(AU, historical) A temperance hotel, often also having leisure facilities for those not staying as guests.
(AU, historical) A temperance hotel, often also having leisure facilities for those not staying as guests.
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(US, historical) An ostentatiously elegant restaurant in New York City.
(AU) A public house; a pub.
(UK, dated, historical) An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally constructed from 1910 to 1950.
(US, historical) An elaborately decorated motion picture theater, principally constructed from 1910 to 1950.
Public hotel is the Australian and New Zealand term for what the British would call a pub or public house. The name reflects the historical licensing distinction where a hotel was permitted to serve alcohol to the general public — the public part of the establishment. Even when the accommodation function was nominal or nonexistent, the hotel label stuck. Today a public hotel in Australia is simply a bar or drinking venue, and locals often just call it a pub.