borscht circuit

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) the hotels of the predominantly Jewish resort area in the Catskill Mountains, many of them offering nightclub or cabaret entertainment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of borscht circuit¹

First recorded in 1935–40; so called, facetiously, from the quantities of borscht consumed there

Example Sentences

“A borscht circuit” of rock music festivals that “seemed to be developing in the Catskills after last August’s Woodstock Festival suffered a new setback yesterday,” The Times reported a few days later.

From New York Times