
thumb|upright=1.3|Tavern Scene by Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger|David Teniers, thumb|A Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch tavern scene by [[Jan Steen, late 17th century]] thumb|Raleigh Tavern, [[Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia]] thumb|Buckman Tavern, where the first shots of the [[American Revolution were fired, Lexington, Massachusetts]] thumb|Parker Tavern, Reading, Massachusetts showing traditional New England [[saltbox architecture]]
thumb|upright=1.3|Tavern Scene by Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger|David Teniers, thumb|A Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch tavern scene by [[Jan Steen, late 17th century]] thumb|Raleigh Tavern, [[Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia]] thumb|Buckman Tavern, where the first shots of the [[American Revolution were fired, Lexington, Massachusetts]] thumb|Parker Tavern, Reading, Massachusetts showing traditional New England [[saltbox architecture]]
A tavern is a type of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that has a licence to put up guests as lodgers. The word derives from the Latin taberna whose original meaning was a shed, workshop, stall, or pub.
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