Place serving cooked grub (no ale, sadly) (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
lounge bar
'place serving cooked' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'grub no ale sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'grub'+'no'+'ale'='grubnoale'
'grubnoale' with letters rearranged gives 'LOUNGE-BAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lounge bar that I've seen before include "saloon" , "part of hotel, perhaps" , "Where one may have stout" , "drinking-hole" .)