tavern was different to an alehouse in that it tended to be larger in size and concentrated more on serving wine as opposed to beer. They al...

tavern was different to an alehouse in that it tended to be larger in size and concentrated more on serving wine as opposed to beer. They also tended to attract a better standard of customer. During the seventeenth century, a tavern was regarded as the meeting place for a gentleman, latterly being usurped ...