1. A tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall
   "They enjoyed traditional German fare in the cozy rathskeller"

Derived forms: rathskellers

Type of: boozer [Brit, informal], gin mill [N. Amer, informal], groggery [US, archaic], inn [Brit], pothouse [archaic], pub [Brit, Cdn], public house [Brit], saloon [Brit], tap house [archaic], taphouse [archaic], tavern, watering hole [informal]

Encyclopedia: Rathskeller