rathskeller means A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why this word is great
RATHSKELLER — [Noun] A bar or restaurant situated in a basement, especially one of traditional German character and dedicated to the service of beer. From German Rathskeller, an obsolete spelling of Ratskeller, from Rat ("council") + Keller ("cellar"). Unlike a "tavern," which implies a generic, street-level public house, or a "biergarten," which conjures open-air conviviality, a rathskeller is an inherently subterranean institution. It is the cool, damp stone underfoot, the low timbered ceiling that gathers laughter and smoke, and the amber glow of a wall sconce catching the rim of a heavy stein—a secular crypt where the public business of the town hall above is quietly dissolved into the private, grounded solace of the bedrock below.
noun
- A bar or restaurant in a basement, especially one that serves beer.