gastropub (plural gastropubs)
- A public house that serves high-quality food.
- Indeed, one depressing thing about gastropubs is the lack of imagination in the sector; the way, as concepts, they invariably conform to a formulaic kind of low-key, small-g urban gentrification.2008 July 3, Tony Naylor, “What makes a great gastropub?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- For many years, UK food had a terrible reputation. Then, in the 1990s, gastropubs brought new flavours, energy and ideas. When and why did it all start to go downhill again?2025 August 5, Steve Rose, “‘A yorkshire pudding like a dishcloth’: how did British pub food get so grim?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Forms of gastropub
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Origin of gastropub
From gastro- + pub. UK early 1990s.
Words formed from gastropub
Questions about gastropub
- What does gastropub mean?
- Gastropub means a public house that serves high-quality food.
- What part of speech is gastropub?
- Gastropub is a noun.
- What is the plural of gastropub?
- The plural of gastropub is gastropubs.
Words near gastropub in the dictionary
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