raw bar

noun

: a counter (as in a restaurant) that serves raw shellfish

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Centered around one long wooden bar, the quaint 26-seat restaurant—which opened in 2019—offers fresh oysters, as well as shucked clams, lobster rolls, chowder, and a full raw bar. Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025 The casual stop has a raw bar, shuckers at the restaurant’s center and plenty of outdoor seating along the creek. Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 There are also a number of impressive raw bar offerings. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025 Starters include dishes like burrata and mole, tuna tostadas or raw bar items, including salmon tiradito, shrimp carpaccio and green ceviche with aguachile. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for raw bar

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First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of raw bar was in 1914

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“Raw bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20bar. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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