The phrase "a drinking establishment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a place where alcoholic beverages are served, such as a bar or pub.
Example: "After work, we decided to head to a nearby drinking establishment to unwind and socialize."
Alternatives: "a bar" or "a pub" or "an alehouse".
It was built as a drinking establishment entirely from scratch.
A barfly flaps a wing forlornly on the bar of a drinking establishment called Gourd of the Flies.
The sign is for Buster's Garage, a drinking establishment on West Broadway between Worth and Leonard Streets.
However, any Oxford student will know that there has never been a drinking establishment in this location.
Recently, a place selling really nice scones opened up next door, nice scones being a stake in the heart of a drinking establishment.
A couple of weeks ago, another city health inspector paid another visit to McSorley's, a drinking establishment that has been around since the 1850s, and looks it.
I've tipped a glass in many a fine drinking establishment over the years, but the Baobab Tree Bar and Wine Cellar in the foothills of the Modjadji Cycad Reserve is probably the most unique.
If I type "pub", a more prominent "sponsored" pin paid for by a local drinking establishment may pop up – and that may just influence my choice of destination.
Second Chance Saloon: Staffed by many veterans of Williamsburg's much missed punk bar, Sweetwater Tavern, this is a no-nonsense drinking establishment with a superb jukebox and a staff that will, while probably not smiling, happily discuss sports and baseball with you.
Although it would not be too much of a stretch to imagine him having a drink with fellow free-marketeer Arthur Daley, but he did frequent a very similar drinking establishment in the days when the pubs closed at 3pm, he recalls.
Northern Territory, a spacious "Australian" drinking establishment on the southern edge of Greenpoint, is owned by the native Aussie Jamie Toll and named for the continent's rather wild north-central block (the local NT News's "Only in the Territory" section has covered an "intense romantic relationship" between a kangaroo and a pig).
