term "tavern" occurs in English from the 13th century onwards.From the 16th century, taverns or inns known as "" served fixed-price meals in England.

Taverns were popular places used for commercial transactions as well as for eating and drinking - the London Tavern became a notable meeting-place in the 18th and 19th centuries, for example. However, the word "tavern" has declined in popular use in the UK as there is no