estaminet
/ɛˈstamɪneɪ
/ /ɛstamine/noun
A small cafe selling alcoholic drinks.He cuts to the interior of a busy estaminet much later in the night, with Arnaud sitting at the counter nursing a coffee, oblivious to the bustling life around him.
Origin
French, from Walloon staminé 'byre', from stamo 'a pole for tethering a cow', probably from German Stamm 'stem'.