1. tavern - Noun
2. Tavern - Proper noun
A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle. Jonathan Swift
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. Samuel Johnson
Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant. Anton Chekhov
The church is near, but the way is icy. The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. Ukrainian Proverb
The tavern is far, but I will walk carefully. Ukrainian Proverb
You don't go into a tavern to say your prayers. Romanian Proverb