beef-house

In the beef-house was an assortment of tubs, casks, and hogsheads.

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a “small plate” of that delicacy to eat with it.

XI. I Begin Life on My Own Account, and Don’t Like It 1917

Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917

Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

David Copperfield 1850

Once, I remember tucking my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped up in a piece of paper like a book, and going into the best dining-room in Johnson's alamode beef-house in Clare

The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

Once, I remember carrying my own bread (which I had brought from home in the morning) under my arm, wrapped in a piece of paper, like a book, and going to a famous alamode beef-house near Drury Lane, and ordering a 'small plate' of that delicacy to eat with it.

David Copperfield Charles Dickens 1841