ale-room

Updated: June 7, 2025

It represented at that day the evolution of the American tavern, the primitive inn, instituted for passengers and wayfaring men; the development of the pot-house to the metropolitan hotel, of the rural ale-room to the palatial saloon. "What a change from country hostelries!" soliloquized the manager, after the company were installed in commodious rooms.

Frederic Stewart Isham - The Strollers

It is old, but its age is squalid, not picturesque. We stumble through the alleys that answer for streets, and come to the "Dog and Duck," a dark, dingy ale-room, famous for its fine ale, we are told, or perhaps it was beer: I don't remember.

Gail Hamilton - Gala-days