Medieval Sign Medieval plate in lowpoly, model with textures in wood, iron and gold. A tavern, tavern, locanda, tasco or tasca is a place where wine is sold at retail, or else it is a simple restaurant.Gathering in a tavern to drink beer or another alcoholic beverage is a long-standing social tradition, having started at least by the Sumerians (3500 B.C.); in Sumer, the innkeeper was traditionally a woman, but in other places and times, women were completely excluded from the taverns.