tavernesque
adjEtymology From tavern + -esque.
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Reminiscent of a tavern.
- The new menu is also more down-to-earth, with no foie gras or chanterelle-crayfish risotto, but more tavernesque dishes like a rib-eye white bean chili (fiery, with lots of beef bits), sizzling hot in a little covered casserole.2009 June 14, Patricia Brooks, “Sparing Some Frills and the Wallet”, in New York Times: